Creation of metadata: Most metadata can be created by computer, based on a defined schema
A) Quick and easy to create automatically
- Lots of information based on technical aspects immediately available
B) Not very clever
C) Humans often need to enrich these basic metadata with their own experiences and keywords
- High cost in terms of time and effort
D) Unfortuantely, metadata and their relevant schemas and standards are only as good as the person creating them
E) “metacrap”
F) Reliability of metadata influenced by the fact that humans lie, are fallible, describe the same things different ways
G) Data may also become irrelevant and old once the initial metadata curation is complete
- Searches might not return correct or relevant data