A metadata model for e-markets. (4th October 2006)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Manouselis, Nikos; Costopoulou, Constantina
• Is Part Of: International journal of metadata, semantics and ontologies. Volume 1:Number 2(2006)
• Page Start: 141
• Page End: 153
• Publication Date: 2006-10-04
• Subjects: e-markets -- electronic markets -- online markets -- Dublin Core -- metadata models -- XML -- Greece -- agricultural e-markets; Metadata -- Periodicals; Semantic Web -- Periodicals; Ontologies (Information retrieval) -- Periodicals; Data structures (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Information theory -- Periodicals; 005.74
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1744-2621

Abstract

The objective of this paper is to present a specialised metadata model that has been developed in order to store e-market characteristics in a systematic, interoperable and reusable manner. The proposed model is based on the Dublin Core (DC) metadata standard, and termed as the DC E-Market (DC-EM) metadata model. The paper describes the DC-EM metadata model elements, providing guidelines for their encoding in the eXtensible Markup Language (XML). It also presents the prototype of a DC-EM metadata repository, and its application for the analysis of a sample of Greek agricultural e-markets.