Automatic metadata generation by utilising pre-existing metadata of related resources. (2nd March 2009)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Margaritopoulos, Merkourios; Margaritopoulos, Thomas; Kotini, Isabella; Manitsaris, Athanasios
• Is Part Of: International journal of metadata, semantics and ontologies. Volume 3:Number 4(2008)
• Page Start: 292
• Page End: 304
• Publication Date: 2009-03-02
• Subjects: automatic metadata generation -- inference rules -- learning objects -- metadata -- related resources -- IEEE LOM standard -- indexing -- cataloguing; 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

Manual indexing of digital resources according to metadata standards is a laborious task. Methods and methodologies for automatically producing several parts of a resource's metadata provide valuable assistance to indexers and cataloguers by reducing the burden of their manual work. A methodology, which aims at identifying inference rules for the automatic generation of a resource's metadata, based on pre-existing metadata of its related resources, is introduced in this paper. Furthermore, the application of the methodology to the IEEE LOM standard and an experimental example on a working database of metadata, with a tool developed for this purpose, are demonstrated.