Metadata can be guided by different kinds of standards, including content, value, format, and exchange. And, at the same time, there are different types of metadata - descriptive, technical, structural, administrative and more. Understanding how standards are developed, those commonly used today, and the types of metadata and their applications helps support the creation, management, and exchange of metadata across systems. Additional coverage addresses XML DTDs and schemas, well-formed and valid XML, and strategies for reading and interpreting metadata standards.
This course is the second of four courses required to earn the Metadata Principles and Practices micro-credential and should be taken after Metadata Basics.
* This course is eligible for Micro-Credentialing (optional) - What is Micro-Credentialing?
- Complete the following courses:
- Metadata Basics
- Metadata Standards and Types
- Metadata Quality, Customization, Exchange, and Transformation
- Metadata Relationships
- Complete extra requirements for Micro-credentialing participants:
- Extra homework per course
- Extra capstone project (extra $70 fee)- information on the capstone project here
Scheduled Dates
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October 20, 2026, 1:00pm – 3:00pm
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- Understand the roles of schemas and DTDs in defining tags, attributes and structures to validate XML against metadata standards
- List types of metadata and their roles in:
- describing resources
- defining rights and controlling access to resources
- providing access to resources
- Compare the advantages and limitations of different descriptive metadata standards
Instructor(s)
Elliot Williams is the Metadata Strategist at the University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries and Museums. He has more than 12 years of experience working in metadata and cataloging at academic libraries, previously having worked at the University of Miami and Texas Digital Library. Elliot has masters’ degrees in information studies from the University of Texas and history from the University of Miami.