Synonyms needed from Library Scientist

[Blunk, Douglas S]

     Bob:
     
     My coffee break buddy doesn't have web4lib access so I'm forwarding 
     his reply.
     
     Doug Blunk
     dblunk at www.orl.usace.army.mil


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Subject: Re: Synonyms needed from Library Scientist
Author:  William S Easley at CEORL-CCMAIL
Date:    12/14/95 7:23 AM


     Dear Bob,
     Your request was forwarded to me by our Technical Librarian and my 
     coffee break buddy here at the Louisville (KY) District of the Army 
     Corps of Engineers, right after I returned from an excellent 
     presentation on metadata cosponsored by the USGS and the KY Office of 
     GIS.  The main speaker was Marcia McNiff from the Nat. Water Resources 
     Council and a member of the Fed Geographic Data Committee.  If you're 
     not familiar with the agency and its standards, check out the 
     following addresses on the WWW:
     
     http://fgdc.er.usgs.gov/fgdc.html  (An overview of the agency and its
                                         goals)
     
     http://www.its.nbs.gov/nbs/meta/meta.html
                                        (A graphic (or hypertext)
                                    representation of FGDC standards)

     I believe you'll find that you are far from alone in your data cataloging 
     quest.

                                        Bill Easley, PE
                                        CEORL-ED-H, Water Quality

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Subject: Synonyms needed from Library Scientist
Author:  Douglas S Blunk at CEORL-CCMAIL
Date:    12/5/95 8:52 AM
     
FYI.  Did your metadata class cover any of this?
     
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Subject: Synonyms needed from Library Scientist
Author:  web4lib at library.berkeley.edu at INTERNET 
Date:    12/4/95 4:15 PM

I am a Software Engineer (formerly called Computer Scientist) and work 
with a repository of software assets.  We catalogue the assets using 
metadata applicable to the type of item it is.  Thus, if it is code, it 
would have attributes like Language, Lines Of Code (LOC), and Platform.  
We are attempting to use the tool for a physical library abstraction 
(interface) and need help in nomenclature.  Specifically would like ideas 
or synonyms (if they exist) for the following:
     
4. Metadata - data used to describe an asset.
     
6. Domain Analysis - process used to determine the Collections, Classes, 
   and Keywords for a particular domain via literary warrant.
     
Bob Terry