Tagging for use: an analysis of use-centred resource description

ABSTRACT

This paper discusses use-centred resource description, a practice whereby an information object is assigned metadata that describes what it can be used for, as opposed to what it is. We look at precedents for this practice in the literature and present three cases of use-centred description in diverse information environments. Through analysis and comparison of the cases, we develop a preliminary framework for use-centred resource description.

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.3 INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
      H.3.1 Content Analysis and Indexing

General Terms:
Human Factors

Keywords:
identifying and expressing/capturing contextual information, indexing, metadata, other approaches to eliciting, tagging, task-based interactive IR and seeking behaviour, use-centred description