# Enhancing Discoverability: A Metadata Framework for Empirical Research in Theses
## Abbreviations  
The following abbreviations are used in this manuscript:  
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**Term** & **Description** \\ AI & Artificial Intelligence--Computer systems able to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence \\ DCMI & Dublin Core Metadata Initiative--The organization responsible for maintaining Dublin Core metadata standards \\ DDI & Data Documentation Initiative--A standard for documenting quantitative empirical research \\ DDI Lite & A simplified version of DDI with fewer descriptive fields, intended for lighter applications \\ DDI Study Description & The component of DDI used to describe the structure and content of quantitative research studies \\ Dublin Core & A metadata standard used to describe web resources and digital objects in a general and simplified way \\ Dublin Core Extensions & Additional elements beyond the core Dublin Core schema to support more detailed descriptions \\ EAD & Encoded Archival Description--A standard for encoding archival finding aids \\ ELLANIKOS & The Dublin Core-based documentation system for the gray literature at the University of the Aegean \\ ETD & Electronic Theses and Dissertations--Digital versions of academic theses and dissertations \\ FAIR & Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable--Principles for scientific data management \\ HEI & Higher Education Institution--Universities and colleges providing post-secondary education \\ JSON-LD & JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data--A method of encoding linked data using JSON \\ MARC & Machine-Readable Catalog--One of the oldest electronic cataloging systems for libraries \\ Metadata & Data that describe other data, typically structured using description languages like XML \\ METS & Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard--A framework for encoding descriptive, administrative, and structural metadata \\ MODS & Metadata Object Description Schema--A bibliographic element set for describing resources \\ NLP & Natural Language Processing--A branch of AI that helps computers understand human language \\ OAI-PMH & Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting--A protocol for harvesting metadata records \\ ONIX & Online Information Exchange--A standard for representing and communicating book industry \\ PREMIS & Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies--A standard for preservation metadata \\ RDF & Resource Description Framework--A framework for representing information about resources on the web \\ Schema.org & A collaborative vocabulary for structured data markup on web pages \\ URI & Uniform Resource Identifier--A string of characters that unambiguously identifies a particular resource \\ URL & Uniform Resource Locator--A reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network \\ W3C & World Wide Web Consortium--The main international standards organization for the World Wide Web \\ XML & eXtensible Markup Language--A language used for describing and exchanging data through tags \\ XSD & XML Schema Definition--A way to formally describe the elements in an XML document \\ \end{tabular}