Metadata for information management and retrieval : understanding metadata and its use Metadata for Information Management and Retrieval has been fully revised to bring it up to date with new technologies and standards. It builds on the concept of metadata through an exploration of its purposes and uses as well as considering the main aspects of metadata management. This new edition containing new chapters on ‘Very Large Data Collections’ and the ‘Politics and Ethics of Metadata’ assesses the current theory and practice of metadata and examines key developments in terms of both policy and technology. Coverage includes: defining describing and expressing metadata data modelling metadata and information retrieval big data linked data and social media research data collections and open data repositories metadata in information governance: compliance risk and information security managing intellectual property rights [and] the politics of metadata: ethics power and money Publishers website Introduction Defining describing and expressing metadata Data modeling Metadata standards Resources identification and description (Purpose 1) Retrieving information (Purpose 2) Managing information resources (Purpose 3) Managing intellectual property rights (Purpose 4) Supporting e commerce and e government (Purpose 5) Information guidance (Purpose 6) Managing metadata Taxonomies and encoding schemes Very large data collections Politics and ethics of metadata