Title :
Information ethics in the design and use of metadata
Author_Institution :
Queens Coll., City Univ. of New York, Flushing, NY, USA
Abstract :
Just as information contains the explicit and implicit values of its creators, so does the metadata that describes, summarizes, or represents that information. Consequently, issues arise in the planned design of metadata; in the creation of surrogates that represent data, text, or objects; as well as in the use and ownership of the metadata content in electronic environments. The intent here is to be illustrative, rather than prescriptive, when discussing issues raised.
Keywords :
meta data; professional aspects; software standards; descriptive data; ethical creation; ethical design; ethical use; metadata standards; summary data; Banking; Cellular phones; Computer aided instruction; Displays; Ethics; Home computing; Information retrieval; Information systems; Navigation; Vocabulary;
Journal_Title :
Technology and Society Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MTAS.2003.1216241
