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# Metadata quality
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/metadata-quality/
- Published: 2004-10-01T22:04:21.000Z
- Updated: 2004-10-01T22:04:21.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Systems

Another article establishes the importance of metadata quality or consistency for retrieval. This is an issue we are facing more as metadata is aggregated from different metadata regimes.

> The OAI Protocol for Metadata Harvesting has deservedly been hailed as an important tool in the development of digital libraries from multiple, dispersed digital collections. However, it is a tool designed only to easily move metadata from one place to another. To provide useful aggregation of metadata, it is clear that a non-trivial amount of mediation must take place. This pilot study helps to establish a baseline of metadata mediation that service providers may wish to consider. \[[Experiences of Educators Using a Portal of Aggregated Metadata: Shreeves and Kirkham: JoDI](https://jodi.ecs.soton.ac.uk/Articles/v05/i03/Shreeves/?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]

The group at UIUC continue to do interesting work.