What is Metadata?

What is metadata, why does it matter, and what can we do with it? Time to develop a new superpower! Please, just use it for good.
#Metadata #Privacy #WeCreateEDU
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[@ARTiculations]

At the AGO's library, the librarians also associate other metadata info to books like - mentions to works and artists in our collection, exhibition history, collections of other museums/galleries, conferences/exhibitions/biennales, donors, and art-history specific keywords and subject matter. Soooo amazing it makes my research so much richer and smoother.

[@StacksFacts]

Right?!

[@millomweb]

Except what you're talking about here is data and not metadata. The main metadata you'd find in a library book is from the library's stamp to say who owns that copy of the book. You'd also find a date stamp of when the book was due to be returned. That is metadata - as would the Dewey classification number for it.

[@arnoldwayne6775]

Theres a difference between metadata and microdata?

[@edhead76]

i loved your bizarre pauses with curious pondering questions. I look forward to going through your series. As someone with ADHD, I struggle on where to start and where to stop and my brain never turns off. However, every quest must have a goal, no? I'm really struggling on the why. why care about certain types of data and I'm hopeful that answering that question will help organize my obisidian notes to an actual library that is useful vs silly notes that I just can't seem to get rid of but serve no purpose.

[@lucbrien-libsaurus5786]

Love it, Ben! Metadata is one of those strange buzzwords right now, isn't it? Looking forward to seeing your tattoo session!

[@proserfina21096]

thanks for simplifying its meaning.

[@StacksFacts]

You bet!

[@tdiddle8950]

You have a very humanistic view of meta-data. To me, it's much like markup language that works in the general Internet. In that context, metadata is information that marks up, or adds significant value to, some data that preexists.

[@Liberperlo]

Spoken like a true cataloger :-) As a Systems Librarian most of my day is either creating metadata or fixing the connections in the system that uses that metadata. Yes there is LOTS of metadata about people in their accounts. Library patrons for example.

[@uispeccoll]

*Winks back * You're the best. Also, now I am compelled to add a better citation for the Shakespeare books to the description for our video. I am so excited for your metadata series. -Colleen

[@matematica_do_zero]

Thank you very much!

[@earthandwind820]

Thank youuuuu, for explaining beyond “data about data”

[@oftalmohumanista]

Amazing info and easy to understand! Thank you so much!

[@KathyTrithardt]

Yay for a Colleen shout out!

[@tdiddle8950]

This meta-data thing is pretty spooky. Kind of like Einstein's belief that quantum mechanics is spooky compared to relativity.

[@JAYATHEERTHK]

Really good explanation

[@whereamigoing777]

I got my meta cleaners primed and ready for social media. Never know when the platform wants to "extract" information from photos and videos.

[@kirkobayne]

I'm like 30 seconds in but metadata is like the context of data? Meta is like context? I have never, never understood the word meta, but is thinking about it like that roughly correct?

[@StacksFacts]

Yeah, thereabouts!

[@literarylady1125]

MetaData- The breaking down of a book to its smallest parts.

[@TheAnubis57]

Yes. That's the way I understood it when it was introduced in conjunction with RDA cataloging rules and FRBR.

[@nwankwonkechi6557]

Please what is RDA and FRBR

[@witthesmokeluicci9995]

peter u aligned your book with the time marker but will you be peter or what will peter look like descriptive and structure

[@sexplanations]

It's because I like hearing your voice and seeing your face :O)

[@kujmous]

That was subtle ;)

[@StacksFacts]

OKAY FIIIIIIINE :P

[@leoxu7826]

i smell simp in here

[@johnchisulo6028]

Brilliant

[@maciejg8864]

Really helpful video, thanks man!

[@StacksFacts]

Glad to hear! Thanks for being here 🙂

[@hewystudio7832]

Really helpful man, thanks video!

[@StacksFacts]

The video says you're welcome!

[@hewystudio7832]

@@StacksFacts hahaha *thanks FOR THE video

[@Pointless_]

Man actually added the Grinder logo Timestamp: 2:11

[@StacksFacts]

FINALLY

[@Pointless_]

@@StacksFacts Lol, only took 4 years

[@VictorSalmon]

(LOOKING AT YOU LINDSEY)

[@JiggleTheJamJar]

So, what happened with Steve?

[@StacksFacts]

Well ya know, love is a fickle thing so now Steve and i date at a distance, and only one of us knows it.

[@JiggleTheJamJar]

@@StacksFacts Been there. Probably still there now to be honest. Also I'd just like to thank you for your videos. I'm a studying library student and used your videos to help make my decision on what to study. I've also told some of my teachers about you, just incase you were unsure how weird of a place the internet is, some librarian teachers in Melbourne, Australia have now watched you talk about tattoos and metadata and know about your very real relationship with Steve.

[@herbertkfernandes]

Why don't you text Steve back?

[@tdiddle8950]

That intro music so subtlety reminded me of Pinky and the Brain.

[@LordBitememan]

Hmm. . . I would have to conclude based on that data that you were a regular participant in political forums and have, in fact, traveled to one or more industrial cities in America. The metadata confirms it! :P

[@StacksFacts]

I... uh. I see. :P

[@Liberperlo]

@@StacksFacts How Meta! :P

[@dirtypink3197]

Great explanation

[@ZINANLIN]

nice!

[@Prodigious1One]

Yeah... What is the cost of a free email account?

[@7social528]

Time you would spend in order to make one... 😄

[@Liberperlo]

@Jackie Schmidt Basically your privacy

[@RinyeAbatang]

helpful

[@WilliamJestice]

Luke i'm not your father! stop calling me dada!!!!!!

[@Lastinterceptor]

Peter those ears are massive. No sound evades you.

[@keithjohnson7594]

Is this where Facebook got the name “meta” from?

[@arnoldwayne6775]

Well that was confusing and I still dont what metadata is.

[@arnoldwayne6775]

Metadata can be expanded and sub divided into other metadata if done properly. Anyway I understand after I watched the video over and over. I'm slow and just trying to learn.

[@StacksFacts]

And that's the best any of us can do!

[@arnoldwayne6775]

@@StacksFacts do what?

[@StacksFacts]

Try to learn!

[@arnoldwayne6775]

@@StacksFacts oh yeah that's true!

[@kelliatha-xz1xh]

So if I worked for Robins AFB for 17 years and now I'm on a permanent screw her by name for life? Wow that's like not automatically smart but thanks man who I don't know for helping me and God brainstorm

[@user-gr9te5qw5e]

Don't get a tattoo. If you get one write no tattoo

[@nalosisessions9022]

I love that you Judy came out with being gay.... Live your life... Love it. ❤️❤️❤️❤️Steve was weird

[@Liberperlo]

Dropped a major hairpin there :) Class: Librarians; Subclass Queer (Can't think of the MARC for that at the moment)

[@MetaphysicalAxiom]

You need a pop filter. cheap and easy. ;-)

[@tjtomalon3207]

What's up with Steve? lol

[@Aech-q5z]

its dayta not dahtuh

[@worlaliawakame762]

Partnersssssssss🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@StacksFacts]

😶

[@eventtopartmusic3654]

Yo, wtf is metadata?😢

[@RinyeAbatang]

American accent is hilarious, why don't we just spell it as dada not data. Hmm madadada.

[@OmarAbdullahi-gv5jp]

I need is green card

[@jakehudson7118]

Not sure why but this guy really annoys me, also its DAYTA not DATA, pronounce it right

[@StacksFacts]

Cool, cool cool cool.

[@bethhunter1756]

Fun fact, more than one country in the world and everyone here says "DAR-TA" as well not Day-ta.

[@Aech-q5z]

@@bethhunter1756 just cuz more than 1 country says dahtu doesnt make it correct, 70% of people speaking english say daytuh and oxofrd dictionary says its daytuh so...