“Within information studies, adopting a descriptive standard, such as the Dublin Core metadata standard, is often perceived as a baseline indicator of metadata quality and reliability (Park, 2009). But when an organization adopts a standard,what is really being communicated to whom? … the claim of adoption might send different messages depending on how the standard is implemented in practice.”
Maron & Feinberg (2017)
Reflection
Reflect and respond to these two prompts (above and below)
- How does the metadata that you have created reflect your positionality?
Share your results with the larger group.
Final thoughts
- Return to the QFocus questions: what are the answers to your questions?