INST 734
Information Retrieval Systems
Spring 2018
Module 8: Monday March 19 to Sunday April 1

This module focused on how we can represent content based on things that have been created for or from that content. The module is designed to be completed in 12 hours over 7 days. As with every module, you must complete all componentents of this module by midnight on the evening of the indicated end date for the module.

Module Checklist

The recommended order for completing the activities in this module is:
  1. View the introductory video for this module.
  2. Read the Understanding Metadata paper.
  3. View the first reading commentary video.
  4. Read the Petras et al. paper.
  5. View the second reading commentary video.
  6. Read the Koolen and Kamps paper.
  7. View the third reading commentary video.
  8. Check ELMS to see if you have an additional reading summary assigned to you this week. If so, complete that summary by midnight Thursday and submit it using ELMS.
  9. View the Metadata lecture video.
  10. View the Intentional Description lecture video.
  11. View the Incidental Description lecture video.
  12. View the Linked Data lecture video.
  13. On Friday (or later), read the additional reading summaries that were prepared by your classmates this week.
  14. Don't forget to post at least one substantive comment to this module's discussion forum.
  15. View the Guest Cameo video by Jaap Kamps.
  16. If you want to hear some of the topics in this module presented differently, consider viewing parts of the optional supplementary videos.

Readings

This week we have three reading assignments.

Summaries of Additional Readings

 Additional readings are assigned to five students. All students should read the five summaries once they are posted to ELMS.

Videos

Here are the videos for this module:
Doug Oard
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