The Importance of Metadata

August 21, 2012 / Melody Smith / Comments Off on The Importance of Metadata

In the world of metadata, versions are often confused for variations or even renditions. Versions apply to digital assets and their respective metadata. Without version control and history in digital asset management (DAM), errors during the editing process can turn into disasters. A version often involves a correction or an improvement by editing.

CMS Wire brought this information to our attention in their article, “Digital Asset Management: Why You Need Version Control.” Why would you want to edit metadata? Whether the metadata is embedded or associated, version control may still be needed. There are DAM systems with full version control for assets and metadata, even down to a single character change within the metadata.

Using metadata intelligently and maintaining its integrity are key to finding your data. Be sure to choose the right product and partner to capture and index data. Access Innovations is one of a very small number of companies that can help clients generate ANSI/ISO/W3C-compliant taxonomies and indexing rule bases.

Melody K. Smith

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Melody Smith

Melody K. Smith has provided organizational, social media and digital communication services to a large non-profit for the past twenty years. Prior to that she championed employee engagement and communications in the healthcare field. She holds a Bachelors degree in Marketing. When not wrangling and writing TaxoDiary content for your reading pleasure, Melody writes fiction, rescues dogs and throws legendary dinner parties.