Metadata Can Be Exciting

March 6, 2014 / Melody Smith / Comments Off on Metadata Can Be Exciting

Most people might see recordkeeping as boring and mundane. While that may once have been an accurate view, metadata has changed that, at least slightly. While most recordkeeping systems do have similarities, a record is not defined by where it gets stored, but by what it represents. Sounds a lot like classification to me. Image and Data Manager brought this news our direction in their article, “Looking for records in all the wrong places.”

One of the most important reasons why recordkeeping systems exist in the first place is that strong controls on records make them more useful for evidentiary purposes. With the explosion of cloud-based information systems available, users are signing up for systems that support specialized business processes without a full review.

It is always good to fully review anyone you go into business with. When you select a vendor to work with for storing your precious data, that vendor is very much a partner in your efforts.

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.