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What is Metadata and Why is it Important?

AIIM

One such tool is Metadata. Metadata offers significant benefits in terms of understanding information in new ways and in being able to leverage that intelligence to drive innovation and the customer experience. What is Metadata? The US Department of Defense has a definition of metadata in its DoD 5015.2

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Digitizing Records: Understanding Metadata Requirements

National Archives Records Express

S49-07-001 – STS-049 – In cabin view of crewmember at the forward flight deck with laptop terminal National Archives Identifier: 22702275 In this blog post, we will explore the key aspects of metadata requirements and their significance in recordkeeping.

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Supercharge Your Search Accuracy with Auto-Applied Email Metadata Upon Ingestion

AIIM

The ever increasing petabytes of data required to do business in the modern world of work require utilizing metadata to tag content. Why Metadata? Metadata (aka tags, properties, labels) is the key component in any robust Information Architecture plan. Break down silos.

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How to Build a Metadata Plan in Five Steps

AIIM

Metadata resides at the center of many of the essential aspects of content management. In addition to helping organize and classify content, Metadata enables good findability, can trigger workflow and transactional processes, reveals document usage patterns and history, and helps establish retention and disposition events.

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Release of Universal Electronic Records Management Requirements, Version 3

National Archives Records Express

We are pleased to announce the release of Version 3 of the Universal Electronic Records Management (ERM) Requirements as part of our Federal Electronic Records Modernization Initiative (FERMI). Consolidated the record type columns. We first released the Universal ERM Requirements in August 2017.

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Records Management in the Intelligent Information Era

AIIM

Defining a New Era of Records Management. Records management has traditionally been significantly focused on compliance. We argued in the AIIM 2019 State of the Industry – Content Services that “[information management] is better sold indirectly – as a byproduct of automation and customer experience – than head-on.”.

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Dublin Core Metadata Initiative offers Guidance and Best Practices on Metadata

IG Guru

The post Dublin Core Metadata Initiative offers Guidance and Best Practices on Metadata appeared first on IG GURU. Check out their site here.