Project Information

The Metadata Generation Research (MGR) project is developing a model that will facilitate the most efficient and effective means of metadata production by integrating human and automatic processes. The research is being conducted at the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina (SILS/UNC-CH), in collaboration with the National Institute of Environmental Sciences (NIEHS), an Institute of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

The MGR project has been funded by Microsoft Research, OCLC, Online Computer Library Center, Inc., and UNC’s University Research Council. An extension of the MGR project is the AMeGA Project, which is investigating functional requirements for automatic metadata generation applications.

Project Goals

• Study human and automatic metadata generation processes.
• Develop protocols for collaboration between resource authors and metadata professionals during the metadata generation process.
• Evaluate the integration of collaborative human metadata generation processes and automatic generation processes.
• Consider implications for the development of the Semantic Web.