Iterative design of metadata creation tools for resource authors

Authors:
Jane Greenberg;Abe Crystal;W. Davenport Robertson;Ellen Leadem
Affiliations:
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill;National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences;National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Venue:
DCMI '03 Proceedings of the 2003 international conference on Dublin Core and metadata applications: supporting communities of discourse and practice---metadata research & applications
Year:
2003

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Abstract

The National Institute of Environmental Heath Sciences (NIEHS), as part of the Metadata Generation Research Project, is exploring resource authors' abilities for creating acceptable metadata. As part of this work, two different versions of the NIEHS Dublin Core-based metadata generation tool have been tested. An iterative design approach, supported by cognitive walkthroughs, guided the design of the NIEHS metadata application. This paper reports on the design process and on two author surveys that gathered feedback on the usability of both versions of the NIEHS metadata application (Version 1.0 and 2.0). The results show a slight improvement between Version 1.0 and Version 2.0. The paper concludes by summarizing key findings and identifying further research needs specific to author generated metadata tools.