Digital Libraries: Metadata Resources made me feel-- well-- meta!

"Metadata is data about data. The term refers to any data used to aid the identification, description and location of networked electronic resources. Many different metadata formats exist, some quite simple in their description, others quite complex and rich. "

In Lou's latest progress report we find that many professional organizations would love to have the vibrant if contentious IA community join them. But, true to IA's multi-disciplinary (dilettante?) nature, IA's plot to create a Super-SIG, allows us to belong to all. What will happen next? Can IA every truly commit? Tune in next week...

The Rowing Vortal uses a zoom tool to navigate the hierarchy. Beware of sea-sickness.

Zeldman's NYPL: Style Guide explains how to make pages that are acessible, usable and in brand. good guide for us all.

"This Style Guide for the Branch Libraries of the New York Public Library explains the markup and design requirements for all Branch Libraries web projects, along with various standards and best practices."

It's also the first time I've seen a simple explanation of xhtml.

In the Economist.com

Who would have thought that the pen could stand--let alone need--any further innovation? In its long history, it has evolved from a sharpened stick scraping cuneiform on tablets of Sumerian clay to become, in turn, a quill, a metal-tipped implement, a ball-point and a felt-nib. What is there possibly left for it to evolve into?

I know this! A sharpened stick to scratch graffiti onto a palm. We're back to the beginning folks.

pretty cool article, anyhoo....