MetaMap: a landscape of acronyms
With the exponential development of the World Wide Web, there are so many metadata initiatives, so many organisations involved, and so many new standards that it's hard to get our bearings in this new environment.
The problem is exacerbated by the fact that the names of most of these new standards are represented by acronyms. The MetaMap exists to help gather in one place information about these metadata initiatives, to try to show relationships among them, and to connect them with the various players involved in their creation and use.
The MetaMap takes the form of a subway map, using the metaphor of helping users navigate in "metaspace", the environment of metadata.
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