期刊名称：Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science
出版年度：2014
卷号：40
期号：4
出版社：American Society for Information Science and Technology
摘要：Information as an asset is a fairly well-accepted notion interconnected with our understanding of knowledge and the “knowledge economy” [ 1 ] [ 2 ]. Recognizing metadata as a valued asset or commodity is more challenging. This challenge stems from the ubiquitous definition for metadata as – “data about data” – and conflicting interpretations of data as valued information or as information without context having no value. Varying interpretations of data as it applies to metadata prompt us to ask: Can we recognize metadata as an asset? Where and how might we begin an inquiry on this topic? And more precisely, can we quantify the value of metadata in some way that will allow us to gather empirical evidence as to its value?
