JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 10(6): 740-748, doi: 10.3217/jucs-010-06-0740
An Investigation into Sharing Metadata: "I'm not thinking what you are thinking"
expand article infoSimone Stumpf‡, Janet Mcdonnell§
‡ University College London, London, United Kingdom§ University College London, United Kingdom

Corresponding author: Simone Stumpf ( s.stumpf@cs.ucl.ac.uk )

© Simone Stumpf, Janet Mcdonnell.
This article is freely available under the J.UCS Open Content License.
Citation: Stumpf S, Mcdonnell J (2004) An Investigation into Sharing Metadata: "I'm not thinking what you are thinking". JUCS - Journal of Universal Computer Science 10(6): 740-748. https://doi.org/10.3217/jucs-010-06-0740
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Abstract
A small collection of metadata concepts has been jointly negotiated among a group of specialists to be relevant for classifying data used in their field. A series of comparisons are made to test levels of agreement between individuals when these concepts are used to tag data items. Inter-coder agreement measures are presented for a range of data sets and individuals with varying relationships to the data sets. The implications of the results for the use of metadata as a supporting mechanism for knowledge sharing are discussed.
Keywords
metadata, knowledge sharing, agreement