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Metadata Issues

Sharon Flank
 eMotion, Inc.

Overview

Why Metadata?

Possible Metadata Structures

Fielded Data

Smart Features

More Smart Features

More Smart Features

Smart Features: Summary

Dynamic Semantic Expansion

Managing Hierarchical Information

Objects

Object Model: Complications

Fields

Field Model

Optimizing for the Long Term

Comparing Standards

Retrieval of Keywords

Comparing Search Methods

What’s Wrong with Keywords?

Why English?

XML is Not Enough

Conclusion