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Organizing Scientific Data Sets: Studying Similarities and Differences in Metadata and Subject Term Creation
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White, Hollie C. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Background: According to Salo (2010), the metadata entered into repositories are "disorganized" and metadata schemes underlying repositories are "arcane". This creates a challenging repository environment in regards to personal information management (PIM) and knowledge organization systems (KOSs). This dissertation research is…
Descriptors: Metadata, Indexing, Classification, Information Management
Facilitating Teachers' Reuse of Mobile Assisted Language Learning Resources Using Educational Metadata
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Zervas, Panagiotis; Sampson, Demetrios G. – IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, 2014
Mobile assisted language learning (MALL) and open access repositories for language learning resources are both topics that have attracted the interest of researchers and practitioners in technology enhanced learning (TeL). Yet, there is limited experimental evidence about possible factors that can influence and potentially enhance reuse of MALL…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Handheld Devices, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
An Examination of the Adoption of Preservation Metadata in Cultural Heritage Institutions: An Exploratory Study Using Diffusion of Innovations Theory
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Alemneh, Daniel Gelaw – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Digital preservation is a significant challenge for cultural heritage institutions and other repositories of digital information resources. Recognizing the critical role of metadata in any successful digital preservation strategy, the Preservation Metadata Implementation Strategies (PREMIS) has been extremely influential on providing a "core" set…
Descriptors: Preservation, Metadata, Cultural Background, Museums
Detecting Targeted Malicious Email through Supervised Classification of Persistent Threat and Recipient Oriented Features
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Amin, Rohan Mahesh – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Targeted email attacks to enable computer network exploitation have become more prevalent, more insidious, and more widely documented in recent years. Beyond nuisance spam or phishing designed to trick users into revealing personal information, targeted malicious email (TME) facilitates computer network exploitation and the gathering of sensitive…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Program Effectiveness, Classification, Statistical Analysis
School District Evaluation: Database Warehouse Support.
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Adcock, Eugene P.; Haseltine, Reginald – 1996
The Prince George's County (Maryland) school system has developed a database warehouse system as an evaluation data support tool for fulfilling the system's information demands. This paper described the Research and Evaluation Assimilation Database (READ) warehouse support system and considers the requirements for data used in evaluation and how…
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Data Collection, Databases, Elementary Secondary Education
Codes, Costs, and Critiques: The Organization of Information in "Library Quarterly", 1931-2004
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Olson, Hope A. – Library Quarterly, 2006
This article reports the results of a quantitative and thematic content analysis of the organization of information literature in the "Library Quarterly" ("LQ") between its inception in 1931 and 2004. The majority of articles in this category were published in the first half of "LQ's" run. Prominent themes have included cataloging codes and the…
Descriptors: Library Science, Periodicals, Content Analysis, Time Perspective