Metadata, in simplest terms, is data which describes other data. It is used by historians and archivists to provide context for digitized artifacts, and facilitates the discovery of new materials. In my opinion, the most important type of metadata is information that the viewer would not be able to discern from simply viewing a photograph or object. For instance provenance, unknown figures or subjects, weight, material, and any other interesting clues that could lead to its use in a new way. For my kitchen photos, I tried focusing on this type of context since there were many areas where traditional metadata couldn’t be applied to photos of household kitchen objects. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Metadata is all about accounting for future historians and how they might choose to work with a given source, and programs like Tropy and Omeka are perhaps the best tools for establishing good Metadata habits. All metadata naturally requires proof reading, and these tools organize the information in ways which make it much easier to locate errors than by traditional means. It has changed not only the ways we think about historical objects, but more importantly, how it affects our work as researchers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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