\u003cp\u003eSince it was first published, LIS students and professionals everywhere have relied on Millerâs authoritative manual for clear instruction on the real-world practice of metadata design and creation. Now the author has given his text a top to bottom overhaul to bring it fully up to date, making it even easier for readers to acquire the knowledge and skills they need, whether they use the book on the job or in a classroom. By following this bookâs guidance, with its inclusion of numerous practical examples that clarify common application issues and challenges, readers will\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elearn about the concept of metadata and its functions for digital collections, why itâs essential to approach metadata specifically as data for machine processing, and how metadata can work in the rapidly developing Linked Data environment;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eknow how to create high-quality resource descriptions using widely shared metadata standards, vocabularies, and elements commonly needed for digital collections;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebecome thoroughly familiarized with Dublin Core (DC) through exploration of DCMI Metadata Terms, CONTENTdm best practices, and DC as Linked Data;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ediscover what Linked Data is, how it is expressed in the Resource Description Framework (RDF), and how it works in relation to specific semantic models (typically called âontologiesâ) such as BIBFRAME, comprised of properties and classes with\u0026nbsp; âdomainâ and ârangeâ specifications;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eget to know the MODS and VRA Core metadata schemes, along with recent developments related to their use in a Linked Data setting;\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eunderstand the nuts and bolts of designing and documenting a metadata scheme; and\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003egain knowledge of vital metadata interoperability and quality issues, including how to identify and clean inconsistent, missing, and messy metadata using innovative tools such as OpenRefine.\u003c/li\u003e\n\u003c/ul\u003e
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