Journal article
Metadata Applications for the Plant Information Center (PIC): A Web-based Scientific Learning Center
Interactive learning environments, v 9(3), pp 291-313
01 Dec 2001
Abstract
The University of North Carolina's Plant Information Center (PIC) is a Web-based scientific learning center that connects students to a virtual herbarium of plant specimens and to a collection of botanical and educational resources. This article introduces PIC and reviews the concept of metadata and its relation to the evolving Web-based educational environment. The emphasis is on PIC's metadata applications, specifically the incorporation, development, and integration of a series of metadata schemas that underlie the project. Attention is also given to PIC's metadata research initiatives and how PIC's metadata architecture can contribute to the design of similar enterprises.
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- Title
- Metadata Applications for the Plant Information Center (PIC): A Web-based Scientific Learning Center
- Creators
- Jane Greenberg
- Publication Details
- Interactive learning environments, v 9(3), pp 291-313
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science (Informatics)
- Other Identifier
- 991020532105704721