Full Metadata Blues slide presentation with audio 
Microsoft PowerPoint file (.ppt) 54 slides. 48,172 KB. 

"Kiosk" Metadata Blues slide presentation with audio 
Microsoft PowerPoint file (.ppt) 11 slides. 7 minutes. 64,918 KB.  

Metadata Blues slides handout 
Adobe Acrobat file (.pdf) 54 slides. 21 pages. 663 KB. 

Metadata Blues audio file 
MP3 file (.mp3) 7 minutes. 6,528 KB. 

1. TITLE  
The Metadata Blues, or Metadata in Search of an Audience.  
2. CREATOR 
Bruce Abbott, Data Administrator, MIS Bureau, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.  
3. SUBJECT 
Metadata.
Blues.  
4. DESCRIPTION 
In an effort to sort out some of the confusion surrounding the term “metadata,” this presentation describes four (different but related) metadata communities: data element metadata, Web page metadata, spatial metadata, and recordkeeping metadata. These communities are explored along several dimensions: their domains of interest, their standards, and their intended audiences. Comparisons within and across these dimensions show that there is a large degree of overlap among these communities, even though each community often focuses inward, on its own needs.  
5. PUBLISHER 
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources.  
6. CONTRIBUTORS 
Eileen Quam, Metadata Specialist and editor.  
7. DATE 
2001-12-13.  
8. TYPE 
Video slide presentation with audio 12-bar blues.  
9. FORMAT 
PPT, MP3, PDF. 
10. IDENTIFIER 
bridges.state.mn.us/blues.html.  
11. SOURCE 
My troubled soul.  
12. LANGUAGE 
English.  
13. RELATION 
Metadata Blues presentation variants; Metadata Blues audio files.  
14. COVERAGE 
Worldwide.  
15. RIGHTS MANAGEMENT 
Metadata Blues lyrics copyright Bruce Abbott, 2001. Metadata Blues slide presentation copyright Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 2001.