GLOBALIZATION OF INFORMATION HIGHWAYS AND THE NEED FOR NEW FORMS OF WEBDATA AND METADATA

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GLOBALIZATION OF INFORMATION HIGHWAYS AND THE
NEED FOR NEW FORMS OF WEBDATA AND METADATA

• Prepared by Dusan Soltes, Faculty of
  Management, Comenius University,
• Bratislava, Slovakia

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INTRODUCTION

• DATA ANALYSIS AND/OR ANATOMY
• FOR METADATA ON THE WEB

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COMPONENTS OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

• - DATA
• - INFORMATION
• - PEOPLE
• - HARDWARE
• - SOFTWARE
• - ORGWARE
• -...

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DATA/INFORMATION

• - THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF ANY IS
• - DATA IS THE PHYSICAL REPRESENTATION OF
  INFORMATION REFLECTING THE REAL WORLD
• - INFORMATION IS THE SEMANTIC CONTENT OF DATA AND
  INFORMS ABOUT THE PHENOMENA AND PROCESSES OF THE
  REAL WORLD

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TYPOLOGY OF DATA/INFORMATION

• PHYSICAL REPRESENTATION
• - BIT - DATA WAREHOUSE
• - BYTE - WEB DATA
• - WORD/ITEM
• - RECORD
• - FILE
• - DATA BASE

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DATA BY LOCATION

• - PHYSICALLY LOCATED
• - VIRTUAL (WEB)

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DATA FUNCTIONS

• - IDENTIFICATION
• - CLASSIFICATION
• - QUANTIFICATION
• - DESCRIPTION
• - AUDIO/VIDEO PRESENTATION
• - MULTIMEDIAL PRESENTATION

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TYPOLOGY OF DATA

• - NUMERICAL - AUDIO
• - ALPHABETIC - MULTIMEDIAL
• - ALPHA-NUMERIC
• - TEXTUAL/RICH TEXT/HYPER TEXT
• - GRAPHICAL
• - GEOGRAPHIC/SPATIAL
• - VIDEO

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DATA SEMANTICS

• - STATISTICAL - KNOWLEDGE
• - PLANNING - E-
• - FINANCIAL
• - ACCOUNTING
• - MARKETING
• - COMMERCIAL
• - BUSINESS
• - EDUCATION

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DATA TIME CHARACTERISTICS

• - REAL TIME
• - CURRENT
• - HISTORICAL
• - ARCHIVE
• - PROGNOSTIC
• - PLANNING
• - FUTURISTIC

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FORMS OF DATA HOLDINGS

• - DATA FILE/SET - VIDEO FILE
• - TIME SERIE - MULTIMEDIA
  FILE
• - REGISTER - TEXTUAL
  FILE
• - CLASSIFICATION - MAP
• - NOMENCLATURE - ANIMATION
• - CODE-LIST
• - AUDIO FILE

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ORGANIZATION OF DATA

• - SERIAL - HASH
• - SEQUENTIAL - FUZZY
• - INDEX-SEQUENTIAL
• - HIERARCHICAL
• - NETWORK
• - RELATIONAL
• - MULTIDIMENSIONAL

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DATA ACCESS, PRIVACY, CONFIDENTIALITY

• - PUBLIC/OPEN - INTERNET/WEB BASED
• - RESTRICTED - EXTRANET
• - CONFIDENTIAL - INTRANET
• - SECRET - LOCAL NET
• - TOP SECRET - NON-NET
• - -

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DATA LEVELS

• - MICRODATA
• - MACRODATA
• - ORIGINAL
• - DERIVED
• - INDIVIDUAL
• - AGGREGATED

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METADATA - METAINFORMATION

• - METADATA IS THE PHYSICAL REPRESENTATION OF
  METAINFORMATION AND IS A DESCRIPTION OF DATA
• - METAINFORMATION IS THE SEMANTIC CONTENT OF
  METADATA AND INFORMS ABOUT INFORMATION

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TYPES OF METADATA

• - DOCUMENT ORIENTED - SEMANTICAL
• - OBJECT ORIENTED - TECHNICAL
• - MACRO -
  INFOLOGICAL
• - MICRO -
  DATALOGICAL
• - LOCAL
• - GLOBAL
• - CLASSIFICATION
• - CONCEPTUAL
• - OPERATIONAL
• - ORGANIZATIONAL

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METADATA HOLDINGS

• - CATALOGUE - METADATA
  WAREHOUSE
• - DICTIONARY - METADATA
  WWW
• - DIRECTORY
• - GLOSSARY
• - THESAURUS
• - REGISTER
• - CLASSIFICATION
• - CODE-LIST
• - NOMENCLATURE
• - METADATA BASE

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METADATA OBJECTS (STATISTICS)

• - INDICATORS - STATISTICAL
• - FORMS/SURVEYS POPULATIONS
• - PUBLICATIONS - STATISTICAL UNITS
• - FILES -
  CLASSIFICATIONS
• - OUTPUT TABLES - NOMENCLATURES
• - TIME-SERIES - CODE-LISTS
• - ALGORITHMS - PHENOMENAS

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METADATA FUNCTIONS

• - INFORMATION - PROCESSING
• - DOCUMENTATION - PRESENTATION
• - INTERPRETATION - UTILIZATION
• - NAVIGATION - INTEGRATION
• - SERCHING - COMARISON
• - ORIENTATION - RATIONALIZATION
• - RETRIEVAL - GLOBALIZATION

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METADATA MODELS, TOOLS, METHODS, STRUCTURES,
SYSTEMS

• - ISO/IEC 11179 - SIDI/SDOSIS
• - UML - METIS
• - MDA - GESMES
• - XML/XMI - NESSTAR
• - DDI - CLAMOUR
• - CWM - METANET
• - ESPLORIS - MOF
• - INFOLOGIC - DATALOGIC

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METADATA MODELS, TOOLS, (CONT.)

• - MOM -
  MIMAMED
• - ISTAT -
  MAMEOB
• - IQML -
  CRISTAL
• - IDARESA - FASTER
• - SDSS-GDDS (IMF) - NEUCHATEL GROUP
• - CMR -
  DUBLIN CORE
• - GESMES - TRIPLE S
• - CORBA - SGML/XML
• - CODAM -

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FUTURE OF THE WEB-BASED METADATA

• - STANDARDIZATION
• - UNIFICATION
• - HARMONIZATION
• - GLOBALIZATION
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• ONE OF THE PRACTICAL EXAMPLES IN THIS DIRECTION
  IS THE EU FUNDED METANET PROJECT