A View of the Interface between Ethics and Metadata

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Autor(a) principal: Haynes, David
Data de Publicação: 2023
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Information Science
Texto Completo: https://revistas.marilia.unesp.br/index.php/bjis/article/view/15377
Resumo: Despite its advantages in improving access to information, metadata has the potential to cause harm, if used inappropriately.  For instance, mass surveillance of phone calls can be used by intelligence agencies to target individuals. Language use can reinforce prejudices; poor language control undermines the efficiency of subject searches; and the opacity of discovery systems reduces the effectiveness of retrieval systems. There are also concerns about who owns the intellectual property associated with metadata creation. The talk concluded with a description of two proposed initiatives: by ISKO to investigate ways of improving metadata use in information discovery systems; and the recruitment for a fully-funded PhD studentship at Edinburgh Napier University to investigate the ethics of metadata.
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A View of the Interface between Ethics and Metadata
A View of the Interface between Ethics and Metadata
title A View of the Interface between Ethics and Metadata
spellingShingle A View of the Interface between Ethics and Metadata
Haynes, David
metadata
ethics
privacy
state surveillance
information retrieval
controlled languages
information discovery system
Metadata
Ethics
Privacy
State Surveillance
Information Retrieval
Controlled Languages
Information Discovery System
title_short A View of the Interface between Ethics and Metadata
title_full A View of the Interface between Ethics and Metadata
title_fullStr A View of the Interface between Ethics and Metadata
title_full_unstemmed A View of the Interface between Ethics and Metadata
title_sort A View of the Interface between Ethics and Metadata
author Haynes, David
author_facet Haynes, David
author_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Haynes, David
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv metadata
ethics
privacy
state surveillance
information retrieval
controlled languages
information discovery system
Metadata
Ethics
Privacy
State Surveillance
Information Retrieval
Controlled Languages
Information Discovery System
topic metadata
ethics
privacy
state surveillance
information retrieval
controlled languages
information discovery system
Metadata
Ethics
Privacy
State Surveillance
Information Retrieval
Controlled Languages
Information Discovery System
description Despite its advantages in improving access to information, metadata has the potential to cause harm, if used inappropriately.  For instance, mass surveillance of phone calls can be used by intelligence agencies to target individuals. Language use can reinforce prejudices; poor language control undermines the efficiency of subject searches; and the opacity of discovery systems reduces the effectiveness of retrieval systems. There are also concerns about who owns the intellectual property associated with metadata creation. The talk concluded with a description of two proposed initiatives: by ISKO to investigate ways of improving metadata use in information discovery systems; and the recruitment for a fully-funded PhD studentship at Edinburgh Napier University to investigate the ethics of metadata.
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