How useful is embedding metadata in HTML meta elements?
It can be useful to embed metadata into the HTML meta elements on a Web page, however when doing so keep the points below in mind. (a) it depends on a service provider (i) finding the document (search engines still have issues when harvesting dynamically created pages, for more information see Search Engine Watch and the NOF dissemination section of the programme manual) and (ii) extracting and using the metadata; and (b) HTML meta elements are not the only way of exposing metadata. Further information on OAI and other ways of making your metadata available will follow.
