Why do I need to attach “metadata” to the items I submit to DigitalCommons@ The Texas Medical Center?
The metadata attached to each of the submissions to DigitalCommons@ TMC is similar to the information in a library’s catalog record for a book. It is descriptive information about an item that allows it to be found via keyword searching (e.g.title of an item, author, subjects, etc.) Having descriptive metadata attached to an item allows it to be more easily accessed using search engines and metadata harvesters.
