7 golden rules for describing your metadata

We studied the requirements of these 5 professions and took inspiration from the famous 5Ws method used by journalists to come up with our 7 golden rules for describing metadata.

• Metadata should provide a dataset with context
• Metadata should make a dataset unique
• Metadata should provide the framework for subsequent uses of a dataset
• Metadata should make you want to reuse a dataset
• Metadata should offer reassurance regarding the reliability of a dataset
• Metadata should allow for a dataset to be found by search engines
• Metadata should ensure the longevity of a dataset