Discovering the Data
Discovering the Data (hereinafter, the Session) is a hands-on session designed to get its participants started discovering the data relevant to WorldOpp. The Session is the sixth of ten sessions of WorldOpp Placement Seminar (hereinafter, the Seminar).
Contents
Outline
Understanding the DADI is the predecessor session.
How to define data
Data definition in general terms is the available of information about a subject, its characteristics and features. In CNM Wiki data refers to the information available on the wiki about various concepts that the learners can read to gain knowledge. The wiki contains a lot of information about business management, entrepreneurship, Recruitment and employment all geared towards helping learners gain all round knowledge in a wide range of industries and gain employable skills.
How to discover data
Discovering Data in the CNM Wiki makes use of the links to both internal and external sources. The links are found inside teh texta and help users navigate more easily. All words containing links are highlighted in a blue color and the user can click these to be redirected to other pages that contain more information about the subject.
The Wiki also employs use of recorded audios, videos and other material to supplement the learning process. These are found as sections within teh Wiki pages towars the bottom of the screen. Users are welcome to develop their own materials to enable new entratnts navigate the site more easily and sensure a seamless learning experince.
The site also supports files uploads and the users can upload images and other files that they feel would be beneficial to other learners. To access the library of uploaded files, tusers can click on button.
Categorization The pages are categorized in accordance to the Media wiki conventions. This makes it easy for the user to know where they are in teh wiki and to navigate easily to other pages of interest.
How to define metadata
metadata refers to data that describes other data. Metadata is mostly used by teh system developers to explain teh user data in this case studymaterials have been classified or arranged. The term 'Meta' is a prefix that refers to 'underlying definition or description' . For example, author, date created, and file size as samples of basic document meta data that help users sift through documents and easily locate the specific ones they are interested in.
There are three (3) main types of metadata
- Descriptive Metadata - this type describes a resources for purposes of discovery and may contain information such as title of document, abstract, author etc.
- Structural metadata shows how compound objects have been joined together. For example, the pages in a Wiki
- Administrative Metadata provides information to help manage resources and will include details such as when the data was created, access levels and file type among others.
Adminstartive data is broken into two brances
- rights management metadata which deals with intellectual rights and copyright and
- preservation metadat which deals with how a rsource should be preserved or archived.
Creating Metadata
Metadata can be created manually or can be automated. Manual creation of metadata though tie consuming tends to give more accurate data since they allow the user to input details they feel would be relevant to the user.
How to discover metadata
metadata discovery is also known as metadata harvesting or metadata discovery and is the process of using automated tools to analyze data sets with the aim of discovering the semantics. This process results in mapping of data data elements to the metadata registry
How to identify data source
Analyzing the Sources is the successor session.
