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Where does the metadata come from?
Not Necessarily


  • Part of the metadata information is present in tools…
  • …but thrown away at output :-(
    • e.g., a business chart can be generated by a tool…
    • …it “knows” the structure, the classification, etc. of the chart
    • …but, usually, this information is lost
    • …storing it in metadata would be easy!
  • “SW-aware” authoring tools will be of a great help
  • Tools can also extract some metadata from HTML files
  • (with little help)
  • Ontologies also exist already
    • albeit mostly in propriatery formats
    • but conversion tools exist!

Ivan Herman, W3C 27 (56)