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11210 (v.4) Information Studies 503 - Information Design



 

Area:Department of Media and Information
Contact Hours:3.0
Credits:25.0
Lecture:1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Workshop:1 x 2 Hours Weekly
The basic principles involved in structuring information objects and creating the metadata which makes them retrievable. Topics may include - information structures, hypertext, markup languages, databases, automatic and derived indexing, metadata and description, DTDs and schemas, indexing languages, standards and standards organisations, categorisation and subject analysis, evaluation of retrieval effectiveness. Practical workshops introduce students to international standards for information organisation.

 
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