Area: |
Department of Media and Information |
Credits: |
25.0 |
Contact Hours: |
3.0 |
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| ** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. ** |
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Lecture: |
1 x 1 Hours Weekly |
Workshop: |
1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
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Syllabus: |
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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| ** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. ** |
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Field of Education: |
91301 Librarianship and Information Management |
HECS Band (if applicable): |
1 |
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Extent to which this unit or thesis
utilises online information: |
Fully Online |
Result Type: |
Grade/Mark |
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Availability |
| Year |
Location |
Period |
Internal |
Area External |
Central External |
| 2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 1 |
Y |
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Y |
| 2004 |
Bentley Campus |
Semester 2 |
Y |
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Y |
Area
External |
refers to external course/units run by the School or Department, offered online or through Web CT, or offered by research. |
Central
External | refers to external course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area |
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