Semantic reuse of existing metadata: a model-based perspective

Existing metadata about cultural items such as movies, books and music is a valuable resource that have been created for specific purposes and managed for decades by institutions worldwide. In order to realize and increase the potential value of this metadata and make it available for new services and purposes, there is a need for proper semantic reuse and integration of this metadata. Thus, the focus of this work is on improving the quality of existing metadata. Our approach is based on model-based interpretation of existing metadata, using a conceptual domain model. The main research objectives are to support the migration of existing metadata to a new information model that enables semantic aware reuse and integration and to exploit methods to improve the reuse value of existing metadata and make it available for new types of services.