1. What is the purpose of metadata? What are the categories of metadata?
2. What is a controlled vocabulary? How is a controlled vocabulary beneficial to a web site and/or organisation?
3. What is the purpose of a synonym ring? Give examples of terms that would be considered equivalent under a synonym ring. What might happened during a search if you didn’t use a synonym ring? (Give an example.)
4. What is the purpose of an authority file? Describe how an authority file can educate users during search. Create an authority file for abbreviations of the Australian states and territories (Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory).
5. Describe the purpose of a classification scheme. How does a web site benefit from a classification scheme? Create a classification scheme for several major dog breeds based on whether the dog is toy, small, medium, large, or giant.
6. What topics would the following codes retrieve under Dewey Decimal Classification:
a. 025.524
b. 787.87092
c. 641.623
d. 634.772
e. 522.29