Abstract

TORRES POMBERT, Ania. Cataloguing in the digital environment?  : a brief approach to metadata. ACIMED [online]. 2006, vol.14, n.5. ISSN 1024-9435.

The concepts and fundamental principles of the organization of information are exposed. The characteristics of the documents in Internet, as a fundamental aspect for their description, are approached. The evolution of the traditional bibliographical cataloguing and its influence on the generation of metadata as a process of the description of documents in Internet, its characteristics and functions, as well as the place of the information professionals in the present paradigm, are briefly described.

Keywords : Information organization; information resources; Internet; bibliographical cataloguing; cataloguing in Internet; metadata.