Title: A metadata model for e-markets

Authors: Nikos Manouselis, Constantina Costopoulou

Addresses: Informatics Laboratory, Division of Informatics, Mathematics and Statistics, Department of Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos str., 118 55 Athens, Greece. ' Informatics Laboratory, Division of Informatics, Mathematics and Statistics, Department of Science, Agricultural University of Athens, 75 Iera Odos str., 118 55 Athens, Greece

Abstract: The objective of this paper is to present a specialised metadata model that has been developed in order to store e-market characteristics in a systematic, interoperable and reusable manner. The proposed model is based on the Dublin Core (DC) metadata standard, and termed as the DC E-Market (DC-EM) metadata model. The paper describes the DC-EM metadata model elements, providing guidelines for their encoding in the eXtensible Markup Language (XML). It also presents the prototype of a DC-EM metadata repository, and its application for the analysis of a sample of Greek agricultural e-markets.

Keywords: e-markets; electronic markets; online markets; Dublin Core; metadata models; XML; Greece; agricultural e-markets.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMSO.2006.011010

International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, 2006 Vol.1 No.2, pp.141 - 153

Published online: 03 Oct 2006 *

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