Chao-chen Che

數位圖書館系統所用到的技術相當多，如資料數位化、浮水印、內容檢索、網路安全與認證、Metadata、多媒體、多語文，及XML技術等，其中Metadata與XML更是發展數位圖書館系統的核心技術。本文將說明臺灣發展Metadata之現況，並以個人的實際經驗說明Metadata發展的步驟，以及介紹以XML技術所開發Metadata管理系統之發展理念及其功能。

Among the many technologies applied in digital library system, metadata and XML prove to be the core technologies involved in the development of this system. This paper first introduces the current development of metadata in Taiwan and then describes the process of the metadata development of Metalogy and the concepts and functions of this management system.