GLOSSARY

Data about other data, especially descriptors for cataloging and searching digital files and objects.

The metasearch software product from Ex Libris group used by FLVC.

A search within other search engines' results, a form of search aggregation.

Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard, the standard for encoding descriptive, administrative, and structural metadata regarding objects within a digital library in XML.

Merged Headings Index, a file which contains established and alternative headings (cross-references) that might be selected in a search.