Interesting article on why Cory Doctorow thinks metadata won’t work – at least the kind that is human-generated.
In most of the mobility software work I’ve been a part of, what we call “metadata” is machine-generated – data that references an original, master copy of an email, an appointment, a database record.
This article deserves to be read simply by virtue of amazing lines like this:
Meta-utopia is a world of reliable metadata. When poisoning the well confers benefits to the poisoners, the meta-waters get awfully toxic in short order.
via VentureBlog.
Tim Oren adds massive value in this overview of Metadata.
One of the directions he takes in his article is particularly fascinating: metadata and legal issues. More on this in other posts.