metadata.

[Elizabeth Gregory]

I don't have specific citations, but metadata is a big part of the Library of Congress' Bicentennial Conference on Bibliographic Control in the New Millenium.

The web site lists several people reported to have "written extensively" on metadata. Maybe their work would be helpful.

http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/

Elizabeth Gregory
Extension Communications Specialist
Texas A&M University System
e-gregory at tamu.edu