This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th Metadata and Semantics Research Conference, MTSR 2014, held in Karlsruhe, Germany, in November 2014. The 23 full papers and 9 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 57 submissions. The papers are organized in several sessions and tracks. They cover the following topics: metadata and linked data: tools and models; (meta) data quality assessment and curation; semantic interoperability, ontology-based data access and representation; big data and digital libraries in health, science and technology; metadata and semantics for open repositories, research information systems and data infrastructure; metadata and semantics for cultural collections and applications; semantics for agriculture, food and environment.

This book presents a concise, real-world description of DITA principles. Explanations are provided on the basis of simple, applicable examples. The book will be an excellent introduction for DITA novices and is ideal as a first orientation for optimizing your information environment.

Pragnant und praxisorientiert erfahren Sie hier, auf welchen zentralen Prinzipien DITA beruht. Die wichtigsten DITA-Features werden anhand einfacher Beispiele erklart, die direkt auf die eigene Umgebung ubertragbar sind. Damit ist dieses essential ein guter Einstieg fur alle, die DITA noch nicht kennen, und ideal als erste Entscheidungshilfe, wenn es um die Optimierung einer Informationslandschaft geht.