Descriptions of digital content improve the use of content in various ways by adding information or a structure to make sense of data. It's important to have good descriptive information (such as metadata or file names) to enable content to be searchable and reusable.
Using a standard, along with a metadata scheme is one way to ensure that information relating to your digital content is well documented.
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