Definitions

Crossref

Crossref makes research objects easy to find, cite, link, assess, and reuse. We’re a not-for-profit membership organization that exists to make scholarly communications better. 

Rhodes University subscribed to Crossref in 2016. We use Crossref to assign Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs) to articles/objects when required.

Metadata

Metadata means "data about data". Metadata is defined as the data providing information about one or more aspects of the data; it is used to summarize basic information about data that can make tracking and working with specific data easier 

Getting started with metadata

27 April 2017