昨天晚上看到了K师的博文“《元数据》横空出世”，今天早晨就给曾蕾(Marcia Zeng)写信表示祝贺。曾博士马上很客气地给我回信，并发给我该书的目录(TOC)。现将TOC转录如下，供大家参考：

Part I. Fundamentals of Metadata （第一部分：元数据基础）

Chapter 1. Introduction （第一章：引言）
1.1 A Brief History
1.2 Definitions
1.3 Types and Functions
1.4 Principles
1.5 Anatomy of a Metadata Standard
Suggested Readings

Chapter 2. Current Standards （第二章：现行标准）
2.1 Metadata for General Purposes
2.1.1 Dublin Core (DC)
2.1.2 MODS and the MARC Family
2.2 Metadata for Cultural Objects and Visual Resources
2.2.1 Introduction to CDWA
2.2.2 Important Concepts
2.2.3 The Element Sets of CCO, CDWA Lite, and VRA
2.3 Metadata for Educational Resources
2.3.1 Metadata Needs for Educational Resources
2.3.2 IEEE-LOM
2.3.3 CanCore
2.3.4 Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) 2.0
2.3.5 Dublin Core Education Application Profile (DC-ED)
2.3.6 SCORM
2.4 Archival and Preservation Metadata
2.4.1 The Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
2.4.2 Metadata for Digital Preservation
2.5 Rights Management Metadata
2.5.1 Rights Metadata Elements for User-oriented Rights Information
2.5.2 Rights-holder Communities’ Metadata Activities
2.5.3 Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL)
2.6 Scientific Metadata
2.7 Metadata for Multimedia Objects
2.7.1 The MPEG Standards
2.7.2 MPEG-7
2.7.3 ID3v2
2.7.4 PBCore, the Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary
2.7.5 Ongoing Research and Development
2.8 Metadata Describing Agents
Suggested Readings
Exercises

Part II. Metadata Building Blocks （第二部分：元数据构造块）

Chapter 3. Schemas--Structure and Semantics （第三章：方案——结构和语义）
3.1 Elements
3.1.1 Knowing the Difference
3.1.2 Communicating About the Functional Requirements
3.1.3 Identifying Desired Elements
3.2 Element Set
3.2.1 Basic Components
3.2.2 Principles for an Element Set to Follow
3.2.3 Methods of Working from an Existing Element Set
3.2.4 Testing the Element Set
3.3 Value Space
3.3.1 Value Spaces That Should Follow Standardized Syntax Encoding Rules
3.3.2 Value Spaces That Require Standardized Vocabulary Encoding Schemes
3.3.3 Value Spaces That Should Have Predefined Lists of Terms
3.4 Application Profiles
3.4.1 APs Consisting of Elements Drawn from Other Schemas
3.4.2 APs Based on One Schema but Tailored for Particular Application Communities
3.4.3 APs Declaring Own Namespaces
3.5 Crosswalks
3.6 Best Practice Guides and Content Standards
3.6.1 Best Practice Guides
3.6.2 Standard-specific Guidelines
3.6.3 Community-oriented Best Practice Guides
3.6.4 Data Content Standards
Suggested Readings
Exercises
Developing a Metadata Element Set (a Multipart Project)

Chapter 4. Schemas--Syntax （第四章：方案——句法）
4.1 Schema Encoding
4.2 Namespaces
4.3 XML Schemas for Metadata Standards
4.3.1 Dublin Core Encoding Schemas
4.3.2 EAD XML Schema
4.3.3 DLESE Metadata Framework XML Schemas
Suggested Readings
Exercises
Option : Create an XML Schema and Apply to Record Creation
Option 2: Create an XML Schema for the Option Exercise