Hi Reem,

Metadata, in this case, refers to the data from the information or artwork (or other) template that's used when an image is uploaded to Commons. So it's not the exif-data, but information about, for example, who's the maker of a painting, when did he make it, what techniques did he use. Take, for example, the data from this upload: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NL-HlmNHA_53004672_Kaaiman.tif

Best,

Arne Wossink

Projectleider / Project Manager Wikimedia Nederland

(Werkdagen: maandag, dinsdag, donderdag / Office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday)

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2017-05-14 21:31 GMT+02:00 Jos Damen <josephcmdamen@gmail.com>:

After adding Category:People_being_vaccinated to this file https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ASC_Leiden_-_Coutinho_Collection_-_G_07_-_Ziguinchor,_Senegal_-_Vaccination_-_1973.tiff by User Hans Muller, it was picked up by User:Kopiersperre, who added: Category:Jet_injectors and added the image to https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impfpistole 

Other example: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ASC_Leiden_-_Coutinho_Collection_-_A_37_-_Surgery_in_Sara,_Guinea-Bissau_-_Suturing_the_wound_-_1974.tif 

best regards,

Jos Damen

2017-05-13 15:44 GMT+02:00 Arne Wossink <wossink@wikimedia.nl>:

Hi all,

As best practice we usually encourage GLAMs to provide as many metadata as possible for media donations. However, providing these metadata and "wikifying" them (for examply as part of an upload using Pattypan) can be quite a bit of work, either for a Wikimedian or a GLAM volunteer/staff member.

Do we have any case studies outlining immediate benefits of providing more metadata? For example, does providing more metadata lead to better uptake of images in articles on WP?

Best

Arne Wossink

Projectleider / Project Manager Wikimedia Nederland

(Werkdagen: maandag, dinsdag, donderdag / Office hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday)

Tel. +31 (0)6 11000505

E-mail: wossink@wikimedia.nl

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Postbus 167                                                Mariaplaats 3

3500 AD  Utrecht                                         Utrecht

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