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You might try this blog post, by Thomas Bruce, who was my co-author on an earlier article (referred to in the post): https://blog.law.cornell.edu/voxpop/2013/01/24/metadata-quality-in-a-linked-data-context/ Diane On Wed, May 6, 2015 at 5:24 PM, Kyle Banerjee <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > On May 6, 2015, at 7:08 AM, James Morley <[log in to unmask]> > wrote: > > > > I think a key thing is to determine to what extent any definition of > 'completeness' is actually a representation of 'quality'. As Peter says, > making sure not just that metadata is present but then checking it conforms > with rules is a big step towards this. > > This. > > Basing quality measures too much on the presence of certain data points or > the volume of data is fraught with peril. In experiments in the distant > past, my experience was that looking for structure and syntax patterns that > indicate good/bad quality as well as considering record sources was useful. > Also keep in mind that any scoring system is to some extent arbitrary, so > you don't want to read more into what it generates than appropriate. > > Kyle >