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Collectionthat is a term used in digital curation to describe a system, platform, or approach for assembling, labeling, and sharing curated groups of items. Collections may encompass digital objects such as images, videos, articles, and datasets, as well as physical items represented by metadata. The idea emphasizes thematic organization, provenance, and social accessibility, allowing users to create collections around topics, genres, or projects, and to publish or collaborate on them.
Key features typically include: support for adding items from various sources, tagging and metadata fields (title,
At a basic level, a collection comprises a collection object with metadata (owner, creation date, description),
Applications span personal organization, educational projects, museum and library curation, research data management, and fan or
Challenges include ensuring accurate metadata, rights management for shared items, content quality control, spam or vandalism
See also: curation, playlists, digital collections, metadata standards, object repositories.