huvudinformationen

Huvudinformationen is a term used in Swedish to refer to the core or header information that identifies and describes a resource. It comprises essential metadata or descriptive elements that enable understanding, discovery, and management.

In publishing and digital resources, it includes title, author or creator, publication or creation date, language, format, rights and licensing, and a short abstract or summary. In data management, it can include identifiers such as ISBN, DOI, version, provenance, source, and schema.

In web and software contexts, the concept covers metadata blocks such as the page title, meta description, authorship, and keywords, as well as header data in data interchange formats (for example, file headers or API response metadata). The main function is to provide at-a-glance information without opening the full resource.

Usage and benefits: improves searchability, interoperability, and governance; supports rights management and preservation; aids users in deciding relevance.

Best practices: ensure consistency, use controlled vocabularies, keep information current, avoid duplicating data across fields, include stable identifiers, and document provenance and versioning. In Swedish practice, the term emphasizes the most important identifying data for a resource.