To locate files with good metadata attached to them, I thought first of visiting government websites. I visited the Irish government’s website and selected a PDF outlining part of their housing plans, specifically discussing the effective use of existing properties. The first page of this item is pictured below.
Entering the metadata was mostly straightforward for this document, although I will confess that the creator and publisher become a little blurred when dealing with a government resource. I decided to enter the listed department of the Irish Government as the creator and the Irish Government in general as publisher, which seemed most logical given the way the website was set up.
I wanted to use a different file type for my second entry, so I looked through several areas of the Irish Government’s website and eventually, by way of the Cork City Council’s site, found the website of The Butter Museum in Cork. From their gallery, I selected a jpg image of a butter wrapper, which I have included below.
This turned out to be a slightly more difficult item to include metadata on. The original image had been shared to Tumblr by the museum and included little information about its background. Even the location is not terribly clear; County Tipperary helpfully contains two towns by the name of “Ballingarry.” The southern one seems more likely, given the mention of the nearby town of Thurles, but that remains speculation.
Beyond that, I encountered few problems. Once I was finished, both items were visible in the listings on the Omeka site.
I still feel shaky on some of the metadata entries, but this project has demystified the subject a good deal. I should be able to work with it again in the future.