Anthony van Dyck's portrait of Thomas Howard was made during the artist's first visit to London and marked the beginning of his brilliant international career

Honoring tradition while also challenging it

an elegant woman in a lustrous white gown dances as part of a foursome

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Introduction to Metadata: Third Edition hawke Anthony van Dyck's portrait ofEdited by Murtha Baca Metadata provides a means of indexing, accessing, preserving, and discovering digital resources. The volume of digital information available over electronic networks has created a pressing need for standards that ensure correct and proper use and interpretation of the data by its owners and users. Well crafted metadata is needed more now than ever before and helps users to locate, retrieve, and manage information in this vast and