TRUSTING THE WEB: how XML can help

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• Sharron E. Long B.Sc. M.Sc. DIC
• University of Nottingham
• Elsevier Science

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• No substitute for experience
• (23 quality selection criteria)

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CARS

• CREDIBILITY
• ACCURACY
• REASONABLENESS (!)
• SUPPORT

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• CREDIBILITY
• Authors credentials
• -biographical information
• -contact information
• Quality control
• -peer review
• -organisational website

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• ACCURACY
• -timeless
• -comprehensive and complete
• -target audience

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• REASONABLENESS
• -fair
• -objective
• -moderate
• -consistent
• -world view

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• SUPPORT
• -bibliography
• -corroboration
• -sources

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• QUALITY METADATA
• -the site
• -the author
• -the accuracy
• -the currency
• -the links
• -the peer review!