Closing Keynote
- Starts at
- Thu, Aug 6, 2026, 09:00 KST
- Finishes at
- Thu, Aug 6, 2026, 10:30 KST
- Venue
- International Conference Hall
- Moderator
- Sam Oh
The Future of Metadata in a Changing World
Metadata is essential for managing and accessing information, but the metadata of tomorrow may be very different from that of yesterday. New technologies, such as machine learning, BIBFRAME and linked data at scale, are changing fundamental assumptions about how metadata is produced and used. Evolving economic models are surfacing the familiar tension between the commercialization of metadata through webscale consolidation of industries and the prospect of a global metadata commons. And now AI is rewriting the fundamental social contract of the Internet: how we work with each other, with agents and with institutions is being actively redefined. In the face of this great change, now is an apt time to step back and consider the key principles and values that underlie our metadata practices. What form will metadata and the tools that create and host it take for the rest of this century?
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Tom Cramer
Associate University Librarian for Digital Library Systems & Services
Stanford University
Tom Cramer is the Chief Technology Strategist, Associate University Librarian & Director of Digital Library Systems & Services at the Stanford University Libraries. He directs the technical development and delivery of Stanford’s digital library services, including digitization, preservation, discovery and access to digital resources, as well as the LOCKSS program. He is the President of the Open Library Foundation, founder of the International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF), co-founder of Blue Core and the ai4lam, LD4 and Samvera communities.
Moderator
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Sam Oh
Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea
Sam Oh is a distinguished professor for global affairs at Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea, and an affiliate professor at University of Washington iSchool. HIS expertise spans data modeling, metadata design, and ontology design. With funded projects and consultancy for various companies and government sectors, he held leadership roles such as a chair of iSchools, had tenure chairing both TC46/SC9 (Identification & Description) and ISO/IEC JTC1 SC34 (Document Description and Processing Languages). He is the executive director of Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI), the ambassador of iSchools, and chairs TC46/SC4 (Technical Interoperability).
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