Nowadays the information stored in the digital libraries is not completely described, so this information is not really used. The description of information by using metadata seems a good solution to permit the users to find pertinent information. Our proposal is based on the creation and the insertion of new metadata within the document as « semantic tags ». These metadata can describe, in our case, the doctoral theses, by taking advantage of XML technology to structure digital documents.
Berisha-Bohé, Suela, Beatrice Rumpler, and Rocio Abascal. "A Semantic Structure to Improve Information Retrieval Using XML." In From Author to Reader: Challenges for the Digital Content Chain: Proceedings of the 9th ICCC International Conference on Electronic Publishing. ELPUB. Leuven-Heverlee, Belgium: Peeters Publishing Leuven, 2005.
Conference held at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven