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J. Ivanović, Sheme metapodataka u upravljanju dokumentima, Arh. vjesn., god. 44 (2001), str. 103-121 The modularity and the interoperability of metadata schemas could be a key factor in records management. What we call recordkeeping metadata is not but only one of the metadata schémas that appear in records management systems. The design of the recordkeeping metadata systems should therefore address the problem of the interoperability and semantic compatibility with other schemas. There is probably no metadata activity - and particularly the work on public schemas - which is not relevant to the records management. Modular building of metadata systems means not only interoperability and a certain degree of semantic compatibility. It is important to define the function of a metadata scheme which is apart of the system. In the development of the schemas it means that the starting point should be the definition of a function, and that new functionality should be introduced by designing a new schema rather than by extending the existing one. Some metadata activities, Dublin Core for instance, show how important this dilemma can be. The decision is largely based on the implementation of frameworks, such as RDF specification, that enable the integration of modular schemas. Metadata design and implementation issues in a wider environment should be a part of the recordkeeping policy. Metadata schemas define structure and behavior of records and other information objects, their use in business and communication applications, their recordness. Records management is a part of an open information management system, and cannot be separated from the business and communication environment without the risk of loosing some basic functionality. Keywords: metadata, metadata schemas, records management, document management, RDF, interoperability 121