“We cannot expect every metadata record to be flawless. But we can and must create minimum standards and processes for traceability and correction. Initiatives like COMET, FORCE11, Cross-Domain Interoperability Framework and the Open Science Monitor Initiative, among others, have all emphasized the need for metadata that is both machine-actionable and context-aware. The solution is not to abandon ambition but to declare the uncertainty, label the gaps, and document the provenance.”
