6. A method according to claim 5 , wherein the step of automatically producing the particularly organized and selected set of metadata includes: automatically categorizing the data objects within the resource.
5. A method, comprising: receiving a data resource having a plurality of data objects; associating a selected one of a plurality of different metadata schemas with the received resource, each of the different metadata schemas having respectively distinct sets of terminology; automatically producing metadata for each of the data objects using the metadata schema; automatically producing a particularly organized and selected set of the produced metadata based on applying a selected perspective to the received resource and storing the produced metadata in a computer memory, wherein the step of automatically producing the organized and selected set of metadata includes analytically categorizing and selecting metadata from the produced metadata into the particularly categorized and selected set of the metadata according to the perspective, and wherein the selected perspective defines a particular structure for selecting and determining metadata for describing the resource; associating the produced particularly organized and selected set of metadata with the data resource, thereby providing a top-down, conceptual hierarchy of properties and meanings of the data objects of the received data resource; displaying a graphic visualization of the produced particularly organized and selected set of metadata; and creating a document which includes both the metadata and corresponding indicators to the data objects of the original resource.