數位圖書館╱博物館已成為圖書資訊學界與其他相關領域重要的研究課題。本文將說明數位圖書館╱博物館相關的概念，簡述國家科學委員會「數位博物館」專案計劃，討論數位圖書館╱博物館與詮釋資料的關係；探討詮釋資料的維護、管理與交換，以及如何由使用者特性與藏品性質進行詮釋資料的研究與制訂，進一步說明中文詮釋資料發展與制訂的現況，最後並探討未來的展望。

　　　　　Digital Libraries and Museums (DL/M) have become one of the important research issues of Library and Information Science as well as other related fields. This paper describes the basic concepts of DL/M and briefly introduces the development of Taiwan Digital Museum Project. Based on the features of various collections, we discuss how to maintain, to manage and to exchange metadata, especially from the viewpoint of users. We propose the draft of metadata, MICI (Metadata Interchange for Chinese Information), developed by ROSS (Resources Organization and Searching Specification) team. Finally, current problems and future development of metadata will be touched.