|
Acronym |
Acronym Expressed |
Finalized Elements |
Video |
Sound |
No. Elements |
Comments |
|
DCMES |
Dublin Core Metadata
Element Set |
Yes |
Min |
Min |
15 |
Base minimal set of
metadata applicable to many different types of projects & easily
implemented. http://www.purl.org/dc/ |
|
EAD |
Encoded Archival
Description |
Yes |
- |
- |
|
Built to encode legacy
finding aids and finding aids created using Ïmodern archival practice.Ó At
base level consists of segment providing info about the finding aid itself
(title, compiler, date compiled, etc) and segment providing info about a set
of archival materials (collection, record group, series). Does not
specifically address item level description well as this is not normal
archival practice. http://www.loc.gov/ead/ |
|
INDECS |
Interoperability of Data in
E-Commerce Systems |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Focuses on interoperability
of intellectual property rights. Contextualizes relationships of metadata to
files used for different purposes: commerce, presentation, etc. http://www.indecs.org/ |
|
LC/AV |
Library of Congress
Audio-Video Metadata |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
|
Ongoing project at LOC to
explore storage and maintenance of digitally remastered and original-digital
audio and video holdings. Has three main types: Primary object, Intermediate
object, and Terminal Object. |
|
MARC21 |
|
Yes |
|
|
|
MARC is the granddaddy here
and has been extended and, some would argue, overextended to meet many
different cataloging needs. |
|
MPEG-7 |
Moving Pictures Expert
Group |
No Ò due fall 2001 |
Yes |
Yes |
317 |
Comprehensive set of
structural, administrative, and descriptive metadata. Important to understand
that this set is aimed at representing information about the content of the
file, not the content itself, i.e. picture printed on paper, VHS tape
recorded at x speed, multimedia presentation, etc. |
|
NISO |
NISO Technical Metadata for
Digital Still Images |
No |
No |
No |
|
Intend to provide list of
tags for managing digital still images. Will not cover provenance or rights;
will describe tech characteristics of capture process and image dimensions. http://www.niso.org/standard.html |
|
NLA |
National Library of
Australia Preservation Metadata for Digital Collections |
No |
Yes |
Yes |
25 major elements with
significant subcomponents |
This is more of a data
structure model than a standard for encoding metadata. NLAÌs conceptual
design for this is that it could be implemented as needed in different types
of projects. Has great elements to document why objects are chosen for
preservation and what you need to use the described digital object Ò
describes technology needed to read the file. http://www.nla.gov.au/preserve/pmeta.html
|
|
RDF |
Resource Description
Framework |
|
|
|
|
|
|
SMIL |
Synchronized Multimedia
Integration Language |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
|
While not necessarily
metadata standard, SMIL is intended to act both as a language for authoring
in multimedia and to allow SMIL syntax to be incorporated in XML based
languages to support multimedia description. http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-smil/ |
|
VRACC |
Visual Resources
Association Core Categories |
No. Currently v3.0 |
Yes |
- |
17 |
Currently, this standard is
in flux and has no elements needed to manage metadata as metadata but is
focused only on descriptions for files. |
Comments and descriptions of
these standards should not be considered definitive. Check websites for
detailed information about each standard.