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Metadata Basics
Domain-Specific Standards
Introduction
Key Concepts
Standards
Cross-Disciplinary Standards
Domain-Specific Standards
Controlled Vocabularies
Crosswalks
Harvesting
Resources & Tools
Acknowledgements
Arts & Humanities
Categories for the Description of Works of Art (CDWA)
CDWA is a standard for the description of art, architecture, and other cultural works.
Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)
TEI is most commonly used for literary texts or manuscripts in the field of digital humanities.
Library & Information Science
Online Information Exchange (ONIX) for Books
ONIX is an international standard for representing and communicating book industry product information.
PBCore
PBCore is a metadata schema designed for sound and moving images.
Preservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies (PREMIS)
PREMIS is used for creating preservation metadata for digital objects.
Life Sciences
Darwin Core (DwC)
Darwin Core is an extension of Dublin Core for biological diversity data.
Ecological Metadata Language (EML)
EML a standard for the earth, environmental, and ecological sciences.
Physical Sciences & Mathematics
Crystallographic Information Framework/File (CIF)
CIF is a standard for archiving and reporting crystal structure data.
Flexible Image Transport System (FITS)
FITS is a standard used for astronomy image data.
NeXus
NeXus is an international standard for neutron, x-ray, and muon experiment data.
ISO 19115
ISO 19115 is an international standard for describing geographic information.
Social & Behavioral Sciences
Data Documentation Initiative (DDI)
DDI is an international standard for describing social science datasets which includes a metadata specification, controlled vocabularies, and tools for working with DDI metadata.
Friend of a Friend (FOAF)
FOAF is a standard for social media and is focused on the relationships that connect people, places, and things described on the web.
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RDA Metadata Standards Catalog
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