Metadata Standards for Managing and Discovering
Image Collections
~ Trends ~
Oya Y. RiegerCornell University Library
May 2004
Learning Objects Instructional Metadata
Interoperability
•Sharable Content Object Reference Model (SCORM)
Reusability
•IMS – Learning Objects Metadata http://www.imsglobal.org/metadata/
Learning Management Systems
•MERLOT - http://www.merlot.org/
OAIS Archival Information Package &
Preservation Metadata
Archival Information Package
Archival Information Package
PreservationDescriptionInformation
PreservationDescriptionInformation
RepresentationInformation
RepresentationInformation
DataObject
DataObject
<< file >>Digital Object
<< file >>Digital Object
Content Information
Content Information
ReferenceInformation
ReferenceInformation
Provenance Information
Provenance Information
FixityInformation
FixityInformation Context
Information
ContextInformation
NISO Committee on Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images
Basic Image ParametersImage CreationImage Performance AssessmentChange History
RLG’s Automatic Exposure—Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images Initiativehttp://www.rlg.org/longterm/autotechmetadata.html
OCLC/RLG PREMIS (PREservation Metadata: Implementation Strategies)http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/pmwg/
Preservation Metadata
OAIS•http://ssdoo.gsfc.nasa.gov/nost/isoas/
ref_model.html
NISO Committee on Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images (Z39.87)•http://www.niso.org/committed.html
Workflow Management: Contextual Integrity
Metadata Encoding & Transmission Standard (METS)•http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/
CIDOC Model – Conceptual Reference Model•http://cidoc.ics.forth.gr/
•RLG Cultural Materials Initiative