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Information Management Standards 3.1.2.2

3.1.2 Content and Structure Description Standards
'Content and structure description standards (also known as metadata standards, where metadata is understood to mean 'information about information') define and describe means of identifying and organising data content. Metadata describing a document can be:
  1. Included in the document itself
  2. Held in a separate document
  3. Transferred accompanying the document (e.g. as part of protocol headers).'
European Commission Memorandum of Understanding: Multi-media access to Europe's Cultural Heritage, final report of Working Group 1: Standards and Protocols for Interoperability of Systems.

3.1.2.2 Metadata Standards for Resource Discovery and Interoperability
We are interested in which metadata schemas, e.g. Dublin Core, are being used for resource discovery and interoperability. Please indicate the type of resource being described, e.g. physical objects, images, events, persons, organisations, etc., together with the schema being used. For more information on metadata visit Introduction to Metadata: Pathways to Digital Information by Murtha Bacca and also Metadata for the Masses by Paul Miller.

i. Please add any overall comments or observations about the availability and use of metadata standards in your country:

Schema Use Details
Resource Type:
Schema:
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Resources Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Schema Use Details
Resource Type:
Schema:
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Resources Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Schema Use Details
Resource Type:
Schema:
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Resources Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Schema Use Details
Resource Type:
Schema:
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Resources Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Schema Use Details
Resource Type:
Schema:
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Resources Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):
Schema Use Details
Resource Type:
Schema:
Number of Museums:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Number of Resources Covered:
Figures are: Actual? Estimated?
Usage by Significant Collections
(enter name(s)):

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Created on: 20 January 2000