Metadata
The metadata for digitized photographs both describes characteristics of the original photographs and identifies
technical information about the digital images. The descriptive and technical metadata is used to search, display,
store, retrieve, manage and preserve the digital images, particularly within a digital image repository system. A
number of standards exist to guide the capture and creation of metadata. Some cover only one type of metadata,
others include several types of metadata.
Examples:
Descriptive Metadata: Dublin Core http://www.dublincore.org/
Technical Metadata: Data Dictionary—Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images (NISO Z39.87-2002,
AIIM 20-2002) National Information Standards Organization, “Standards Committee AU,”
http://www.niso.org/committees/committee_au.html
Descriptive & Technical Metadata: METS [Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard] Library of
Congress, “METS Metadata Transmission & Encoding Standard,” http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tp/IntroDgtlImage.pdf
technical information about the digital images. The descriptive and technical metadata is used to search, display,
store, retrieve, manage and preserve the digital images, particularly within a digital image repository system. A
number of standards exist to guide the capture and creation of metadata. Some cover only one type of metadata,
others include several types of metadata.
Examples:
Descriptive Metadata: Dublin Core http://www.dublincore.org/
Technical Metadata: Data Dictionary—Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images (NISO Z39.87-2002,
AIIM 20-2002) National Information Standards Organization, “Standards Committee AU,”
http://www.niso.org/committees/committee_au.html
Descriptive & Technical Metadata: METS [Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard] Library of
Congress, “METS Metadata Transmission & Encoding Standard,” http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/
http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tp/IntroDgtlImage.pdf
