Metadata Support Group

This is a starter-page for the DLF Metadata Support Group!

Metadata is hard. The Metadata Support Group aims to help. This is a place to share resources, strategies for working through some common metadata conundrums, and reassurances that you’re not the only one that has no idea how that happened. If you're coming here with a problem we hope you'll find a solution or a strategy to move you towards a solution!

Read more here about the group's formation and affiliation with DLF.

Metadata Support Group Slack Channel

Review the code of conduct and request an account on the Metadata Support Group Slack to join the conversation.

Getting Started

Standards at the Library of Congress

Metadata: A Primer - Teaching & Learning Technologies Knowledge Center, University of Utah

Common Metadata Standards

Acronym/Abbreviation	Full Name	Syntax	Web site
BIBFRAME	Bibliographic Framework Initiative	RDF	http://www.loc.gov/bibframe/
DC	Dublin Core	RDF	http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/
EAD	Encoded Archival Description	XML	https://www.loc.gov/ead/index.html
EBUCore	European Broadcasting Union Core Metadata Set	RDF	https://tech.ebu.ch/MetadataEbuCore
METS	Metadata Encoding & Transmission Standard	XML	http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/
MODS	Metadata Object Description Schema	XML	http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/
PBCore	Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary Project	XML	http://pbcore.org/
PREMIS	Preservation Metadata Maintenance Activity	XML	http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/
TEI	Text Encoding Initiative	XML	http://www.tei-c.org/index.xml
VRA Core	Visual Resource Association Metadata Standard	XML	http://www.loc.gov/standards/vracore/

Email Listservs

• MODS
• METS
• EAD
• TEI
• metadatalibrarians

Blogs

• http://metaware.buzz
• http://www.alcts.ala.org/metadatablog/
• http://www.libraryworkflowexchange.org/