Standards Directory

27 standards listed

Schema & ERD
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Cataloguing Cultural Objects (CCO)
Descriptive Visual Resources Association (VRA)

Content standard for cultural heritage object description.

CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CIDOC-CRM)
Metadata ICOM/CIDOC

Ontology for cultural heritage information integration.

Creative Commons (CC)
Rights Creative Commons

Standardized licenses for sharing creative works.

Cyber and Data Protection Act (Zimbabwe) (CDPA)
Compliance POTRAZ / Parliament of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe Cyber and Data Protection Act [Chapter 12:07].

Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
Descriptive Society of American Archivists (SAA)

US standard for describing archives, personal papers, and manuscripts.

Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DC)
Metadata Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)

General-purpose metadata standard for cross-domain resource description.

Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
Interchange Library of Congress / SAA

XML standard for encoding finding aids.

General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
Compliance European Union

EU data protection regulation.

General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G))
Descriptive International Council on Archives (ICA)

Standard for describing archival materials at all levels.

Generally Recognised Accounting Practice for Heritage Assets (GRAP 103)
Accounting Accounting Standards Board (SA)

South African standard for heritage asset accounting in public sector.

International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF)
Interchange IIIF Consortium

APIs for interoperable image and AV delivery.

International Public Sector Accounting Standard — Heritage (IPSAS 45)
Accounting International Public Sector Accounting Standards Board

International standard for heritage asset accounting in public sector.

International Standard Archival Authority Record (ISAAR(CPF))
Descriptive International Council on Archives (ICA)

Standard for creating authority records for corporate bodies, persons, and families.

International Standard for Describing Functions (ISDF)
Descriptive International Council on Archives (ICA)

Standard for describing functions of corporate bodies.

International Standard for Describing Institutions with Archival Holdings (ISDIAH)
Descriptive International Council on Archives (ICA)

Standard for describing institutions that hold archival materials.

IPTC Photo Metadata Standard (IPTC)
Metadata International Press Telecommunications Council

Standard for photo and media metadata.

Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)
Metadata Library of Congress

XML schema for bibliographic metadata, subset of MARC.

National Archives Act (Zimbabwe) (NAZ Act)
Compliance Parliament of Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe National Archives Act [Chapter 25:06] — 25-year closure rule.

Open Archival Information System (OAIS)
Preservation Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS)

Reference model for long-term preservation of digital information.

PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata (PREMIS)
Preservation Library of Congress

Standard for metadata supporting the preservation of digital objects.