Standards Directory

27 standards listed

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

Standard for describing archival materials at all levels.

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

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

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

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

Rules for Archival Description (RAD)
Descriptive Canadian Committee on Archival Description

Canadian standard for archival description.

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

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

Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)
Metadata Library of Congress

XML schema for bibliographic metadata, subset of MARC.

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

XML standard for encoding finding aids.

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.

Records in Contexts (RiC)
Descriptive International Council on Archives (ICA)

Next-generation archival description standard based on linked data and ontologies.

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

Standard for metadata supporting the preservation of digital objects.

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

Reference model for long-term preservation of digital information.

PRONOM Technical Registry (PRONOM)
Preservation The National Archives (UK)

File format registry for identification and preservation planning.

RightsStatements.org
Rights RightsStatements.org Consortium

Standardized rights statements for cultural heritage objects.

Creative Commons (CC)
Rights Creative Commons

Standardized licenses for sharing creative works.

Traditional Knowledge Labels (TK Labels)
Rights Local Contexts

Labels for indigenous cultural heritage rights.

Cataloguing Cultural Objects (CCO)
Descriptive Visual Resources Association (VRA)

Content standard for cultural heritage object description.

Spectrum Collections Management Standard (Spectrum)
Sector Collections Trust (UK)

Collections management procedures standard for museums.

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

Ontology for cultural heritage information integration.

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

Standard for photo and media metadata.