Standards Directory

27 standards listed

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General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD(G))

Standard for describing archival materials at all levels.

Descriptive International Council on Archives (ICA) . 2000 . v2nd Edition
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International Standard Archival Authority Record (ISAAR(CPF))

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

Descriptive International Council on Archives (ICA) . 2004 . v2nd Edition
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Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)

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

Descriptive Society of American Archivists (SAA) . 2013 . v2nd Edition
Rules for Archival Description (RAD)

Canadian standard for archival description.

Descriptive Canadian Committee on Archival Description . 2008 . v2nd Edition
Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DC)

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

Metadata Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) . 2009 . vISO 15836:2009
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Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)

XML schema for bibliographic metadata, subset of MARC.

Metadata Library of Congress . 2021 . v3.8
Encoded Archival Description (EAD)

XML standard for encoding finding aids.

Interchange Library of Congress / SAA . 2019 . vEAD3 1.1.1
International Standard for Describing Functions (ISDF)

Standard for describing functions of corporate bodies.

Descriptive International Council on Archives (ICA) . 2007 . v1st Edition
International Standard for Describing Institutions with Archival Holdings (ISDIAH)

Standard for describing institutions that hold archival materials.

Descriptive International Council on Archives (ICA) . 2008 . v1st Edition
Records in Contexts (RiC)

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

Descriptive International Council on Archives (ICA) . 2021 . v0.2
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PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata (PREMIS)

Standard for metadata supporting the preservation of digital objects.

Preservation Library of Congress . 2015 . v3.0
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Open Archival Information System (OAIS)

Reference model for long-term preservation of digital information.

Preservation Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems (CCSDS) . 2012 . vISO 14721:2012
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PRONOM Technical Registry (PRONOM)

File format registry for identification and preservation planning.

Preservation The National Archives (UK) . 2002 . vOngoing
RightsStatements.org

Standardized rights statements for cultural heritage objects.

Rights RightsStatements.org Consortium . 2016 . v1.0
Creative Commons (CC)

Standardized licenses for sharing creative works.

Rights Creative Commons . 2013 . v4.0
Traditional Knowledge Labels (TK Labels)

Labels for indigenous cultural heritage rights.

Rights Local Contexts . 2022 . v2.0
Cataloguing Cultural Objects (CCO)

Content standard for cultural heritage object description.

Descriptive Visual Resources Association (VRA) . 2006 . v1.0
Spectrum Collections Management Standard (Spectrum)

Collections management procedures standard for museums.

Sector Collections Trust (UK) . 2017 . v5.1
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CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model (CIDOC-CRM)

Ontology for cultural heritage information integration.

Metadata ICOM/CIDOC . 2023 . vISO 21127:2023
IPTC Photo Metadata Standard (IPTC)

Standard for photo and media metadata.

Metadata International Press Telecommunications Council . 2024 . v2024.1