ation for History and Computing: 14–17 (September 2005) (Amsterdam: Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2005). Available at http://www.knaw.nl/publicaties/pdf/20051064.pdf
I have added the fifth category in response to RDA's identification of ISBD punctuation as a presentation standard which can be separated from the bibliographic elements and content rules. The examples given above are a mix of formal international or national standards and informal local standards.
For a more comprehensive graphical overview of
Seeing Standards: A Visualization of the Metadata Universe by Jenn Riley: http://www.dlib.indiana.edu/~jenlrile/metadatamap/
Metadata Standards and Resources
1. General Metadata Resources
2. Metadata Structure Standards (Element Sets or Schemes/Schemas)
Catalogablog [Current news and announcements related to cataloging and metadata]
Coyle's Information [Karen Coyle's blog]
International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies (IJMSO)
Journal of Library Metadata
Metadata Blog [ALCTS Metadata Interest Group]
MetadataLibrarians e-mail discussion list
Metadata Matters [Dianne Hillmann's blog]
Planet Cataloging [Compilation from various blogs on cataloging and metadata]
Seeing Standards: A Visualization of the Metadata Universe by Jenn Riley
CDWA: Categories for the Description of Works of Art3. Metadata Value Standards (Controlled Vocabularies; Syntax Encoding Schemes)
DCMI: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative DDI: Data Documentation Initiative
EAD: Encoded Archival Description
FGDC Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata
INDECS: INteroperability of Data in E-Commerce Systems
LOM: IEEE Learning Object Metadata
MARC 21: Machine Readable Cataloging
MODS: Metadata Object Description Schema
MPEG: Moving Picture Experts Group
ONIX for Books (ONline Information eXchange)
RDA (Resource Description and Access) Vocabularies
TEI: Text Encoding Initiative VRA: Visual Resources Association Core Categories
AAT: Art & Architecture Thesaurus4. Metadata Encoding, Exchange, Format, and Interoperability Standards
DCMI Type Vocabulary ISO 3166 Country Codes ISO 639-2 Language Codes FAST: Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
LC Authorities (LCNAF and LCSH)
LC Authorities & Vocabularies (in RDF/SKOS for Linked Data and the Semantic Web)LCTGM: Thesaurus for Graphic Materials IMT: Internet Media Types (MIME) TGN: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
ULAN: Union List of Artist Names
Virtual International Authority FileW3CDTF: W3C Date & Time Formats
METS: Metadata Encoding & Transmission Standard
MODS XML Schemas
OAI: Open Archives Initiative
VRA 4.0 XML SchemasXML: Extensible Markup Language
5. Metadata Mappings / Crosswalks
Metadata Mappings (Crosswalks) [MIT Libraries]6. Metadata Models and Frameworks
Metadata Standards Crosswalk [Getty]
DCMI Abstract Model (DCAM) FRBR: Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records
FRAD: Functional Requirements for Authority Data
<indecs> metadata framework
RDF: Resource Description FrameworkTopic Maps
7. Semantic Web and Linked Data
8. Resource Description and Access (RDA)
OWL: Web Ontology LanguageRDF: Resource Description Framework
SKOS: Simple Knowledge Organization SystemW3C Semantic Web Activity
URIs, URLs, and URNs: Clarifications and Recommendations 1.0 / W3C
9. Application Profiles, Data Dictionaries, Best Practice Guides
RDA Elements and Vocabularies Registry (Open Metadata Registry)
RDA Toolkit Home PageRDA: Resource Description and Access / Joint Steering Committee (JSC) for Development of RDA
"RDA Vocabularies: Process, Outcome, Use", D-Lib Magazine, Jan. 2010
DC-Library Application Profile (DC-Lib)10. Digital Library Examples
Guidelines for Dublin Core Application Profiles
Singapore Framework for Dublin Core Application Profiles
Scholarly Works Application Profile (SWAP)DLF/Aquifer Implementation Guidelines for Sharable MODS Records
CDP Dublin Core Metadata Best Practices
IMLS: A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections
Indiana Memory Project Dublin Core Metadata Guide
Mountain West Digital Library Dublin Core Application ProfileNINCH Guid