Metadata standards in the cultural heritage sector

Metadata Standards

• Libraries

  • RUSMARC
  • UNIMARC
  • Conceptual models of IFLA (FRBR, FRAD, FRSAD, LRM)
  • METS (Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard)
  • MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)
  • BIBFRAME

• Archives

  • EAD (Encoded Archival Description)
  • ISAD (G) (General International Standard Archival Description)
  • ISAAR (CPF) (International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families)

• Museums

  • CDWA (Categories for the Description of Works of Art)
  • CDWA Lite
  • LIDO (Lightweight Information Describing Objects)

• Universal metadata schemes

  • Dublin Core
  • CIDOC-CRM (CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model)
  • VRA Core (Visual Resource Association Core Categories)

Rules and Standards for Description

• Cataloguing Rules in Russia
• GOST 7.1-2003
• GOST R 7.0.100-2018
• ISBD (International Standard Bibliographic Description)
• RDA (Resource Description and Access)
• CCO (Cataloging Cultural Objects)

Correspondence tables

Regulatory documents and methodological materials