Standards Framework

The Standards Framework focuses specifically on efforts and initiatives for defining or ratifying particular metadata schemas as recognised standards. The emphasis here will be on standardisation efforts both within traditional standards organisations (e.g. CEN and ISO) and within non-traditional, Internet-based initiatives (e.g. Dublin Core).

The results of this activity will be made available on the SCHEMAS Web site. Every six months, Standards Framework Reports will be issued in document form. The first version of the information on the Web site and the first Standards Framework Report are scheduled to be publicly available in August 2000.

First Standards Framework Report (Sept 2000) [HTML] [PDF]

Second Standards Framework Report (May 2001) [HTML] [PDF]

Third Standards Framework Report (November 2001) [HTML] [PDF] (combined with Metadata Watch Report #6)

Fourth Metadata Watch Report (January 2002) [HTML] [PDF](combined with Metadata Watch Report #8)

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Last updated: 19 April 2002