niso-l: Standard Metadata for Digital Still Images Just Release

Subject: Standard Metadata for Digital Still Images Just Released!
Pat Harris (pharris@niso.org)
Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 17:01:36 -0400

From June 1, 2002 through December 31, 2003 this standard is
available for review and implementation. Comments should be sent to
NISO headquarters: nisohq@niso.org

Supporting the draft standard is an XML schema, called MIX, that
defines the format for the interchange and/or storage of the data
specified in the Standard. The schema is at this url:
http://www.loc.gov/standards/mix/ (You will find a link from the
NISO site to the schema.)

Why This Standard is Important
This standard defines the important details that are essential to
managing digital information. Much attention has been paid to
defining descriptive metadata. Technical metadata is equally
important to manage the large-scale digital repositories and digital
asset management systems being built today. Z39.87 is an important
building block to support the development of applications to
validate, manage, migrate, and otherwise process images so they
maintain their value over time. And, as we all know, a picture is
worth a thousand words!

Congratulations (and thanks) go to Standards Committee AU co-chaired
by Oya Rieger (Cornell University) and Robin Dale (RLG). Jointly
developed with AIIM International, the leading standards developer
serving the imaging industry, this standard took only three years
from beginning to end -- a very short timeline in the standards
world. Members of the committee speak to the strong international
interest in this topic: Meg Bellinger (OCLC), Dr. Marianne Doerr
(Leitung VD17 und Muenchener Digitalisierungszentrum), Betsy Fanning
(AIIM International), Dr. Franziska Frey (Image Permanence Institute,
Rochester Institute of Technology), Erich Kesse (University of
Florida), Matt Kirschenbaum (University of Kentucky), Kelly Russell
(University of Leeds), Linda Tadic (HBO), Colin Webb (National
Library of Australia) and Herbert J. White (LDS Church-Family History
Division).

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The Data Dictionary for Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images (NISO Z39.87/AIIM 20) has been released as a Draft Standard for Trial Use. The Standard is on the NISO website at this url: http://www.niso.org/standards/dsftu.html

From June 1, 2002 through December 31, 2003 this standard is available for review and implementation. Comments should be sent to NISO headquarters: nisohq@niso.org

Supporting the draft standard is an XML schema, called MIX, that defines the format for the interchange and/or storage of the data specified in the Standard. The schema is at this url: http://www.loc.gov/standards/mix/ (You will find a link from the NISO site to the schema.)

Why This Standard is Important

This standard defines the important details that are essential to managing digital information. Much attention has been paid to defining descriptive metadata. Technical metadata is equally important to manage the large-scale digital repositories and digital asset management systems being built today. Z39.87 is an important building block to support the development of applications to validate, manage, migrate, and otherwise process images so they maintain their value over time. And, as we all know, a picture is worth a thousand words!

Congratulations (and thanks) go to Standards Committee AU co-chaired by Oya Rieger (Cornell University) and Robin Dale (RLG). Jointly developed with AIIM International, the leading standards developer serving the imaging industry, this standard took only three years from beginning to end -- a very short timeline in the standards world. Members of the committee speak to the strong international interest in this topic: Meg Bellinger (OCLC), Dr. Marianne Doerr (Leitung VD17 und Muenchener Digitalisierungszentrum), Betsy Fanning (AIIM International), Dr. Franziska Frey (Image Permanence Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology), Erich Kesse (University of Florida), Matt Kirschenbaum (University of Kentucky), Kelly Russell (University of Leeds), Linda Tadic (HBO), Colin Webb (National Library of Australia) and Herbert J. White (LDS Church-Family History Division).

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Pat Harris
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