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Digital Objects


Name: Dublin Core
Description: Schema for the 15 (primary) Dublin Core elements.
Organization: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative  (http://www.dublincore.org/)
Schema Website: http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/
XSD: http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/2003/04/02/dc.xsd
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Name: Dublin Core (Refined) Terms
Description: Schema for the primary Dublin Core elements plus refinements.
Organization: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative  (http://www.dublincore.org/)
Schema Website: http://www.dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/
XSD: http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/2003/04/02/dcterms.xsd
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Name: Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
Description: Schema for the description of archival material.
Organization: Library of Congress, Standards  (http://www.loc.gov/standards/)
Schema Website: http://www.loc.gov/ead/
XSD: http://www.loc.gov/ead/ead.xsd
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Name: Metadata and Encoding Transmission Standard (METS)
Description: Schema for encoding descriptive, administrative, and structural metadata of digital objects in digital libraries.
Organization: Library of Congress, Standards  (http://www.loc.gov/standards/)
Schema Website: http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/
XSD: http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/mets.xsd
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Name: Fedora Object XML (FOXML)
Description: Schema for encoding a Fedora Repository digital object.
Organization: FedoraCommons  (http://www.fedora.info/)
Schema Website: http://fedora-commons.org/confluence/display/FCR30/Introduction+to+FOXML
XSD: http://www.fedora.info/definitions/1/0/foxml1-1.xsd
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Name: Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)
Description: From the website: "Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS) is a schema for a bibliographic element set that may be used for a variety of purposes, and particularly for library applications."
Organization: VLibrary of Congress, Standards  (http://www.loc.gov/standards/)
Schema Website: http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/
XSD: http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd
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Name: VRA Core 4, Unrestricted
Description: Schema for the description of cultural materials for the cultural heritage community.
Organization: Visual Resources Association  (http://www.vraweb.org/)
Schema Website: http://www.vraweb.org/projects/vracore4/
XSD: http://www.vraweb.org/projects/vracore4/vra-4.0.xsd
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Name: Categories for the Description of Works of Art
Description: Based on the rules outline in Categories for the Description of Works of Art and Cataloging Cultural Objects, CDWA-lite is an XML schema designed to describe cultural (art) works.
Organization: J. Paul Getty Trust  (http://www.getty.edu/)
Schema Website: http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/standards/cdwa/
XSD: http://www.getty.edu/CDWA/CDWALite/CDWALite-xsd-public-v1-1.xsd
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Name: Single Email Account
Description: Schema for the long-term preservation of the email from a single email account.
Organization: Collaborative Electronic Records Project  (http://siarchives.si.edu/cerp/)
Schema Website: http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/mail-account
XSD: http://www.archives.ncdcr.gov/mail-account.xsd
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