When FITS is told to output standard XML metadata (e.g. by use of the -x or -xc options on the command-line), the following community-standard XML schemas for technical metadata are used:
For audio:
Short name | AES Audio Object |
Full name | AES standard for audio metadata – Audio object structures for preservation and restoration |
Maintenance organization | Audio Engineering Society, Inc. (AES) |
Website |
http://www.aes.org/publications/standards/search.cfm?docID=84 http://www.aes.org/standards/blog/2011/9/aes57-2011-metadata-audio-object |
For documents:
Short name | DocumentMD |
Full name | Document Metadata: document technical metadata for digital preservation |
Maintenance organization | Florida Virtual Campus / Harvard Library |
Website | http://fclaweb.fcla.edu/content/format-specific-metadata |
For images:
Short name | MIX |
Full name | NISO Metadata for Images in XML Schema |
Maintenance organization | Library of Congress (for NISO) |
Website | http://www.loc.gov/standards/mix/ |
For text:
Short name | TextMD |
Full name | Technical Metadata for Text |
Maintenance organization | Library of Congress |
Website | http://www.loc.gov/standards/textMD/ |
For video:
Short name | EBUCore |
Full name | EBUCore metadata |
Maintenance organization | European Broadcasting Union |
Website |
https://tech.ebu.ch/MetadataEbuCore |
For containers:
Short name | ContainerMD |
Full name | ContainerMD |
Maintenance organization | Bibliothèque Nationale de France |
Website | http://bibnum.bnf.fr/containerMD-v1_1/index.html |