Dublin Core metadata standards
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) is one of the most common metadata schemes.
It developed a vocabulary of 15 core qualifiers that describe a wide range of data:
1. Title; 2. Date; 3. Type; 4. Rights; 5. Creator; 6. Subject; 7. Source; 8. Description; 9. Publisher; 10. Contributor; 11. Format; 12. Identifier; 13. Language; 14. Relation; 15. Coverage.
All of these properties are optional
and can be used in any order.
Discipline-specific metadata standards
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Metadata standards by disciplineFrom the Digital Curation Center. Links to disciplinary metadata standards.
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Astronomy Visualization Metadata (AVM)Metadata standards developed for data-derived astronomical images.
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Categories for the Description of Works of Art (CDWA)Metadata standards developed for describing works of art, architecture, and other relevant works.
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Darwin CoreMetadata standards developed for biodiversity data.
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Data Documentation Initiative (DDI)Metadata standards developed for the social, behavioral, economic, and health sciences.
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Ecological Metadata Language (EML)Metadata standards developed for ecological studies.
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Federal Geographic Data Committee (FDGC)Metadata standards developed for documenting digital geospatial data.
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MAchine Readable Cataloging (MARC)Metadata standards developed for the representation of bibliographic data in machine-readable form.