Index of metadata standards
- ABCD (Access to Biological Collection Data)
- AgMES (Agricultural Metadata Element Set)
- AVM (Astronomy Visualization Metadata)
- Brain Imaging Data Structure (BIDS)
- CEDAR Template Model
- CERIF (Common European Research Information Format)
- CF (Climate and Forecast) Metadata Conventions
- CIDOC CRM
- CIF (Crystallographic Information Framework)
- CIM (Common Information Model)
- CMDI (Component Metadata Infrastructure)
- CSMD (Core Scientific Metadata Model)
- CSV on the Web (CSVW)
- Darwin Core
- Data Package
- DataCite Metadata Schema
- DDI (Data Documentation Initiative)
- DIF (Directory Interchange Format)
- Dublin Core
- EAD (Encoded Archival Description)
- EML (Ecological Metadata Language)
- EURISCO Descriptors
- FGDC/CSDGM (Federal Geographic Data Committee Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata)
- FHIR (Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources)
- FITS (Flexible Image Transport System)
- Genome Metadata
- geocore
- IDF (International DOI Foundation) Metadata Kernel
- iFDO - image FAIR Digital Object
- International Virtual Observatory Alliance Technical Specifications
- ISA-Tab
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ISO 19115
- ANZLIC Metadata Profile
- Cruise Summary Reports
- EDMED Metadata Profile
- INSPIRE Metadata Regulation
- ISO 19115 North American Profile
- ISO 19115-2 - Imagery and gridded data
- ISO 19115-3 - XML schema implementation for fundamental concepts
- Marine Community Profile
- MEDIN discovery metadata standard
- UK AGMAP (Academic Geospatial Metadata Application Profile)
- UK Gemini
- USGIN (US Geoscience Information Network) Metadata Profile
- WMO Core Metadata Profile
- JSON-LD (JavaScript Object Notation for Linked Data)
- MAGE-TAB
- MARC (Machine-Readable Cataloging)
- MIBBI (Minimum Information for Biological and Biomedical Investigations)
- MIDAS-Heritage
- MIxS (Minimum Information about Any Sequence)
- NetCDF Attribute Convention for Dataset Discovery
- NeXus
- OAI-ORE (Open Archives Initiative Object Reuse and Exchange)
- Observ-OM
- Observations and Measurements
- ODM (Operational Data Model)
- OECD Dataset Metadata
- OECD Minimum Data Set
- OME-XML (Open Microscopy Environment XML)
- openPMD (Open Standard for Particle-Mesh Data)
- PDBx/mmCIF (Protein Data Bank Exchange Dictionary and the Macromolecular Crystallographic Information Framework)
- Plasma-MDS (Plasma Metadata Schema)
- PREMIS
- Protocol Data Element Definitions
- PROV
- QuDEx (Qualitative Data Exchange Format)
- RDA (Resource Description Access)
- RDF Data Cube Vocabulary
- REMBI (Recommended Metadata for Biological Images)
- Repository-Developed Metadata Schemas
- RIF-CS (Registry Interchange Format – Collections and Services)
- SDAC (Standard for Documentation of Astronomical Catalogues)
- SDMX (Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange)
- SPASE Data Model
- TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) Guidelines
- UKEOF