Index of metadata standards

• ABCD (Access to Biological Collection Data)

  • ABCDDNA

  • ABCDEFG (Access to Biological Collection Databases Extended for Geosciences)

  • HISPID (Herbarium Information Standards and Protocols for Interchange of Data)

• AgMES (Agricultural Metadata Element Set)

  • AGRIS Application Profile

• AVM (Astronomy Visualization Metadata)

• CEDAR Template Model

• CERIF (Common European Research Information Format)

  • OpenAIRE Guidelines

• CF (Climate and Forecast) Metadata Conventions

  • COARDS Conventions

• CIF (Crystallographic Information Framework)

• CIM (Common Information Model)

• CSMD (Core Scientific Metadata Model)

  • TIDCC (Towards an International Data Commons for Crystallography)

• Darwin Core

  • Apple Core

  • Darwin Core Geospatial Extension

  • DwC Germplasm

• Data Package

  • Tabular Data Package

• DataCite Metadata Schema

  • EngMeta

  • OpenAIRE Guidelines

• DDI (Data Documentation Initiative)

  • CESSDA MLI - Council of European Social Science Data Archives Minimum Level of Information

  • GSIM (Generic Statistical Information Model)

• DIF (Directory Interchange Format)

• Dublin Core

  • AGLS Metadata Profile

  • AGRIS Application Profile

  • ANZLIC Metadata Profile

  • DCAT (Data Catalog Vocabulary)

    • Asset Description Metadata Schema (ADMS)

    • schema.org

      • RO-Crate

  • Dryad Metadata Application Profile

  • eBank UK Metadata Application Profile

  • OpenAIRE Guidelines

  • Resource Metadata for the Virtual Observatory

• EAD (Encoded Archival Description)

• EML (Ecological Metadata Language)

  • GBIF Metadata Profile

• EURISCO Descriptors

• FGDC/CSDGM (Federal Geographic Data Committee Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata)

  • CSDGM Extensions for Remote Sensing Metadata

  • FGDC/CSDGM Biological Data Profile

  • Shoreline Metadata Profile

• FITS (Flexible Image Transport System)

  • FITS World Coordinate System (WCS)

• Genome Metadata

• IDF (International DOI Foundation) Metadata Kernel

• International Virtual Observatory Alliance Technical Specifications

  • Resource Metadata for the Virtual Observatory

• ISA-Tab

  • ISA-TAB Nano

  • isaconfig-diXa

  • SNRNASM ISA-Tab

• 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

  • Marine Community Profile

  • 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)

  • RO-Crate

  • schema.org

    • RO-Crate

• MAGE-TAB

• MARC (Machine-Readable Cataloging)

  • MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)

• MIBBI (Minimum Information for Biological and Biomedical Investigations)

  • MIBBI Portal

• MIDAS-Heritage

  • CARARE metadata schema

• NetCDF Attribute Convention for Dataset Discovery

• NeXus

• OAI-ORE (Open Archives Initiative Object Reuse and Exchange)

• Observ-OM

  • VarioML

• Observations and Measurements

  • WaterML

• OECD Dataset Metadata

• OECD Minimum Data Set

• OME-XML (Open Microscopy Environment XML)

  • OME-TIFF (Open Microscopy Environment TIFF)

• PDBx/mmCIF (Protein Data Bank Exchange Dictionary and the Macromolecular Crystallographic Information Framework)

• PREMIS

  • EngMeta

• Protocol Data Element Definitions

• PROV

• QuDEx (Qualitative Data Exchange Format)

• RDF Data Cube Vocabulary

• 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)

  • GESMES/TS (Generic Statistical Message for Time Series)

• SPASE Data Model

  • IMPEx Data Model

• TEI (Text Encoding Initiative) Guidelines

• UKEOF