Standards for online information are continually evolving, so the Library will monitor international developments and modify the framework as appropriate.

Metadata Standards Framework documents

The framework consists of three documents:

The preservation metadata data model is based on the logical preservation metadata model, and is a step towards implementing a preservation metadata repository.

XML Schemas for the preservation metadata data model are available:

Related resources

Resource discovery framework diagram

Metadata extraction tool

Digital preservation and preservation metadata activities presentation presented at the ERPANET Metadata in Digital Preservation seminar, Marburg, Germany, September 2003.