External Digitization Standards

Technical Standards

• ANSI/NISO Z39.88 - The OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services (OpenURL)
• Australian Government Locator Service Metadata Standard (AGLS)
• Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES)
• eXtensible Markup Language (XML)
• eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformations (XSLT)
• Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS)
• Metadata Object Description Schema (MODS)
• MPEG Multimedia Content Description Interface (MPEG-7)
• Open Archival Information System (OAIS)
• Open Archives Initiative Object Re-use and Exchange (OAI-ORE)
• Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH)
• Open Digital Rights Language (ODRL)
• Preservation Metadata Implementation Strategies (PREMIS)
• Public Broadcasting Core Metadata Dictionary (PB Core)
• Qualified Dublin Core (QDC)
• Text Encoding Initiative (TEI)
• Visual Resources Association Core Categories (VRA Core)

Guidelines

• Principles to Guide Vendor/Publisher Relations in Large-Scale Digitization Projects of Special Collections Materials

  This document sets out nine principles to be considered when negotiating with vendors regarding mass digitization of rare and unique materials.

Best Practices

• ISO 16363:2012--Space Data and Information Transfer Systems--Audit and Certification of Trustworthy Digital Repositories
  [Endorsed by SAA]

  This ISO standard defines a recommended practice on which to base an audit and certification process for assessing the trustworthiness of digital repositories.

• Well-intentioned Practice for Putting Digitized Collections of Unpublished Materials Online (W-iP)
  [Endorsed by SAA]

  "Well-intentioned Practice for Putting Digitized Collections of Unpublished Materials Online" (W-iP), prepared by OCLC Research, offers a framework for an assertive approach to digitization of unpublished archival materials whose rights holders are often difficult to identify and contact.