NISO Z39.87
Technical Metadata for Digital
Still Images
§NISO
Z39.87-2002 (AIIM 20-2002) [Draft Standard for Trial Use]
§In
XML MIX (NISO Metadata for Images in XML
Schema)
§First
line of defense against obsolescence
NISO Z39.87 is
currently undergoing revisions, and will be balloted on September 31st
2004. The standard currently proposes 111 data fields, of which 33 are
mandatory or mandatory if applicable. Once all the theoretical work of
determining the elements necessary for preservation has been done, the
practical questions of how to capture these fields in an economic manner loom
large.