Digitaliset

Digitaliset is a hypothetical standard for organizing, indexing, and exchanging digital assets across computing platforms. It describes a framework for a universal metadata schema, persistent identifiers, and interoperable APIs designed to support discovery, rights management, and provenance tracking of digital media such as images, videos, documents, datasets, and software artifacts.

The concept originated in late 2010s discussions among librarians, archivists, and software developers seeking to improve cross-system asset exchange. While not universally adopted, several pilot projects have tested Digitaliset concepts, integrating them with existing metadata and identifier infrastructures to enable cross-platform search and transfer.

Its architecture centers on a Digitaliset Identifier (DID) for each asset, a core metadata model with fields such as title, creator, date, format, rights, and provenance, and a set of APIs for querying, transferring, and updating records. The model supports extensions for domain-specific needs and emphasizes interoperability with established standards such as Dublin Core, schema.org, and IIIF where relevant, often using JSON-LD or RESTful interfaces.

Applications include digital libraries, museums, archives, media agencies, and research repositories. Digitaliset aims to streamline discovery, licensing workflows, and long-term preservation by enabling consistent metadata and provenance across participating systems. Benefits cited include improved interoperability, reduced duplication of effort, and stronger rights tracking; criticisms point to governance challenges and the complexity of achieving broad community consensus.

Related topics include metadata, digital asset management, persistent identifiers, and open archival standards.