katalogavim

Katalogavim is a term used in information-science discussions to describe a proposed model for cataloging audiovisual media. It is not an officially recognized standard and appears primarily in speculative design documents and informal discussions.

The name combines “katalog” (catalog) with AVIM, short for Audio-Video Information Management. The core idea is a unified data model and exchange format for describing audiovisual items, built around a modular metadata schema that can accommodate works (films, recordings), expressions (versions, edits), and items (physical or digital carriers). It envisages entities such as Work, Expression, Item, Agent, Event, and Rights, with relationships between them, and supports serialization in JSON-LD, RDF, or XML.

Key goals include improved interoperability between libraries, archives, museums, and broadcasters, better search and discovery, and support for multilingual metadata and rights tracking. It is often described as aligning with or mapping to existing standards such as Dublin Core, PREMIS, METS, and FRBR, while allowing extensions for AV-specific metadata like frame rates, codecs, resolutions, and locale.

Status: There is no formal body that adopts katalogavim as a standard. Where it appears, it is typically in theoretical discussions, pilot projects, or internal planning documents rather than official repositories. Its usage, scope, and serialization rules are not fixed, varying by implementer.

In practice, katalogavim represents a conceptual approach to consolidating audiovisual cataloging practices, illustrating how metadata models can be organized to support discovery, provenance, rights management, and cross-system exchange.