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Metadata standards are structured frameworks that define how metadata—data about data—should be created, organized, and shared across different systems and domains. They ensure consistency, interoperability, and usability by establishing rules for naming, defining, and categorizing metadata elements. Standards help organizations, researchers, and developers communicate effectively by providing a common language for describing resources such as documents, images, databases, or scientific datasets.
Common metadata standards include Dublin Core, which provides a simple yet flexible set of 15 elements for
Adopting metadata standards improves discoverability, enables automated processing, and supports long-term preservation. They are widely used