multimediametadata
Multimedia metadata refers to structured information that describes multimedia content such as images, audio, video, and animations. It serves to identify, manage, discover, and interpret media assets. Metadata is commonly categorized into descriptive metadata (titles, creators, descriptions), technical metadata (format, duration, resolution), structural metadata (how parts relate), and rights metadata (license, usage terms).
These metadata enable indexing, search, rights management, provenance tracking, and quality control across large media collections.
Common standards cover embedded and sidecar approaches. In images, EXIF stores camera settings while IPTC and
Metadata can be embedded inside files or stored as sidecar files (such as .xmp, .json, or .xml).
Challenges include inconsistent vocabularies, multilingual data, varying completeness, and governance. Metadata quality affects search results, rights