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Visual Resources Association

VRA

Furthering research and education in the field of image management within educational, cultural heritage, and commercial environments.

Professional Association Active

The Visual Resources Association (VRA) is an international organization for image media professionals. Founded in 1982 by slide librarians and visual resources curators, VRA is concerned with creating, describing, and distributing digital images and other media, educating image professionals, and developing standards. VRA developed the VRA Core metadata standard for describing works of visual culture and the images that document them, widely used in museums, libraries, and archives.

Standards (2)

Cataloging Cultural Objects

(CCO)

Rules and best practices for creating consistent, sharable descriptions of cultural works and images.

Element Set / Metadata Schema active Visual Resources Association Est. 2006

VRA Core

(VRA Core)

A cataloging standard for describing works of visual culture and the images that document them.

Element Set / Metadata Schema active Visual Resources Association Updated April 17, 2014