Media & Broadcasting
22 standards in this subject area
Atom Syndication Format
(Atom)An XML-based web syndication format for publishing and consuming feeds of entries such as blog posts and news.
AudioMD: Audio Technical Metadata Extension Schema
(AudioMD)An XML schema for recording technical metadata about audio digital objects in preservation systems.
BBC Ontologies
Fourteen interlinked RDF ontologies powering linked data across BBC Sport, News, Music, and more.

C2PA Content Credentials
(C2PA)Tamper-evident content credentials that certify the provenance and edit history of digital media.
EBUCore
(EBUCore)The European Broadcasting Union's metadata framework for audiovisual production and media archiving.
EPUB
(EPUB)The dominant open format for reflowable digital books, packaging HTML, CSS, and media in one file.

Exchangeable Image File Format
(Exif)Embeds camera settings, GPS coordinates, and timestamps directly inside image and audio files.
Extensible Metadata Platform
(XMP)An ISO standard for embedding RDF-based metadata directly inside media files during content creation.

ID3
(ID3)The de facto tagging standard for embedding title, artist, and album metadata inside MP3 files.

indecs Framework
(indecs)A foundational metadata framework for interoperability in digital content commerce and rights.
IPTC NewsCodes
Multilingual controlled vocabularies for classifying news content by subject, genre, and role.

IPTC Photo Metadata Standard
(IPTC PMD)The industry standard for embedding creator, rights, and descriptive metadata in digital photos.

Language Metadata Table
(LMT)Standardized language codes for media and entertainment content distribution workflows.

MPEG-7 Multimedia Content Description Interface
(MPEG-7)An ISO standard for describing multimedia content features to enable search, filtering, and retrieval.

Music Ontology
(MO)An OWL ontology modeling the full lifecycle of music from composition to recording to release.

MusicBrainz Database Schema
The open relational schema behind the world's largest community-edited music encyclopedia.
NewsML-G2
(NewsML-G2)The news industry's XML format for exchanging text, images, video, events, and sports data.

PBCore (Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary)
(PBCore)A metadata dictionary purpose-built for cataloging and exchanging audiovisual content in public broadcasting.

Publishing Requirements for Industry Standard Metadata
(PRISM)Modular metadata vocabularies for syndicating and packaging published content across platforms and channels.

Really Simple Syndication
(RSS)An XML-based family of web feed formats for distributing frequently updated content like blog posts and podcasts.

rNews
Embeds structured news metadata in HTML so search engines can understand journalism.

VideoMD: Video Technical Metadata Extension Schema
(VideoMD)An XML schema for recording technical metadata about video digital objects in preservation systems.