Format Source Codes: Source Codes for Vocabularies, Rules, and Schemes (Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress) Introduction Format Source Codes Format Source Code Usage in MARC Introduction Format Sources contains a list of metadata formats for encoding bibliographic data and assigns a code to each.
The purpose of this list is to enable the identification of formats so their structure and tagging can be discerned. Standards (The Library of Congress) Resource Description Formats BIBFRAME (Bibliographic Framework Initiative) - serves as a general model for expressing and connecting bibliographic data EAD (Encoded Archival Description) - XML markup designed for encoding finding aids Extended Date/Time Format (EDTF) - comprehensive date/time definition for the bibliogrpahic community MADS (Metadata Authority Description Standard) - XML markup for selected authority data from MARC21 records as well as original authority data MARC 21 formats - Representation and communication of descriptive metadata about information items MARCXML - MARC 21 data in an XML structure MODS (Metadata Object Description Standard) - XML markup for selected metadata from existing MARC 21 records as well as original resource description VRA Core -- The VRA Core is a data standard and XML schema for the description of works of visual culture as well as the images that document them Digital Library Standards Information Resource Retrieval Protocols.
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