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List of Metadata Standards
Full Name Short Name Disciplines Keywords
Access to Biological Collection Data ABCD Biodiversity, Biology biodiversity
Access to Biological Collection Databases Extended for Geosciences ADBCEFG Biodiversity, Earth Science biodiversity, geoscience
Agricultural Metadata Element Set AgMES Agriculture agriculture
ASAM Open Data Services ASAM ODS Other testing, industry standard, automation
Asset Description Metadata Schema ADMS Subject Agnostic discovery, interoperability
Atmosphere Model Data Standard ATMODAT Atmospheric Science atmospheric data, modelling, model data, data cite, doi
Attribute Convention For Data Discovery ACDD Subject Agnostic discovery, netCDF, spatial data
Audubon Core AC Biodiversity biodiversity
Bioschemas - Biology, Life Science web resources, life science
Climate and Forecast Metadata Conventions CF Climatology, Earth Science climate data, netCDF
Common Data Index CDI Oceanography marine data, spatial data
Common European Research Information Format CERIF Data Management research information
Common Information Model CIM Climatology climate data, modelling
Core Scientific Metadata Model CSMD CCLRC Subject Agnostic scientific workflow, studies, experiments, observations, measurements, projects
Cruise Summary Reports CSR Oceanography cruise data, marine data, spatial data
Crystallographic Information Framework CIF Geology crystallographic data
Darwin Core DwC Biodiversity biodiversity
Data Catalog Vocabulary DCAT Subject Agnostic catalogue, metadata aggregation
Data Catalog Vocabulary Application Profile DCAT-AP Subject Agnostic linked data, catalogue, metadata aggregation
Data Documentation Initiative DDI Social Science, Economics, Other survey
DataCite DataCite Subject Agnostic doi, data publication
Directory Interchange Format DIF Earth Science collections, earth science data
Dublin Core DC Subject Agnostic generic metadata
Earth Resource Markup Language EarthResourceML Earth Science geoscience
Ecological Metadata Language EML Biology, Biodiversity, Earth Science ecological data
Essential Annotation Schema for Ecology EASE Biodiversity, Ecology ecology, biodiversity
European Directory of Marine Environmental Datasets Schema EDMED Oceanography marine data
European Directory of Marine Environmental Research Projects EDMERP Oceanography research projects
European Directory of the Ocean Observing Systems Schema EDIOS Oceanography marine data, instruments, equipment
Federal Geographic Data Committee Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata FGDC/CSDGM Earth Science, Geoinformatics spatial data
Flexible Image Transport System FITS Subject Agnostic astronomic data, imagery
GBIF Metadata Profil - Biology, Biodiversity, Ecology provenance
Generic Earth Observation Metadata Standard GEOMS Earth Science earth observation data, geophysical data, atmospheric data, oceanographic data
GeoDCAT-AP - Earth Science, Geoinformatics spatial data
Geography Markup Language GML Earth Science geographical data
Geoscience Markup Language GeoSciML Earth Science geoscience
Humboldt Core - Biodiversity biodiversity
Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community INSPIRE Earth Science, Geoinformatics spatial data
International Virtual Observatory Alliance Technical Specifications IVOA Other astronomic data
Investigation / Study / Assay (ISA) tab-delimited (TAB) format ISA-Tab Subject Agnostic experiments, scientific workflow
ISO 19110: Geographic information — Methodology for feature cataloguing ISO 19110:2016 Geoinformatics spatial data, feature type, feature catalogue
ISO 19115-1: Geographic information — Metadata — Part 1: Fundamentals ISO 19115-1:2014 Earth Science, Geoinformatics spatial data
ISO 19115-2: Geographic information — Metadata — Part 2: Extensions for acquisition and processing ISO 19115-2:2019 Earth Science, Geoinformatics spatial data, earth observation data, imagery
ISO 19157: Geographic information — Data quality ISO 19157:2013 Earth Science, Geoinformatics data quality, spatial data
ISO 25964 – the international standard for thesauri and interoperability with other vocabularies ISO 25964 Subject Agnostic terminology, ontology
ISO/TS 19115-3: Geographic information — Metadata — Part 3: XML schema implementation for fundamental concepts ISO/TS 19115-3:2016 Earth Science, Geoinformatics spatial data, xml implementation
Kaitai Struct: declarative binary format parsing language Kaitai Subject Agnostic binary data
Minimal Information About a Simulation Experiment MIASE Life Science simulation
Minimal Information Required In the Annotation of Models Miriam Life Science modelling
Minimum Information about a Flow Cytomentry Experiment MIFlowCyt Life Science cytomentry, experiments
Minimum Information About a Microarray Experiment MIAME Life Science micro array experiment
Minimum Information about any (x) Sequence MIxS Omics, Life Science genomic sequences
Model Description Language for Computational Neuroscience NeuroML Life Science neurological data, modelling
NeXus Data Format - Other material data
Observations and Measurements O&M Earth Science observations, measurements
OGC Encoding Linked Data Graphs in NetCDF Files OGC NetCDF-LD Subject Agnostic netCDF, linked data
Open Archival Information System OAIS Subject Agnostic archiving, preservation
Open Archives Initiative Object Reuse and Exchange OAI-ORE Subject Agnostic data aggregation, digital objects
Open Badges - Subject Agnostic certification, badges
open metadata Markup Language odML Subject Agnostic experiments, provenance
Open Microscopy Environment XML OME-XML Life Science, Earth Science biological imaging
QuakeML - Geophysics seismic data
Quality Information Framework QIF Subject Agnostic quality information, engineering
RDF Data Cube Vocabulary RDF DCV Subject Agnostic statistical data, data cube
Schema.org - Subject Agnostic general data, discovery
SensorML - Subject Agnostic sensor data
Space Physics Archive Search and Extract SPASE Other heliophysics
SpatioTemporal Asset Catalogs STAC Subject Agnostic spatial data
Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange SDMX, ISO 17369 Other statistical data
W3org Provenance Modell PROV Subject Agnostic provenance
Water Modeling Language WaterML Water Research hydrology
WMO Core Metadata Profile - Climatology spatial data, climate data, weather data