audioMD, videoMD, and AES Schemas and Documentation

The audioMD and videoMD schemas were originally created at the Library of Congress in 2000-2003 as part of the Audio-Visual Prototyping project. In 2011, the Audio Engineering Society published  two new metadata standards for audio materials--AES57-2011 and AES60-2011.

audioMD

AudioMD Schema

• Version 2.0 Schema
• Previous version

AudioMD Documentation

• Version 2.0 Documentation

Metadata for Audio

Two new metadata standards for audio materials were published in 2011 by the Audio Engineering Society -- AES57-2011 and AES60-2011.

AES Schema

• AES57-2011, AES Standard for Audio Metadata - Audio Object XML Schema
• AES60-2011, AES Standard for Audio Metadata - Core Audio Metadata XML Schema

AES Documentation

• AES57-2011, AES Standard for Audio Metadata - Audio Object Structures for Preservation and Restoration
• AES60-2011, AES Standard for Audio Metadata - Core Audio Metadata

videoMD

Users should note that an effort is under way in the Federal Agencies Digitization Guidelines Working Group to develop a video metadata specification during 2011-2012, similar to videoMD but with some additional elaborations.

videoMD Schema

• Version 2.0 (current version)
• Previous version

videoMD Documentation

• Version 2.0 documentation