| ADMS (Asset Description Metadata Schema) |
W3C / European Commission |
International |
Government
|
open
|
65.4
Modernizing
|
| ARIADNE archaeological data model |
ARIADNE Research Infrastructure |
— |
Archaeology
|
licence
|
—
|
| BIDS (Brain Imaging Data Structure) |
BIDS community / INCF |
— |
Neuroscience
|
open
|
71.7
Modernizing
|
| BPMN (Business Process Model and Notation) |
Object Management Group |
International |
Cross Domain
|
open
|
58.0
Modernizing
|
| CF Conventions (Climate and Forecast metadata) |
CF Conventions Committee |
— |
Climate
|
open
|
55.6
Modernizing
|
| CMIP Data Reference Syntax (Coupled Model Intercomparison Project) |
WCRP / PCMDI |
— |
Climate
|
—
|
—
|
| CMMN (Case Management Model and Notation) |
Object Management Group |
International |
Cross Domain
|
open
|
58.0
Modernizing
|
| Croissant (ML dataset metadata) |
MLCommons |
International
United States |
AI
|
—
|
—
|
| Crossref metadata schema |
Crossref |
— |
Scholarly
|
open
|
54.9
Modernizing
|
| DCAT / DCAT-AP |
W3C / European Commission |
International |
Government
|
open
|
79.0
Current
|
| DDI (Data Documentation Initiative) |
DDI Alliance |
International |
Social Science
|
open
|
52.3
Modernizing
|
| DMN (Decision Model and Notation) |
Object Management Group |
International |
Cross Domain
|
open
|
64.3
Modernizing
|
| DQV (Data Quality Vocabulary) |
W3C |
International
United States |
Data Engineering
|
open
|
70.0
Modernizing
|
| Data Vault 2.0 |
Dan Linstedt / Data Vault Alliance |
— |
Cross Domain
|
—
|
—
|
| DataCite Metadata Schema |
DataCite |
International
Germany |
Scholarly
|
open
|
65.4
Modernizing
|
| Dublin Core / DCMI Metadata Terms |
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative |
International
United States |
Metadata
|
open
|
71.4
Modernizing
|
| EBUCore |
European Broadcasting Union |
Europe |
Broadcast
|
—
|
—
|
| EML (Ecological Metadata Language) |
Ecological Society of America / NCEAS |
United States |
Ecology
|
open
|
81.0
Current
|
| EPUB and EPUB Accessibility metadata |
W3C |
International
United States |
Publishing
|
open
|
73.3
Current
|
| EU AI Act technical documentation requirements |
European Commission |
European Union
Belgium |
AI
|
open
|
—
|
| FGDC CSDGM (Federal Geographic Data Committee) |
US Federal Geographic Data Committee |
— |
Geospatial
|
—
|
48.4
Legacy
|
| Frictionless Data Package / Table Schema |
Open Knowledge Foundation |
United Kingdom |
Cross Domain
|
open
|
—
|
| HXL (Humanitarian Exchange Language) |
UN OCHA |
International |
Humanitarian
|
open
|
—
|
| Hugging Face Dataset Card / DCAT-AI alignment |
Hugging Face / community |
United States
national body |
AI
|
open
|
66.2
Modernizing
|
| IDEF1X |
NIST (FIPS 184, withdrawn) / community |
— |
Cross Domain
|
open
|
—
|
| IPTC Photo Metadata Standard (International Press Telecommunications Council) |
IPTC |
International |
Media
|
—
|
48.1
Legacy
|
| ISA model / ISA-Tab |
ISA community |
— |
Life Sciences
|
—
|
—
|
| ISO 12006 building construction classification framework |
ISO TC 59 |
International |
Construction
|
spec sold
|
—
|
| ISO 12620 / DatCatInfo data categories |
ISO TC 37 |
International |
Linguistics
|
spec sold
|
—
|
| ISO 14817 ITS data registry |
ISO TC 204 |
International |
Transportation
|
spec sold
|
47.7
Legacy
|
| ISO 15489 records management |
ISO TC 46 SC 11 |
International |
Records Management
|
spec sold
|
—
|
| ISO 19115 Geographic Metadata |
ISO/TC 211 |
International |
Geospatial
|
spec sold
|
46.0
Legacy
|
| ISO/IEC 11179 Metadata Registries |
ISO/IEC JTC1 SC32 |
International |
Cross Domain
|
spec sold
|
—
|
| ISO/IEC 19505 / 19507 (UML, OCL) |
ISO/IEC JTC1 SC7 / OMG |
International |
Cross Domain
|
spec sold
|
—
|
| Iceberg REST Catalog and table metadata |
Apache Software Foundation |
International
United States |
Data Engineering
|
—
|
—
|
| METS / MODS / PREMIS |
Library of Congress |
United States
national body |
Archives
|
open
|
61.7
Modernizing
|
| MIABIS (Minimum Information About BIobank data Sharing) |
BBMRI-ERIC |
Austria |
Medical Biotechnology
|
—
|
—
|
| MIAPPE (plant phenotyping) |
ELIXIR / MIAPPE community |
International |
Agriculture
|
—
|
—
|
| MPEG-7 / MPEG-21 (Moving Picture Experts Group) |
ISO/IEC JTC1 SC29 (MPEG) |
International |
Media
|
spec sold
|
—
|
| Model Cards / Data Cards |
community / Google / Hugging Face |
United States
national body |
AI
|
open
|
70.4
Modernizing
|
| MovieLabs Common Metadata (MDDF) |
MovieLabs |
— |
Media
|
—
|
—
|
| NOMAD metadata schema |
NOMAD Laboratory / FAIRmat |
— |
Materials
|
—
|
—
|
| OMG MOF and UML (Object Management Group) |
Object Management Group |
International |
Cross Domain
|
open
|
64.3
Modernizing
|
| OMG SysML (Object Management Group) |
Object Management Group |
International |
Engineering
|
open
|
68.2
Modernizing
|
| Open Data Product Specification (ODPS) |
ODPS community / Linux Foundation |
International
United States |
Data Engineering
|
open
|
71.6
Modernizing
|
| PBCore |
WGBH / PBCore community |
— |
Broadcast
|
open
|
51.3
Modernizing
|
| Project Open Data / data.json |
US GSA |
— |
Government
|
—
|
58.5
Modernizing
|
| Psych-DS |
Psych-DS community |
— |
Psychology
|
—
|
—
|
| RO-Crate |
RO-Crate community |
— |
Scholarly
|
open
|
72.0
Current
|
| SPASE (Space Physics Archive Search and Extract) |
SPASE Consortium |
— |
Space Physics
|
—
|
47.2
Legacy
|
| STAC (SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog) |
STAC community / Radiant Earth |
— |
Geospatial
|
open
|
74.2
Current
|
| SeaDataNet / IOC-IODE standards |
SeaDataNet / IOC-UNESCO |
— |
Oceanography
|
—
|
44.6
Legacy
|
| VoID (Vocabulary of Interlinked Datasets) |
W3C |
International
United States |
Cross Domain
|
open
|
63.0
Modernizing
|
| W3C CSV on the Web (CSVW) |
W3C |
International
United States |
Cross Domain
|
open
|
73.1
Current
|
| XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) / ISO 16684 |
Adobe / ISO |
International |
Cross Domain
|
spec sold
|
58.0
Modernizing
|
| schema.org Dataset / Google Dataset Search |
W3C Schema.org Community Group |
International |
Cross Domain
|
open
|
78.0
Current
|
