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Printing Date:
2008-03-12
Publication History:
Pub. 2008
Abstract:
Digital management of audio assets - in projects, inventories, collections, libraries, and archives - will increasingly be controlled by metadata; that is, data that describes the audio in some way. Some audio-related metadata already exists in metadata sets developed by other communities, however there is a need within the audio community for more specific and detailed audio metadata.
The question was raised concerning how the upcoming AES metadata standards might be handled in a way that would be consistent across a number of AES documents, and also capable of being harmonised with relevant external metadata sets such as the SMPTE metadata dictionary standards (RP210 metadata elements, RP2009 metadata groups etc.) and the IEC work in the same field.
This report discusses primary issues and outlines some elementary considerations.
File type and size:
Downloadable PDF (321.55 KB)
Cost:
$0 AES Member   $50 Non-Member

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