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# Metadata Specifications

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  "type": "info",
  "title": "RD Alliance Metadata Directory",
  "body": "For an extensive overview of relevant metadata standards please view the[ RDA Metadata Directoy.](http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/)"
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  "type": "info",
  "title": "BioSharing Standards Directory",
  "body": "For an extensive overview of relevant metadata standards in the environmental, life and biomedical area, please view the [BioSharing standards directory](https://biosharing.org/standards/)."
}
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    "h-0": "Schema",
    "h-1": "Description",
    "h-2": "Link",
    "2-0": "OpenAIRE",
    "3-0": "ReCollect",
    "4-0": "PREMIS",
    "5-0": "MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)",
    "6-0": "RIS-CF (Australian National Data Service schema)",
    "2-2": "https://guidelines.openaire.eu/en/latest/data/application_profile.html",
    "4-2": "http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/schemas.html",
    "5-2": "http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-schemas.html",
    "6-2": "http://www.ands.org.au/online-services/rif-cs-schema",
    "7-0": "UK Research Discovery Schema (UKRDDS)",
    "7-2": "https://goo.gl/8IwptD",
    "7-1": "Core schema for http://ckan.data.alpha.jisc.ac.uk/dataset",
    "3-2": "http://www.data-archive.ac.uk/media/375386/rde_eprints_metadataprofile.pdf",
    "3-1": "Dataset Specification for EPrints created by UK Data Service",
    "2-1": "Stricter expansion of the DataCite Metadata Schema",
    "0-2": "https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/",
    "0-0": "Project Open Data Metadata Schema",
    "0-1": "[DCAT](https://www.w3.org/TR/vocab-dcat/) based open metadata schema in the JSON format",
    "1-0": "SHARE",
    "1-1": "Beta JSON metadata schema for the [Open Science Framework](https://osf.io/) (OSF).",
    "1-2": "https://osf.io/wur56/wiki/Schema/",
    "8-0": "DataCite Metadata Schema",
    "8-1": "Metadata for DataCite DOI system",
    "8-2": "https://schema.datacite.org/",
    "9-0": "EPrints ReCollect",
    "9-1": "Dataset Specification for EPrints created by UK Data Serivce",
    "9-2": "http://wiki.eprints.org/w/ReCollect",
    "10-0": "OpenAire",
    "10-2": "https://guidelines.readthedocs.org/en/latest/data/index.html"
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    "h-0": "Schema",
    "h-1": "Description",
    "h-2": "Link",
    "0-0": "DDI",
    "2-0": "INSPIRE",
    "3-0": "MIDAS-Heritage",
    "4-0": "OAI-ORE",
    "5-0": "CIF - Crystallographic Information Framework",
    "6-0": "CSMD-CCLRC Core Scientific Metadata Model",
    "7-0": "ISA-Tab",
    "8-0": "MIBBI - Minimum Information for Biological and Biomedical Investigations",
    "9-0": "NeXus",
    "10-0": "ABCD - Access to Biological Collection Data",
    "11-0": "Darwin Core",
    "12-0": "EML - Ecological Metadata Language",
    "13-0": "Genome Metadata",
    "14-0": "Observ-OM",
    "15-0": "OME-XML - Open Microscopy Environment XML",
    "16-0": "PDBx/mmCIF - Protein Data Bank Exchange Dictionary and the Macromolecular Crystallographic Information Framework",
    "17-0": "Protocol Data Element Definitions",
    "18-0": "UKEOF",
    "19-0": "AgMES - Agricultural Metadata Element Set",
    "20-0": "AVM - Astronomy Visualization Metadata  Edit",
    "21-0": "CF (Climate and Forecast) Metadata Conventions",
    "22-0": "CIM-Common Information Model",
    "23-0": "DIF - Directory Interchange Format",
    "24-0": "FGDC/CSDGM - Federal Geographic Data Committee Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Metadata",
    "25-0": "FITS - Flexible Image Transport System",
    "26-0": "International Virtual Observatory Alliance Technical Specifications",
    "27-0": "ISO 19115",
    "28-0": "Observations and Measurements  Edit",
    "29-0": "PDBx/mmCIF - Protein Data Bank Exchange Dictionary and the Macromolecular Crystallographic Information Framework",
    "30-0": "SDAC - Standard for Documentation of Astronomical Catalogues",
    "31-0": "SPASE Data Model  Edit",
    "32-0": "UKEOF",
    "33-0": "QuDEx - Qualitative Data Exchange Format  Edit",
    "34-0": "SDMX - Statistical Data and Metadata Exchange",
    "35-0": "CERIF - Common European Research Information Format",
    "36-0": "DCAT - Data Catalog Vocabulary",
    "37-0": "Dublin Core  Edit",
    "38-0": "PREMIS",
    "39-0": "PROV",
    "40-0": "RDF Data Cube Vocabulary",
    "41-0": "Repository-Developed Metadata Schemas",
    "0-2": "http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/ddi-data-documentation-initiative.html",
    "h-3": "Associated field of research",
    "0-3": "Arts and Humanities",
    "2-3": "Arts and Humanities",
    "3-3": "Arts and Humanities",
    "4-3": "Arts and Humanities",
    "2-2": "",
    "4-2": "http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/oai-ore-open-archives-initiative-object-reuse-and-exchange.html",
    "3-2": "http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/midas-heritage.html",
    "5-2": "http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/cif-crystallographic-information-framework.html",
    "5-3": "Engineering",
    "9-3": "Engineering",
    "8-3": "Engineering",
    "7-3": "Engineering",
    "6-3": "Engineering",
    "6-2": "http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/csmd-cclrc-core-scientific-metadata-model.html",
    "7-2": "http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/isa-tab.html",
    "8-2": "http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/mibbi-minimum-information-biological-and-biomedical-investigations.html",
    "9-2": "http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/nexus.html",
    "10-3": "Life Sciences",
    "18-3": "Life Sciences",
    "18-2": "http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/ukeof.html",
    "16-2": "http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/pdbx-mmcif.html",
    "17-2": "http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/protocol-data-element-definitions.html",
    "15-2": "http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/ome-xml-open-microscopy-environment-xml.html",
    "14-2": "http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/observ-om.html",
    "13-2": "http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/genome-metadata.html",
    "12-2": "http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/eml-ecological-metadata-language.html",
    "11-2": "http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/darwin-core.html",
    "10-2": "http://rd-alliance.github.io/metadata-directory/standards/abcd-access-biological-collection-data.html",
    "1-0": "Data Package",
    "1-2": "http://frictionlessdata.io/data-packages/",
    "1-1": "Extensible, JSON-based Dataset specification for packaging data.  Extensions exist for packaging \"tabular\" and \"fiscal\" data."
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  "rows": 42
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