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VRA Core
Date added 17 December 2009
Last edited 17 December 2009
Full Title
Visual Resources Association Core
Description
VRA Core 4.0 is a hierarchical metadata element set which provides a structure for the description of works of visual culture and the digital or photographic images used to document them. The standard has been endorsed by the METS Editorial Board as an extension schema for any METS objects containing images of cultural heritage resources.
Standards Developing Organisation
- VRA
- Visual Resources Association
Rights
No available information
Lifecycle Actions
- Access, Use and Reuse
- Create or Receive
- Description and Representation Information
Standard Framework
- Digital Archive Standards
Standard Types
- Metadata Content Standards
- Metadata Description Standard
Current Version
- 4 September 2007 - VRA Core 4.0 [external]
- Introductory text, element outlines, tagging examples and schema to download.
Further Information
Alternative Current Versions
None.
Previous Versions
- 1996 - VRA Core 1.0 [external]
- October 1997 - VRA Core 2.0 [external]
- 2002 - VRA Core 3.0 [external]
- 14 December 2005 - VRA Core 4.0 Beta [external]
Referenced Standards
- AAT: Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus
- CCO: Cataloguing Cultural Objects Guidelines
- Dublin Core
- LCSH: Library of Congress Subject
- LCTGM: Library of Congress Thesaurus for Graphic Materials
- TGM: Thesaurus for Graphic
- TGN: Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
- ULAN: Getty Union List of Artist Names
- XML