Bibliographic Metadata

Because there are already many bibliographic metadata formats and a large amount of information about them, this page should not be considered an exhaustive presentation.

Record formats

• The MARC Standard Page
• The MODS Page
• The MADS Page

Bibliographic Vocabularies

The primary vocabularies of interest are those defined in RDF or that could be defined as RDF.

• The Dublin Core Page
• Bibliographic Ontology (BIBO)
• RDA in RDF
• LC ontology page
  • Includes: LC Subject Authorities in RDF

General Vocabularies

Vocabularies of general use available for open data.

Experimental Work

• XOBIS (XML Organic Bibliographic Information Schema)
• allegro Neutral Format