3Pi project - KU Leuven NBMSI Metadata Standard

The DOI for all version of this standard is 10.5281/zenodo.3607363

A. The objective of the KU Leuven NBMSI Metadata Standard, developed within the framework of the 3Pi project, is to define the required or relevant metadata elements and their parameters for image captures created with a photographic Narrow Band Multi-Spectral Imaging (NBMSI) technology. The determined and selected metadata fields provide information necessary to outline the creation environment and technical infrastructure used in the production of the images. These are not standard included in the basic EXIF or IPTC fields embedded in the image derived from the camera system itself. As such this is metadata pertaining to the image dataset and not to the object being imaged.

The KU Leuven NBMSI Metadata Standard is intended to provide definitions and conventions, allowing users to access documentation for images stemming from a common set of terminology. This will therefore provide a level of consistency for the metadata information.

Therefore, the primary functions of this document are:

1. Providing users of the images with information about the creation environment of narrow band multi-spectral images.
2. Defining standard metadata fields that can be embedded to a multitude of images for consistency and clarity.
3. Outlining the values of these standardized metadata fields; how to measure and enter them.
4. Allowing independent and long-term interpretation of the images.

B. The scope of this standard is in the first place aimed at providing coverage to any objects that may be imaged by the narrow band multi-spectral imaging infrastructure deployed by the Imaging Lab at KU Leuven Libraries. This includes the collection held by the University Libraries, as well as collections brought in by external institutions or researchers. Secondly, the standard has also been constructed in the interest of having usability for other institutions, using similar narrow band multi-spectral imaging technology, inside or outside of KU Leuven.

C. Related Standards: This standard was developed with direct reference to the Archimedes Palimpsest Metadata Standard. The Archimedes Palimpsest Metadata Standard originally draws from such standards including:

1. Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Element Set (ISO Standard 15836)
2. Content Standard for Digital Geospatial Data (FGDS-STD-001-1998)
3. Art Museum Image Consortium (AMICO)