Let's talk about standards – A write-up of a discussion on metadata standardization in the Digital Humanities

A write-up of discussions in the context of the first DH CH event (Digital Visual Media and Metadata) at the Istituto Svizzero in Rome (ISR), the participants – professors, Ph.D.students, postdocs, researchers, and curators – were asked to take part in a battle round to discuss the pro and contra aspects of using standardized metadata schemas in the field of the Digital Humanities.