Standards
Standards are an important component of project delivery. Software used is Open Source; xml, csv and other open formats are used for data delivery; semantic and stylistic control is used in formatting data sets in line with internationaly recognized standards; media encoding uses open formats and universally recognized codecs.
A selection of standards and formats used is listed below:
Audio
- Mp2
- Mp3
- Wav
- Bwf
Data Storage
- Xml
- Csv
- Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
- Dublin Core
- ISAD (G) General International Standard of Archival Description
- BS6529
- Dewey Decimal Classification
- MARC
- Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)
Embeded Media Metadata
- Standard RIFF
- Radio Industry
- id3-tags
- avi info tags
- EXIF
Image Formats
- Tiff
- Jpeg
- PNG
Software and Other Formats
- IANA registered list of Internet Media Types (MIME types)
- FourCC
Streaming Media
- QuickTime
- RealMedia
- Smi
- Smil
- Flash
Temporal and Geographical Terms
- ISO 8601
- Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN)
- OS Grid Ref
- UK Post Code
Video
- Mpeg-1
- Mpeg-2
- Mpeg-4
- Mov
- Avi