T/HCPA 003-2025 Museum Digital Exhibition Metadata Specification

Scope

Scope: This document specifies the requirements for the metadata model architecture, element set, entry rules, multi-language and character encoding support, data exchange and interoperability interfaces, management and operation and maintenance, security and privacy, data quality control, performance evaluation, review and compliance testing methods, etc. of digital exhibition metadata (hereinafter referred to as "metadata") in museums, memorial halls, art galleries, and other cultural institutions when conducting digital exhibitions, virtual exhibitions, online exhibitions, interactive experiences, and other scenarios. This document is applicable to the collection, management, exchange, and release of information about exhibits, exhibitions, interactive media, and display technologies in museums, memorial halls, art galleries, and other cultural institutions when conducting digital exhibitions, virtual exhibitions, online exhibitions, interactive experiences, and other scenarios. For local databases used solely for internal business and not for data exchange with external parties, this document can be used for reference. Main technical content: 4. Metadata architecture 4.1 Adopting international standards 4.1.1 Dublin Core: Describing general information. 4.1.2 VRA Core: Supplementing the dual-layer model of works/images. 4.1.3 CIDOC CRM: Semantic association of exhibitions, exhibits, locations, characters, and time. 4.1.4 LIDO cross-walk: Used when interfacing with European data aggregation platforms. 4.2 Custom namespaces and extended elements 4.2.1 Defining industry-specific elements under the "ex:" namespace. 4.2.2 Custom namespace URI: http://museum.org/schema/. 4.2.3 Providing corresponding XSD, JSON Schema, or SHACL files. 4.3 Interfacing with other standards and protocols 4.3.1 OAI-PMH: Large-scale metadata harvesting. 4.3.2 IIIF: Interoperability of high-resolution images and panoramic/interactive resources. 4.3.3 MARC21/MODS, CNMARC: Interfacing wit

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