Survey Contents


1. Design and Planning of Digital Projects

2. Element Set Standards (data structure decision)

3. Data Contents in a Record (data content decision)

4. Authority Files and Controlled Vocabularies (data value decision)

5. Metadata Encoding (data format/ technical interchange decision)

6. Open Questions

Summary 1

Summary 2

Appendix A: Workflow Chart

Appendix B: The questionnaire

5. Metadata Encoding
(Data Format/Technical Interchange Decision)

Survey responses to the question: What are the major concerns you have in your project that relate to metadata? 2.5: Major Concerns—For the Decisions About Metadata Encoding (= Data Format/Technical Interchange Decisions)

Note: This question is about the standards for data exchange (often referred to as formats in the context of
data exchange and communication). They are standards for data exchange, separately designed or bound together with the element sets.

Major Concerns Regarding Decisions About Data Format and Technical Interchange
(272 Answered, Each Respondent Could Choose All that Apply)
Concern Response % Response #
To learn about available tools for encoding and converting records 79.40% 216
To understand what are the universal or widely used encoding formats 67.60% 184
To see examples of encoded records 60.30% 164