I would argue that this sort of information is technical metadata that
needs to be associated with the objects in a repository. It is used for
managing (including preserving) the objects, not for discovery, so doesn't
belong with descriptive metadata. There is a well developed standard for
this sort of information (PREMIS):
http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis
Rebecca
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On Thu, 4 Sep 2008, Karen Arcamonte wrote:
> Thank you for your reply. It was a relief to hear that things aren't so
> perfect. As for DC Format, I wish it or the DC schema as a whole could cover
> more technical information, because it seems very limited if you are a
> multimedia library of mostly images and some sound and video. I have seen
> some implementations use the field as almost a catchall, but i'm guessing
> that is wrong. What we've had to do is to extend our schema with several
> additional technical fields (called Digitization Methods, Digitization
> Details and Capture Methods).
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