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Metadata Formats

Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei edited this page Nov 23, 2023 · 14 revisions

Metadata formats are the formats in which the metadata of a Work or multiple Works are stored. Metadata formats have been developed as part of software packages or as consortial standards and may be constructed on top of higher-level metadata syntax. Different stakeholders in the scholcomm landscape use different metadata formats for different purposes. Moreover, different stakeholders maintain different subsets of the metadata potentially contained in specific formats.

Thoth aims for a holistic approach, being able to export as many formats in as many flavors as possible. Thoth currently supports export to the following Metadata Formats:

Other Formats

The following Metadata Formats are scheduled for future investigation/development:

Citations and Bibliographies

The following metadata formats are mainly used by bibliographic and citation software platforms:

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