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Digital Collections Metadata Dictionary

Last Updated: Nov 11, 2025 1:09 PM

Best Practices
Good Practice Advice for Managing Multilingual and non-English Language Content in Repositories
The recommendations identify good practices for repository managers and repository software developers, and focus on the topics of metadata, multilingual keywords, user interfaces, formats, and licenses that will improve the visibility, discovery and reuse of repository content in a variety of languages.
Cooper Hewitt Guidelines for Image Description
Guidelines for creating image descriptions, specifically alternative text and long description.