Metadata for phonograph records: facilitating new forms of use and access to analog sound recordings

A new metadata schema for analog sound recordings is described. The comprehensive metadata schema was created to the finest level of granularity possible. The schema includes five types of metadata: description (enable discovery and identification of resources), administration (support management of resource), structure (describe font and layout characteristics of texts), legal rights (protect intellectual property rights), and technical information (record the capture process and technical characteristics of the digital objects)