Online Archives – the Pressure of Metadata

摘要

For an economic realisation of future online archives working in a global network structure the right course shall beset. Therefore already during the digitisation and capturing process of single sound carrier archives the registrationof relevant metadata attention shall be paid besides the re-recording of sound and video data. The description ofsound and video content, their technical quality, cue sheet and status information are also important as an uniquematerial identifier for a world-wide unique identification of source material. In addition the continuous gathering ofmetadata shall accompany the audio and video material on the road. A platform independent container such as theBWF file is used to gather all the helpful information on the way.