Is this for an assignment, or are you looking for advice on a particular project? There are many different tools available for specific purposes. Some can help create files of descriptive metadata in a certain format, others can pull out technical metadata, etc. I generally just work with straight spreadsheets/XML and validate based on the schemas. If I have something specific I need to check outside of the schema requirements, I may create a schematron to validate against or pull fields out with xpath to compare content. I frankly don't like to get too tied to a specific software because I like my metadata to be moveable and completely within my control. Amelia Mowry Metadata & Discovery Services Librarian Wayne State University On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 8:47 AM, P.G. <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Thanks for the early replies, here are more questions as some of you wanted > to get more details. > > What tools are available to create metadata? > What tools are available to check the structure of metadata? > What tools are available to check the accuracy of metadata? > Can't I just buy software that conforms to the Standard? > What is the standard metadata for images, audios and videos? > > > Thank you all, > Chris >