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
>