M/365 - Cinematopographic works
Standardisation mandate to the CEN on the harmonisation of cataloguing and indexing practices of cinematographic works and on the interoperability of film databases
Mandate M/365 tasks CEN with developing harmonised standards for cataloguing and indexing cinematographic works. The goal is to establish consistent practices to improve the organisation, retrieval, and management of film information across databases. Additionally, the mandate aims to ensure interoperability among film databases, facilitating data exchange and integration within the cinematographic sector. This standardisation effort supports uniformity in handling film metadata, benefiting industry stakeholders and users by enhancing accessibility and data coherence across European film archives and platforms.
Purpose
The mandate M/365 aims to harmonise the cataloguing and indexing practices of cinematographic works. It seeks to improve consistency in how films are documented and described across different platforms and institutions within the European Union. This harmonisation supports better management, retrieval, and interoperability of film-related data.
Standardisation request
The mandate requests the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) to develop standards that establish uniform practices for cataloguing and indexing cinematographic works. Additionally, it calls for standards ensuring the interoperability of film databases, facilitating seamless data exchange and integration among various film archives, libraries, and digital platforms.
Expected deliverables
Expected deliverables under this mandate include:
- A set of standardised guidelines and protocols for cataloguing and indexing cinematographic works.
- Technical specifications or models enabling interoperability between different film databases. These deliverables aim to create a coherent framework ensuring consistent metadata formats and exchange mechanisms within the film heritage and audiovisual sectors.
Context
The standardisation of cinematographic work cataloguing addresses the challenges posed by diverse and fragmented indexing systems across Europe. By unifying standards, the mandate supports preservation, accessibility, and research activities related to film heritage. It also facilitates cultural exchange and digital innovation by making film data more accessible and usable across borders and platforms.
This mandate covers the harmonisation of cataloguing and indexing practices for cinematographic works and the interoperability of film databases. It focuses on standardising methods and systems used to catalogue, index, and manage information related to films to ensure consistency and compatibility across databases and platforms within the cinematographic sector.
General Information
This Draft Technical Specification outlines technological approaches towards implementing EN 15907 and (partially) EN 15744 for the purpose of exchanging metadata about cinematographic works.
- Technical specification12 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This Draft Technical Specification outlines technological approaches towards implementing EN 15907 and (partially) EN 15744 for the purpose of exchanging metadata about cinematographic works.
- Technical specification12 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This European Standard specifies a set of metadata for the description of cinematographic works, as well as a terminology for use by parties wishing to exchange such descriptive metadata. It also defines some basic entities and relationships useful for defining data models as well as for structuring hierarchically ordered and serialised representations of metadata about cinematographic works including their variants, manifestations, and items. Specific vocabularies for values of elements and attributes are mandated only in selected cases, and only if these vocabularies are actively maintained by a standardisation body.
- Standard36 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This European Standard specifies a set of metadata for the description of cinematographic works, as well as a terminology for use by parties wishing to exchange such descriptive metadata. It also defines some basic entities and relationships useful for defining data models as well as for structuring hierarchically ordered and serialised representations of metadata about cinematographic works including their variants, manifestations, and items. Specific vocabularies for values of elements and attributes are mandated only in selected cases, and only if these vocabularies are actively maintained by a standardisation body.
- Standard36 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This European Standard contains a comprehensive set of metadata elements for representing information about cinematographic works, their variants and manifestations. Detailed information on available media items, viewing requirements, and access conditions is not covered by this standard. However, elementary information concerning the availability of media items can be expressed.
This European Standard also provides some extension points for adding more detailed data types without violating conformance. The guiding principle here is that no information from existing filmographic records should be lost when these are expressed according to this standard. Finally, an XML schema is provided as an aid to data interchange and as a tool for verifying the syntactic conformance of implementations.
- Standard12 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
This European Standard contains a comprehensive set of metadata elements for representing information about cinematographic works, their variants and manifestations. Detailed information on available media items, viewing requirements, and access conditions is not covered by this standard. However, elementary information concerning the availability of media items can be expressed.
This European Standard also provides some extension points for adding more detailed data types without violating conformance. The guiding principle here is that no information from existing filmographic records should be lost when these are expressed according to this standard. Finally, an XML schema is provided as an aid to data interchange and as a tool for verifying the syntactic conformance of implementations.
- Standard12 pagesEnglish languagee-Library read for1 day
Frequently Asked Questions
A European Standardization Mandate is a formal request from the European Commission to the European Standardization Organizations (CEN, CENELEC, and ETSI) to develop European standards (ENs) in support of EU legislation and policies. Mandates are issued under Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 and help ensure that products and services meet the essential requirements set out in EU directives and regulations.
M/365 is a European Standardization Mandate titled "Standardisation mandate to the CEN on the harmonisation of cataloguing and indexing practices of cinematographic works and on the interoperability of film databases". Standardisation mandate to the CEN on the harmonisation of cataloguing and indexing practices of cinematographic works and on the interoperability of film databases There are 6 standards developed under this mandate.
Standards developed in response to a mandate and cited in the Official Journal of the European Union become "harmonized standards". Products manufactured in compliance with harmonized standards benefit from a presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the corresponding EU directive or regulation, facilitating CE marking and market access across the European Economic Area.