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Analog-to-Digital Converter Performance Specification and Testing. Guideline approved by Working Group, August 20, 2012.

Embedding Metadata in Broadcast WAVE Files. Guideline approved by Working Group, April 23, 2012.

Minimal Descriptive Embedded Metadata in Digital Still Images. Reviewed and Recommended by Working Group, March 23, 2012. Guideline created by the EMDaWG (Embedded Metadata Working Group) of the Smithsonian Institution.

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Working Groups

Still Image Working Group
This group is involved in a cooperative effort to develop common digitization guidelines for still image materials.

Audio-Visual Working Group
The goal for this working group is to identify, establish, and disseminate information about standards and practices for the digital reformatting of audio-visual materials by federal agencies.

Last Updated: 09/05/2012