METADATA Question

[Robert H. Terry]

NEWS RELEASE.........

Bob Terry's BIDM Motion passed by IEEE (as submitted by RIG),

It is now an IEEE standard produced by RIG, it is the BIDM for software 
reuse, it represents a consensus amongst software libraries for a Standard 
data model of METADATA.

Now comes the problem, I located just such a METADATA model (DIG ?) for 
atmospheric datasets.  Thereupon realizing theres other work unknown.
[D
Question:

Are there agreed upon Conventions, Proposed Standards, and Standards for 
METADATA exchange that any of this library science group knows about ?

The thought is that, if Software has a Standard METADATA model, other 
informational artifacts need to be included, and their templates for 
use need to be known.

Thanks for your consideration and effort in advance,

Bob Terry

800-846-1458 x 18
304-594-9072 x 18