Standards

THE RESCARTA STANDARDS

ResCarta Foundation, Inc. was founded to encourage the development of a single set of open community standards and open source implementations of those standards. The objective is to produce a subset of existing, far-reaching standards and implementations that guide the creation, storage, indexing and retrieval of digital collections.

In creating these standards, the format strives to maintain simplicity that can and should stop creators and organizers of digital material from overloading collections with too many unnecessary features. The standards are designed to be the minimum set of rules to which all digital collections should adhere so that true interoperability may be achieved.

The ResCarta Standards currently support the following source types:

Published works known as books. (e.g. monographs, serials, serial monographs)
Published or unpublished documents (e.g. loose papers, letters, correspondence)
Conference Proceedings
Microforms
Photographs
Negatives
Binary output computer files (e.g. MsWord Documents, Lotus 123 files, Symphony)
Audio recordings
Video recordings with and without audio
Websites
E-books
Emails

In proceeding toward the stated objective, ResCarta Foundation has begun the task of creating standards for the various ResCarta-supported source types. ResCarta Foundation makes available draft standards for review and comment. This ensures that the standards meet the best practices of our industry. We value your thoughts on our standards and rely on your comments to assist us in completing this important task. Please provide comments on any of the ResCarta Standards by contacting us at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or becoming a member of the foundation.

Published works known as books. ( 1 Article )
- Published works known as books. (e.g. monographs, serials, serial monographs)

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