| Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) | XML |
| social science data, mandatory and optional metadata elements for study description, data file description and variable description, codebook version (DDI2 or DDI-C) and lifecycle version (DDI3 or DDI-L) | |
| Dublin Core (DC) | XML |
| basic, generic, discipline-agnostic, web resources, 15 (optional) metadata elements | |
| Text Encoding Initiative (TEI) | XML |
| for mark-up of textual data, e.g. turn takers in speech, typos, formatting text on screen | |
| Data Cite | XML, RDF |
| publishing digital datasets with persistent identifier (DOI), five mandatory and multiple recommended/optional elements, discipline-agnostic | |
| ISO 19115 | XML |
| geographic information | |
| QuDex (Qualitative Data Exchange) | XML |
| rich file-level description, document coding and annotation and intra-collection relationships. Allows identification of data objects such as: Interview transcript or audio recording etc.; Relationship to another data object or part of data; Descriptive categories at the object level, e.g. interview characteristics, interview setting; Capacity to capture rich annotation of parts of data | |
| Common European Research Information Format (CERIF) | XML |
| record research information about people, projects, outputs (publications, patents, products), funding, events, facilities, equipment | |
| Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS) | XML |
| encoding descriptive, administrative, and structural metadata regarding objects within a digital library | |
| Metadata preparation/markup guidelines QualiBank | |
| QualiBank Processing Procedures | |
| Metadata preparation/markup procedures QualiBank | |
| Qualitative data collection ingest processing procedures | |