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OVERVIEW

Certain elements are commonly used in media-related metadata definitions. This section defines these common elements in the form of the "md" namespace.

Full documentation is a combination of the written document and the XML Schema itself.

CURRENT VERSION

• Version 2.1 Specification
  • Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v2.1c, January 4, 2014 (PDF)
  • Version showing changes from v2.1 to 2.1c (PDF)
  • Versions showing changes from v2.0 to v2.1 (PDF)
• Version 2.1 Schema
  • Schema Location: http://www.movielabs.com/schema/md/v2.1/md-v2.1.xsd
  • Schema Documentation
• Detailed Revision History, TR-META-REV, v2.1c, January 4, 2014 (PDF)

PREVIOUSLY RELEASED VERSIONS

Version 2.0 (Released)

• Version 2.0 Specification
  • Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v2.0, January 3, 2013 (PDF)
  • Versions showing changes from v1.2f (PDF)
• Version 2.0 Schema
  • Schema Location: http://www.movielabs.com/schema/md/v2.0/md-v2.0.xsd
  • Schema Documentation
• Detailed Revision History, TR-META-REV, v2.0, January 3, 2013 (PDF)

Version 1.2 (Released)

• Version 1.2f Specification
  • Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v1.2f, October 25, 2012 (PDF)
  • Versions showing changes from v1.2e (PDF) [The only change is moving ratings to a separate document Common Metadata Content Ratings, TR-META-CR found at http://www.movielabs.com/ratings]
• Version 1.2 Schema
  • Schema Location: http://www.movielabs.com/schema/md/v1.2/md.xsd
  • Alternate Schema Location: http://www.movielabs.com/schema/md/v1.2/md-v1.2.xsd
  • Schema Documentation
• Prior document versions of 1.2 - no schema changes
  • Version 1.2e Specification
    • Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v1.2e, October 25, 2012 (PDF)
    • Versions showing changes from v1.2a (PDF), from 1.2d (PDF)
    Version 1.2d Specification (replaced by 1.2e)
    • Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v1.2d, September 24, 2012 (PDF)
    • Version showing changes from v1.2a (PDF)
  • Version1.2a Specification (replaced by 1.2d)
  • Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v1.2a, May 29, 2012 (PDF)
  • Version showing changes from v1.2 (PDF)
  • Version 1.2 Specification (replaced by 1.2a)
    • Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v1.2, November 1, 2011 (PDF)
    • Version showing changes from v1.1 (PDF)

Version 1.1 (Released)

• Specification
  • Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v1.1, January 6, 2011 (PDF)
  • Version showing changes from v1.0 (PDF)
• Version 1.1 Schema
  • Schema Location: http://www.movielabs.com/schema/md/v1.1/md.xsd
  • Schema Documentation

Version 1.07 (Released)

• Specification
  • Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v1.07, October 29, 2010 (PDF)
  • Version showing changes from v1.0 (PDF)
• Version 1.0.7 Schema
  • Schema Location: http://www.movielabs.com/schema/md/v1.07/md.xsd
  • Schema Documentation

Version 1.0 (Released)

• Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v1.0, January 5, 2010 (PDF)
• Version 1.0 Schema
  • Schema Location: http://www.movielabs.com/md/md/v1.0/md.xsd
  • Schema Documentation

CANDIDATE FOR RELEASE

Version 2.1 (draft)

• Specification
  • Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v2.1 draft, April 22, 2013 (PDF, Word)
  • Showing Changes from 2.0a (PDF)
  • Showing Changes from 2.0 (PDF)
• Version 2.0 draft 20130422 schema
• Schema Location: http://www.movielabs.com/schema/md/unreleased/md-v2.1-draft-20130422.xsd

Version 2.0 corrections - Minor changes will be tracked here and published once a sufficent number of corrections merits republication.

• Specification
  • Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v2.0 draft v2.0a, January 7, 2013 (PDF, Word). No schema change.

Version 2.0 v0.97(draft)

• Specification
  • Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v2.0 draft v0.97, January 3, 2013 (PDF, Word)
  • Showing Changes (PDF, Word)
  • Revision History (PDF)
• Version 2.0 draft v0.97 schema
• Schema Location: http://www.movielabs.com/schema/md/v2.0/md-v2.0.xsd

Version 1.2b, c and e (Spec-only, no schema change)

• Specification
  • Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v1.2e1, October 25, 2012 (PDF)
  • Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v1.2c, September 13, 2012 (PDF)
  • Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v1.2b, August 28, 2012 (PDF)

Version 1.1.8 (Candidate for 1.2)

• Specification
  • Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v1.1.8, September 9, 2011 (PDF)
  • Version showing changes from v1.0 (PDF)
• Version 1.1.8 Schema
  • Schema Location: http://www.movielabs.com/schema/md/v1.1.8/md.xsd
  • Schema Documentation

Version 1.09 (Released as 1.1)

This version was the release candidate for v1.1.

• Specification
  • Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v1.09, January 6, 2011 (PDF)
  • Version showing changes from v1.07 (PDF)
• Version 1.09 Schema
  • Schema Location: http://www.movielabs.com/schema/md/v1.09/md.xsd
  • Schema Documentation

SUPPORTING MATERIALS

Controlled Vocabularies

• Common Genre: http://www.movielabs.com/md/md/common_genre.html

Guidelines

• Content Structure Guidelines, TR-META-CSG, v0.9, January 6, 2010 (PDF)
  • Examples from Content Structure Guidelines

Examples

• The following directory contains usage examples and other resources: http://www.movielabs.com/md/resources
• Submissions are welcome!

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