A Comparison of Metadata Elements of Jewelry, Precious and Semi-Precious Stones in Iranian Museums and with International StandardsMetadata Elements

Identifies metadata elements used for the arrangement and description of jewelry, precious and semi-precious stones as museum objects which contain valuable historical, cultural, artistic and much other important information in Iranian museums.
Method/Research Design: Foreign and Persian language sources were consulted to identify standards-based procedures, based on which check lists were developed and used as data collecting tools.
Findings: Overall 363 metadata elements were identified, 287 of which belonged to standards, 82 in museums. Out of 363 metadata elements and 93 were found in Persian sources and 55 in foreign language sources. Metadata elements related to the artist, manufacturer, or design maker were found to be the more important.