Required Metadata Field Standards

For more information about required metadata field standards, please visit the VP Comm Metadata Site.

• School College Unit (SCU)
  • Predefined List of SCU represented as the asset group
• Description
  • Quick Who, What, When, Where, Why in one place
• Keywords
  • U-M_Keyword_Taxonomy.txt in DAC
  • If you add keywords, fill out this Google form to send to Lee.
• Location
  • U-M_Location_Names.txt in DAC
• Copyright Notice (three options)
  • U-M Regents (Most common): Copyright [Insert 4-digit year of creation], Regents of the University of Michigan.
  • Third-party: Copyright [Insert 4-digit year of creation], Name of Copyright holder.
  • Public Domain.
• Credit Line
  • Name of Photographer, [Insert SCU here], Regents of the University of Michigan
• Copyright URL
  • Option 1: https://vpcomm.umich.edu/resources/digital-asset-collaborative-dac/dac-copyright/
  • Option 2: Insert URL for Copyright holder, if applicable (ex. https://www.shutterstock.com/license)
  • Option 3: Insert URL to Public Domain source (ex. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/102_det.html)
• Rights and Usage Terms
  • For use by Originating SCU Only
  • For use by permission; Contact Information below
  • Approved for use in editorial context only
  • U-M Unlimited; Approved for any University of Michigan Official Business
  • CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International)
  • CC BY-NC 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International)
  • CC BY-SA 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International)
  • CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International)
  • CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International)
  • CC BY-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International)
  • CC0 aka CC Zero (The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication)
• Creator
  • Name of person who captured the image or footage, or who designed the graphics. For collaborative projects, list the names of all the creators separated by commas in alphabetical order.
• Contact Information
  • Consists of Contact Address, Contact Phone Number, Contact Email address, and Contact Website. Contact email address is required and should be a general email address.