2021SG09: Ethnographic Metadata for Material Culture Assets

Metadata for digital objects created during ethnographic research on material culture and living heritage, following the Material Culture Ethnography Metadata Schema (MCEMS). The spreadsheet was developed for the Endangered Material Knowledge Programme to aid preservation and future re-use. It was authored by Chiara Zazzaro and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Cataloging ethnographic research assets based on the MCEMS schema
• Enhancing online findability of cultural heritage data based on structured metadata
• Facilitating archiving and preservation of material culture knowledge for future re-use

Strengths

• Follows a specialized metadata schema (MCEMS) designed for ethnographic research
• File size is 413.4 KB, indicating a detailed but manageable metadata collection
• License is CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0, allowing for non-commercial sharing and adaptation

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

Chiara Zazzaro via figshare

Collection Method

Created as part of project 2021SG09 following the MCEMS schema.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 11:24:16