General metadata scheme for to describe any resource. Spatial characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource. Geographical unit describing the spatial coverage. The postal code applicable to the spatial coverage. Temporal characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource. Start date of the period covering the content of the resource. End date of the period covering the content of the resource. Start date of the period covering the capture of the content. End date of the period covering the capture of the content. Legal or other rights an individual has to access the resource or that regulate the administration's right to release or provide access to the resource. Indicates the nature of the asset's sensitivity and the need to limit access accordingly. The person or organisation responsible for granting the access to the resouce. The date on which the current access controls expire. ACI specifies the users and groups who has been granted access to the resource. The classification allocated to the resource indicating its official security status. The classification allocated to the resource indicating its official security status. The classification allocated to the resource indicating its official security status prior to its current status. Date on which previous security classification was altered. Key words and phrases indicating the subject matter of the resource. The broader policy programme that this resource relates to directly. The specific project that this resource relates to directly. The retention and disposal instructions for the resource. Date on which the resource should be reviewed to determine the need to retain it. A specific period of time and/or specific event determining the period for which the resource must be kept for business purposes. The action to be taken when the retention period is over. Details of reviewers and any review decision taken. How the resource can be obtained and contact information. The physical location of the resource. Information on the cost of obtaining the resource. Data needed to support the perpetual preservation of records. Description about the duration and mode of preservation. Description about the hardware, operating system, software and environment requirements for the resource. Medium used for preservation of the resource. Also description about possible encoding, compression, encryption etc. Information about the use of a checksum including the algorithm. Access Control Information (ACI) List of users List of groups List of permissions by which the access to the resource is controlled (examples 'read', 'modify', 'delete') Electronic signature certificate. X509 Certificate (or similar) that links signature data to a person/entity and confirms the identity of that person/entity. An entity who has issued the certificate. Information on how to contact the person or organisation, such as position title, phone and fax numbers. The name of a person The name of an organisation Street or postal address of the person or organisation. Email address of the person or organisation. URL address of the organisation. Metadata scheme for to identify a person. Person’s full name. The family name. First names. Date of birth Place of birth Sex Identification number Metadata scheme for to identify an enterprise. An entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the resource. An entity primarily responsible for making the content of the resource. The person or organisation who has chief responsibility for the content of the resource. An entity responsible for making the resource available. The recipient(s) of the resource. Indicates the version (number) of the described resource. The resource's level or position in a hierarchy. Broad subject categories from a prescribed list. Words or terms used to describe, as specifically as possible, the subject matter of the resource. Specifies a date in the future when the resource needs to be reviewed. The current status of the resource.