What is K-meta?

K-meta is an open-source metadata management software application developed by the University of Illinois Library to support the curation and preservation of digital assets. It enables cultural heritage institutions and other organizations to organize, manage, validate, and extract both technical and descriptive metadata to ensure the long-term usability, interpretation, and access to important digital content.

Some key features of K-meta include:

• Flexible and customizable metadata schemas to accommodate diverse digital objects
• Validation of metadata values against controlled vocabularies to improve consistency
• Automated metadata extraction from files using identification tools
• Bulk metadata editing for multiple objects
• Associations between related digital objects
• XML and HTML metadata export
• Integration withArchivematica for preservation workflows

By centralizing metadata in one space, K-meta makes it easier for organizations to manage metadata at scale, ensure it meets quality standards, and prepare digital content for preservation. The open-source application supports standards like PREMIS, Dublin Core, and others. Libraries, archives, museums and other institutions can install K-meta to improve metadata practices in support of long-term digital preservation goals.

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