EMA Metadata Structure

The EMA Metadata Structure - our recommended standard for the structure of metadata associated with audiovisual content intended for digital distribution. The intended use is primarily to accompany or describe content as it flows from content providers to digital retailers.

MEDIA ENTERTAINMENT CORE - CURRENT VERSION

Version 2.4 Specification
- Media Entertainment CoreMetadata,TR-META-MEC, v2.4, October 13, 2015 (PDF)
- Only change is reference to Common Metadata v2.4.
Version 2.4 Schema
- Schema Location: http://www.movielabs.comschema/mdmec/v2.4/mdmec-v2.4.xsd
- Schema Documentation (HTML). This includes Common Metadata.
Media Entertainment Core Metadata Standard - presented April 8, 2014

COMMON METADATA - CURRENT VERSION

Version 2.1 Specification
- Common Metadata, TR-META-CM, v2.1c, January 2, 2014 (PDF)
- Version showing changes from v2.1 to 2.1c (PDF)
Version 2.1 Schema
- Schema Location: http://www.movielabs.com/schema/md/v2.1/md-v2.1.xsd
- Schema Documentation
Detailed Revision History, TR-META-REV, v2.0, January 3, 2013 (PDF)

Previous documents:

EMA Video metadata specifications

EMA Video schema documentation

EMA Video “Core” (Required) Fields

XML Schemas

EMA Video schema.

Additional resources and examples are available at http://www.movielabs.com/md/.