The Application of Metadata Elements in Organizing Museum Carpets

Carpets as museum objects can be studied for different artistic، historical، cultural، social and other purposes. The present paper studies the metadata standards elements for organizing museum carpets. Method/Research Design: Data was gathered through content analysis of metadata standards elements. Among 818 elements related to 9 metadata standards، 250 elements are applied in museum carpets'' organization. These elements were organized under two main groups - descriptive and management - and 31 secondary groups. Findings help in unification and facilitation in organizing and authorizing museum carpet information، as well as precise information retrieval for management and research purposes.