Auto Catalog Archive (PREMIUM · 2024)

Preserving the Golden Age of Motoring: The Digital Rise of the Auto Catalog Archive

  • Year (1900–present)
  • Make & Model
  • Catalog Type (Sales, Parts, Technical, Press)
  • Region (North America, Europe, Asia, Other)

2. Background & Problem Statement

Automotive businesses manage hundreds to thousands of catalogs: Auto Catalog Archive

4. Metadata Model

  • Principles: Use widely adopted standards, keep records granular, support multilingual labels, and enable linking between related assets.
  • Base schema: Dublin Core for basic fields (title, creator, date, format), extended with domain-specific fields.
  • Domain fields (examples):