Perspectives and policy of Italian Working Group on the standardisation and the use of metadata within cultural Institutions [English version presented at the International Conference] = Prospettive e linee di intervento del Gruppo di studio nazionale sui Metadati [Versione italiana presentata alla Conferenza internazionale]

I want to describe the results work on the metadata activities of Italian Metadata Group instituted by ICCU. Many institutions in Italy are working to improve public access, teaching and researching about heritage information. Consequently ICCU to continue the cooperative work and for the national co-ordination for the use of metadata in the description of digital objects, in the different projects of cultural heritage established a working group which is made up of the most important private and public Institutions of Libraries, Museums and Archives. The purposes of the group are: 1) To hold an enquiry and to create an observatory on metadata use in Italian digital projects, 2) To start initiatives with the view to the interoperability of the different Institutions, 3) To co-ordinate the uniform application of the "metadata set" providing with libraries the production of the Guidelines and Standard specifications.