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128standards for recording historic buildings and monuments, archaeological sites and objects from a general and neutral perspective for each country. There is a similar document establish- ing guidelines for the integration of cultural information: Information and documentation ISO 21127:2014,25 developed by the International Council of Museums (ICOM–CIDOC).Basically, having a suitable structural framework based on metadata not only facilitates access to and management of cultural heritage informa- tion resources. It also provides guidelines on how to support the e ective exchange of knowledge and the retrieval and long-term storage of data.The examples chosen for this study reportcases of collections of movable property which, although not the main object of study, illustrate the possibilities of metadata in cataloguing immovable property. Although catalogues and databases of the latter have been drawn up, they have yet to be widely disseminated in compari- son to those of movable assets.Panel for Metadata ManagementAs previously mentioned, the needs of cultural assets – which display very heterogeneous characteristics and are very diverse in nature – have spurred the development of speci c tools for cataloguing them. It was this need that drove IPTC’s Photo Metadata Working Group,26 which belongs to a London-based company focused on providing technological support for improving the handling and exchange of information, to develop a plugin for Adobe Bridge software, a programme for organising and editing digital image les. The free plugin, which they called Cultural Heritage Panel,27 o ers a variety of speci c elds for cataloguing digital images of cultural assets such as artworks, historic monu- ments, books and manuscripts. The tool provides an intuitive, user-friendly interface that facili- tates the work of curators, archaeologists, architects, restorers and art historians, as well as that of professional photographers, as its imagebank based on XMP (Extensible Metadata Platform) markup language allows them to manage and monitor each item by means of a detailed search and consultation system. The idea is for the metadata to be exportable to other databases held by cultural institutions, thereby promoting collaborative and multidisci- plinary work.Figure 02 - Interface of the Panel for Metadata Management software. Photo: Screenshot. Source: https://iptc.orgRepository of the cultural heritage of StyriaThis Austrian project28 funded by the Federal Ministry of Science, Research and Economy focused on the digital processing, protection, publication and accessibility of the cultural heritage of the state of Styria. Carried out by the University of Graz in cooperation with two other universities and state institutions such as the Universalmuseum Joanneum, it set out chie yto create an online platform for cataloguingand consultation on Styrian collections. The University of Graz owned more than 27 di erent collections29 ranging from archaeological arte- facts to historic scienti c instruments, while its associated institutions housed a considerable number of manuscripts, photographs, construc- tion design drawings, bequests and a variety of historical records.HiDA software30 was used for data acquisition. This database administrator is a powerful and e ective tool for acquiring, managing and searching for data. The software made it possible1. DOCUMENTATION, DIAGNOSIS AND CONSERVATIONThe use of digital technologies in the conservation, analysis and dissemination of cultural heritage