A cross-standard metadata formatting structure

Over the past 10 years, the amount of user-generated content has increased at phenomenal rates. However, due to a lack of common content descriptors, reliable website searches and access to this content is becoming increasingly difficult. There are third party products available that allow metadata descriptors to be created automatically but the formatting may not be compatible with the website database. With so many different standards for metadata, the whole area is becoming, effectively, de-standardized. This paper will present a cross-standard formatting platform that will allow compatibility between standards.