This European Standard contains a comprehensive set of metadata elements for representing information
about cinematographic works, their variants and manifestations. Detailed information on available media
items, viewing requirements, and access conditions is not covered by this standard. However, elementary
information concerning the availability of media items can be expressed.
This European Standard also provides some extension points for adding more detailed data types without
violating conformance. The guiding principle here is that no information from existing filmographic records
should be lost when these are expressed according to this standard.