In view of the problem that the current digital collection and description of Chinese traditional costume pattern metadata lack an in-depth exploration and expression of cultural connotations, a practical analysis method is adopted. This method considers the needs at three levels: external attributes, content attributes, and specific applications of traditional costume pattern data, in order to achieve international common use. Based on the DC metadata, we conducted an in-depth analysis of the cultural connotations of traditional clothing patterns and expanded the elements accordingly. We designed a traditional clothing pattern metadata scheme covering three categories of elements: general, management, and cultural. The cow head pattern found in the traditional clothing of China's Wa ethnic group was used as an example to illustrate the process. This solution can describe, display, and manage the attributes of traditional clothing pattern image resources in a more comprehensive manner and promote the sharing and application of these resources, based on cultural digital expression.

Fei Gao, Dandan Ji. Design of metadata scheme for traditional Chinese clothing patterns for cultural digitization. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2024) Vol. 7, Issue 2: 162-168. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2024.070222.

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