The missing question for me in this one is: are the vendors/developers of the various collection management systems willing to engage in this conversation and make changes according to developing standards? I’m sure some will be responsive, others less so.
It might also be another of those questions where vendors and even institutions ask - why would I store collections descriptive data in my collection management system? This was the challenge Australia faced in developing the Museum Metadata Exchange - all of the information had to be compiled before it could be published. No-one in each institution needed the information for internal purposes so it had never before been written or gathered into one place.
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