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This part of ISO/IEC 24800, JPSearch, provides a data interchange format for the exchange of image collections and respective metadata between JPSearch compliant repositories. The metadata can be at the level of the image or an image collection. By providing a solution for the carriage of image collections and associated metadata between compliant devices and platforms, the JPSearch data interchange format enables the synchronization of repositories in order to facilitate simple and fully interoperable exchanges across different devices and platforms.

The JPSearch data interchange format should enable the easy and reliable transfer of data between different hardware and software systems. In particular, it should support functions such as

- exchange of data between JPSearch repositories on different devices and platforms,

- consolidation of metadata generated on different systems,

- transferral of data to a newer and better system,

- consolidation of selected data to a centralized repository, and

- archive of data in a format which will survive current products.