Transcript Provenance Metadata Elements, version 1.0

[Owen King]

The AI4LAM Speech-to-Text Working Group is pleased to announce version 1.0 of Transcript Provenance Metadata Elements (TPME), published on July 10, 2026.  

TPME is a set of metadata elements designed to record the provenance of common informational artifacts (like transcripts) that are derived from primary media items, often by way of AI systems.  

The schema was developed over 18 months through an open drafting and revision process involving practitioners across libraries and archives.

TPME is published as both PDF (for use by humans) and Markdown (for use by humans or computers), available here:  https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21287085   

To provide feedback, please comment on the current working version: https://docs.google.com/document/d/12cKw5EX9odQr0fZBG3Emkb1in5k1nQvu33dmSwbr6FQ 

Kind regards,

Owen King, and the rest of the AI4LAM Speech-to-Text Working Group

Owen King (he/him)

Metadata Operations Manager

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