The diversity of tools prepared and/or used individually by the several institutions that keep photographic collections on the one hand and the initiatives of a standard description pattern of those photographic collections on the other hand reflect an aspect of the current panorama of the discussions in the archives area. In view of that and considering the major function of the archives, which is the diffusion of the collection, this article aims to present a proposal of a metadata group for photographic archives description, considering the Nobrade and the Sepiades norms. It is believed that reflection will contribute to the discussions that involve the rules of the photographic archives description seeking the exchange of information of photographic collections without institutional, territorial, linguistic or operational barriers.
description; photographic archives; Nobrade; Sepiades