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Metadata management convergence platforms, systems, and methods to organize a community of users' data records are presented. More specifically, methods are presented for managing metadata records related to content housed in unique, disparate or federated holdings in centralized or distributed environments. Also systems and methods for creating and managing metadata records using domain specific language, vocabulary and metadata schema accepted by a community of users of unique, disparate or federated databases in centralized or distributed environments are presented. Such environments can include digital multimedia repositories while providing for, but not limited to: the convergence, enhancement and management of metadata schemas that relate to content, information, networks, devices and users to deliver an interoperable multimedia-driven application infrastructure across a horizontal market.