AssetML defines an xml file that let application developper to use it as a resource database.
The idea is to be have a way to search content on your hard drive with metadata (like name, category, file type, description) instead of just a file name. This way, users can browse content more easily and developpers can share content more easily.
Use 'info libassetml' to get a full description.

libassetml is published under the GNU GPL License. See the COPYING file.
If you need this library to be LGPL, you can request it through the mailinglist.

AssetML can be used to provide stock images, sounds or video and let any application benefit from it.
For example in the education area, we always need voices for letters, numbers, icons and so on. Instead of having each application developpers provide its own, he could create a package with an assetml description file and let others use it.
Another example is to use it to package free musics in the usual distribution form (like rpm). This way, audio players and games could let you browse and select a background music easily.
Last is for stock images, like with music, we can now install them and let the user select a background or an image for a document by searching through the assetml database.

Be aware that this is a very young project and that the tools and formats used here may be changed or altered.
For more information please look at the project home page or contact the mailinglist.

http://ofset.sf.net/assetml