- To provide an expert source of knowledge on Members’ requirements for Metadata.
- To collate Members’ reports of their implementation experience and lessons learned;
- To answer questions from EBU Members on the implementation of EBU ratified Metadata standards.
- To provide feedback to the Expert Community on Metadata on user requirements for new Metadata initiatives;
- To advise other relevant EBU Projects, Committees or Departments on approaches to Metadata implementation;
- To develop new metadata specifications according to requirements
- To develop a metadata abstract reference model in support of a new service based production infrastructure
- To monitor industry product and standards development for potentially relevant issues and opportunities.
- To report to the PMC about worldwide Metadata activities in the professional audio-visual world.

- Revision of Technical documnets on metadata:
* tech 3293 - EBUCore - Update
* tech 3295 - PMETA - introduction of edit units
* tech 3331 - EXCHANGE - namespace update according to RFC 5174
* tech 3332 - MUSIC - namespace update according to RFC 5174
* tech xxxx - Classification Schemes - New specification for a CS schema
- The description of business objects in a service based production architecture, towards an abstract metadata model

(as per 26.6.2009)