# Related Concepts ### Digital Collections Digital collections are an organized and described (using metadata) group of media objects. Objects can be digitized or “born digital,” media of various types, and are usually searchable and/or browsable. Digital collections can be included in digital exhibit sites--platforms like Omeka lend themselves to this as they allow for the creation of both. ### Metadata Metadata is information about different types of data, which includes media objects. Some types of metadata are **descriptive**, which explains characteristics of data/media objects, **administrative**, which explains things like resource type and copyright, and **structural**, which explains things like the version of the data/media object and the relationships between different objects within the collection. ### Digitization Digitization is the act of making a digital version of analog media. It involves the scanning of a physical photograph and transferring of an analog audio tape to a digital audio format, for example. ### Born Digital Born digital refers to media that is digital in its original form, e.g., a Word doc, a photograph taken with a digital camera, and a Photoshop file. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://bcds.gitbook.io/handbook/digital-scholarship-methods/introduction-to-digital-exhibits/what-is-a-digital-exhibit/related-concepts.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.