The Artifacts collection of the NDAP includes bronzes, jades, ceramics, and lacquer wares held in the National Palace Museum and the National Museum of History. In 2004, the National Palace Museum and the National Museum of History are involved in this group.

Its main tasks are as follows:
1. to discuss the theme range of digitizing artifacts, and to cooperate as closely as possible among those with similar digitizing items;
2. to confer on the metadata structure of artifacts, their exchange levels and comparison standards;
3. to discuss the regulations to be abided in the working process of this group;
4. to study and locate an international metadata standard appropriate for this group in its items comparison;
5.Research and Development of Technology Division, so as to obtain proper technical support;
6. to draw up the items for the survey sheet of Digitization;
7. to promote collaborations among participating institutions on value-added applications, such as establishment and development of authority files on subjects, decorations and artifact shapes.

Interested parties can visi http://theme.ndap.org.tw/antiquar for detailed information.

<source: Content Development of National Digital Archives Program web site>