This document is intended to serve as an overview of moving image categorization best-practices. These practices are implemented by the Library of Congress, arguably the best-organized media archive on the planet. By following these practices, we enable frictionless relationships with ratings agencies, advertisers, media cataloging groups, metadata databases, etc.
The LoC has defined three types of labels for moving image genre categorization.
- GENRE - Describes the 'plot' or 'setting' of the video, i.e.
#Adventure,#Comedy, or#Romance. - SUBDIVISION - Another genre term, but applied as the leading subgenre of the video.