Executive Summary This deliverable reports on the results of Task 3 (Metadata and vocabularies) of WP2 (Preparing and enabling) concerning crosswalks for the CARARE metadata schema1. Its main objective is to provide the CARARE ingestion system with the information and technical specifications for the transformation of provider"s metadata to the CARARE schema and, for the interoperability of the later with the Europeana repository and relevant standardized and widely used data models for digital cultural heritage. The results of this task are also based upon the efforts and contributions of the members of the CARARE metadata working group, the DCU metadata team and the English Heritage Data Standards Unit including: Christos Papatheodorou, Christian Ertmann-Christiansen, Kate Fernie, Maria Emilia Masci, Oliver Mamo, Börje Justrell, Sven Ole Clemens, Vassilis Tzouvaras, Dimitris Gavrilis, Stavros Angelis, Constantia Kakali, Giannis Tsakonas, Panos Constantopoulos, Costis Dallas, Sólborg Una Pálsdóttir, Effie Patsatzi, Lena Inger Larsen, Daniel Pletinckx, Nasos Drosopoulos, Vykintas Vaitkevičius, Rimvydas Laužikas, Phil Carlisle, Gillian Grayson and Stephen Stead. The deliverable is structured as follows: Introduction: Explaining the context of the work package and the objectives of the task that the deliverable relates with, the application of the results in the project"s following tasks and, the basic concepts the reader should grasp to have a good understanding of the deliverable content. The CARARE schema: A brief overview of the schema. The schema outline, xsd implementation are published on the project website at http://www.carare.eu/eng/Resources/ and are provided in separate files for inclusion in this deliverable. The CARARE schema crosswalks: Report on established metadata mappings between CARARE schema and identified models. Due to their size and nature, the crosswalk tables are provided in separate files for inclusion in this deliverable and for subsequent publication on http://www.carare.eu/eng/Resources/. Mapping providers’ metadata: An overview of the procedure and tool that will be deployed within CARARE, in order to establish interoperability between provider"s metadata and the CARARE schema.