The changes in technology, the diversity of cataloguing practice, the diversity of ownership and legal considerations and the possibilities for metadata to be created remotely all mean that acceptable and achievable recommendations for consistency between repositories are likely to be broad principles with examples of good practice rather than prescriptive rules or precise recommendations.
I'd modify this to say that there needs to be a meta-metadata standard. Repositories need to be able to explain their practices to each other in mutually comprehensible terms. Just having broad principles like "dont be evil" is not enough.
I agree with lou - acceptable standards will increase the consistency needed for collaboration, and will help those who try not to get too bogged downn in perfection...-)
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