UWL MIG CONTENTdm Metadata Application Profile:
Tacoma Japanese Language School Project
CONTENTdm collection alias: temp_alias_001

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  1. Title

  2. Interviewee

  3. Interviewer

  4. Date (EDTF)

  5. Date

  6. Dates

  7. Description

  8. Subjects (LCSH)

  9. Genre/Form (LCGFT)

  10. Individuals Discussed

  11. Organizations Discussed

  12. Places Discussed

  13. Geographic Coverage

  14. Language

  15. Digital Collection

  16. Digital ID Number

  17. Ordering Information

  18. Rights URI

  19. Restrictions

  20. Repository

  21. Institution

  22. Type

  23. Object Type

  24. Extent

  25. Digital Format

  26. Original Format

  27. Cataloging

  28. Digital Reproduction Information

  29. Original File Name

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Title
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • A name for the resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • All compound objects must have a title.
  • For interviews with individuals, construct as follows:
  • [English First Name] [Japanese First Name] [(Maiden Name)*] [Last Name] interview
  • *Include a maiden name if provided. Put the maiden name in parentheses.

  • For interviews with two people, include both names and construct as follows:
  • [English First Name] [Japanese First Name] [(Maiden Name)*] [Last Name] and [English First Name] [Japanese First Name] [(Maiden Name)] [Last Name] interview

  • For group interviews (with 3 or more interviewees), input the name of the group as indicated on the video file. Individual interviewee names will be listed in the interviewee field.

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • Sally Sumeko Shirasago interview
  • Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi interview
  • Betty Hiroko (Fukuhara) Yoshioka interview
  • Harue Koano Ozaki and Sam Saburo Ozaki interview
  • Oakland Buddhist Church group interview

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Interviewee
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • A person interviewed.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Enter the name of person(s) interviewed.

  • Format personal names as follows:
  • [Last Name], [English First Name] [Japanese First Name] [(Maiden name)*]
  • *Include a maiden name if provided. Put the maiden name in parentheses.
  • Separate multiple values with semicolons.

  • UW Libraries cataloging staff: Retain name information entered by project metadata creators; do not replace with LCNAF forms of name.

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • Hattori, Fumi (Sato)
  • Hayashi, June Mieko (Shirozu)
  • Takasugi, Robert Mitsuhiro

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Interviewer
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • The person who interviewed the interviewee.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Enter the name(s) of the person or persons who conducted the interview.

  • Most interviews in this collection feature the same interviewers. For these, use the example values provided below.

  • When appropriate, search the Library of Congress Name Authority File via id.loc.gov for the interviewer.
  • If a potential match is found, confirm that it is the person associated with the resource. It may be helpful to review information included in the web display such as source(s) of information and occupation (for persons), and/or to follow the links provided for exact and/or closely matching concepts from other schemes.
  • Copy the form of name as it appears at the top of the page, including dates.

  • If no record exists, format personal names as follows: 
  • [Last Name], [First Name]
  • Separate multiple values with semicolons.

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • Hanneman, Mary L. (Mary Louise); Hoffman, Lisa M. (Lisa Mae)

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Date (EDTF)
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Prominent date for the resource, such as the date of creation of the original resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Values entered for this property are not visible in the public interface.

  • Record a value for the Date field prior to recording this value.

  • Reformat the Date field value to express the value using the Library of Congress Extended Date Time Format (EDTF). The most recent version of EDTF is available online.

  • Reformat the Date value as follows:
  • If the value of Date is “YYYY”, enter “YYYY”.
  • If the value of Date is “YYYY?”, enter “YYYY?”.
  • If the value of Date is “[month] YYYY” enter “YYYY-MM”.
  • If the value of Date is “[month] DD, YYYY”, enter “YYYY-MM-DD".
  • If the value of Date is “between YYYY and YYYY”, enter “YYYY/YYYY”.
  • If the value of Date is “between [month] YYYY and [month] YYYY”, enter “YYYY-MM/YYYY-MM”.
  • If the value of Date is " between [month] DD, YYYY and [month] DD, YYYY”, enter “YYYY-MM-DD/YYYY-MM-DD".
  • If the value of Date is “between YYYY and YYYY?”, enter “YYYY?/YYYY?”.
  • If the value of Date is not as in any of the above examples, use the EDTF specification to format a value, and/or contact the collection manager or metadata liaison.

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • [If Date field is “2005”] 2005
  • [If Date field is “2005?”] 2005?
  • [If Date field is “March 2005”] 2005-03
  • [If Date field is “March 11, 2005”] 2005-03-11
  • [If Date field is “between 2005 and 2006”] 2005/2006
  • [If Date field is “between January 2005 and February 2005”] 2005-01/2005-02
  • [If Date field is “between January 15, 2005 and February 01, 2005”] 2005-01-15/2005-02-01
  • [If Date field is “between 2005 and 2006?”] 2005?/2006?

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Date
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Prominent date for the resource, such as the date of creation of the original resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Enter the date on which the interview took place.

  • This value will be used to create values for the Date (EDTF) and Dates fields.
  • If the interview took place over a range of days, enter a range of dates, following the guidance below.

  • Enter the date or date range using one of the following formats:
  • YYYY
  • YYYY?
  • [month] YYYY
  • [month] DD, YYYY
  • between YYYY and YYYY
  • between [month] YYYY and [month] YYYY
  • between [month] DD, YYYY and [month] DD, YYYY
  • between YYYY and YYYY?
  • If the date of interview is unknown, enter an approximate date using either “YYYY?” or “between YYYY and YYYY?”.

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • 2005
  • 2005?
  • March 2005
  • March 11, 2005
  • between 2005 and 2006
  • between January 2005 and February 2005
  • between January 15, 2005 and February 01, 2005
  • between 2005 and 2006?

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Dates
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Prominent years for the resource, such as the date(s) of creation of the original resource; the expected value is a list of each and every pertinent year.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Values entered for this property are not visible in the public interface.

  • This field is indexed and enables searching by year in CONTENTdm, but values are not visible to users.

  • Create a value for the Date field prior to creating this value.
  • Reformat the Date field value according to the instructions below, entering date information as a year or years only.
  • When the value of Date is “YYYY”, enter YYYY.
  • When the value of Date is “YYYY?”, enter an eleven-year date range, with five years on either side of the uncertain date. Do not use commas or other punctuation to separate years.
  • When the value of Date is “[month] YYYY”, enter the year only in the following format: YYYY.
  • When the value of Date is “[month] DD, YYYY”, enter the year only in the following format: YYYY.
  • When the value of Date is “between YYYY and YYYY”, enter all years in the date range as YYYY. Do not use commas or other punctuation to separate years.
  • When the value of Date is “between YYYY and YYYY?”, enter all years in the date range as YYYY, plus five years before the earliest date and five years after the latest date. Do not use commas or other punctuation to separate years.

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • [If Date field is "2005"] 2005
  • [If Date field is "2005?"] 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
  • [If Date field is "March 2005"] 2005
  • [If Date field is "March 11, 2005"] 2005
  • [If Date field is "between 2005 and 2006"] 2005 2006
  • [If Date field is “between January 2005 and February 2005”] 2005
  • [If Date field is “between January 15, 2005 and February 01, 2005”] 2005
  • [If Date field is "between 2005 and 2006?"] 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011

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Description
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • An account of the resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Provide a brief summary of the interview.
  • Write in present tense.
  • Use the full name of the interviewee in the first sentence.
  • For each subsequent mention of the interviewee's name, use only the last name.
  • Include any key events, buildings, individuals, etc. that may have come up in the interview as appropriate.

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • Robert Mitsuhiro Takasugi reflects on his childhood growing up in Tacoma and attending the Japanese Language school. Takasugi contrasts his experiences attending American public school with the Japanese Language School. In addition to covering family history, Takasugi recounts the moral and cultural lessons he received at the school and examines what it means to be Japanese.

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Subjects (LCSH)
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • The topic of the resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • University of Washington Libraries (UWL) cataloging staff will provide a value or values for this property.

  • For initial metadata creation outside the UWL Cataloging and Metadata Services unit:
  • Do not provide a value for this property.
  • Be sure to provide the value 'xyz' for the Cataloging property to indicate to cataloging staff that a value is needed.

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • Hattori, Fumi--Childhood and youth
  • Hattori, Fumi--Family
  • Japanese Americans---Washington (State)--Tacoma
  • Japanese Americans--History
  • Japanese Americans--Ethnic identity
  • Nihonga Gakka (Tacoma, Wash)
  • Japanese langauge--Study and teaching
  • Schools, Japanese--Washington (State)--Tacoma

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Genre/Form (LCGFT)
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • The genre or form of the resource, expressed using values selected from Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Use the following value taken from Library of Congress Genre/Form Terms:
  • Oral histories

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • Oral histories

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Individuals Discussed
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Individuals given significant attention in the resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Enter the name(s) of individual(s) mentioned.

  • Format personal names as follows:
  • [Last Name], [English First Name] [Japanese First Name] [(Maiden name)*]
  • *Include a maiden name if provided. Put the maiden name in parentheses.
  • Separate multiple values with semicolons.

  • UW Libraries cataloging staff: Retain name information entered by project metadata creators; do not replace with LCNAF forms of name.

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • Yone, Nakako
  • Yamasaki, Masato
  • Hata, Jack

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Organizations Discussed
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Organizations given significant attention in the resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Enter the name(s) of organizations mentioned.

  • When appropriate, search the Library of Congress Name Authority File via id.loc.gov for the organization.
  • If a potential match is found, confirm that it is the organization associated with the resource. It may be helpful to review information included in the web display such as source(s) of information, and/or to follow the links provided for exact and/or closely matching concepts from other schemes.
  • Copy the form of name as it appears at the top of the page, including dates.
  • You may provide the value 'xyz' for the Cataloging property to indicate to cataloging staff that review of controlled forms of names is requested.

  • If no record exists, enter the name(s) used by interviewees.
  • Separate multiple values with a semicolon.

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • Tacoma Lumber Company; Superior Hotel; Stadium High School
  • Methodist Church; Buddhist Church; Baptist Church
  • Lincoln High School (Tacoma, Wash.)
  • Japanese American Citizens' League
  • Fort Lewis (Wash.)
  • Airway Market

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Places Discussed
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Geographic features given significant attention in the resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Enter the names of geographic features which are given significant attention in the resource.
  • Note that geographic features can be natural, artificial (human-caused), or abstract.
  • For this collection, values for the element may include primarily buildings. Take forms of names from the Tacoma Public Library Online Digital Collections Tacoma-Pierce County Buildings Index where available.
  • To record locations (cities, states, countries) discussed, do not use this element; use the Geographic Coverage element.
  • Separate multiple entries with a semicolon and space (“; “).

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • Stadium High School
  • Broadway Hotel
  • Traveler’s Hotel
  • McCarver Junior High School
  • Lincoln High School
  • Union Laundry

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Geographic Coverage
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • The spatial characteristics given significant attention in the resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • For initial metadata creation outside the UWL Cataloging and Metadata Services unit:
  • Enter broad and local geographic locations given significant attention in the resource in natural language.
  • Provide sufficient information to disambiguate place names as needed. As a rule, include more information rather than less.
  • For example, when providing the name of a city, also provide state, region, and/or country names. 
  • Cataloging staff will use this information to create a structured value.
  • Be sure to provide the value 'xyz' for the Cataloging property to indicate to cataloging staff that review is needed.
  • Separate multiple entries with a semicolon and space (“; “).

  • For UWL cataloging staff creating structured values:
  • Forms of the names should be derived from the Library of Congress Authority File.
  • Enter as follows:
  • Country--State or Province--City
  • For neighborhoods or other types of locales below the city level, enter an LCSH heading in the Subjects (LCSH) field.
  • Separate multiple entries with a semicolon and space (“; “).

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • [Natural language value for review by cataloging staff:]
  • Tacoma, Washington, USA
  • [Structured value provided by cataloging staff:]
  • United States--Washington (State)--Tacoma

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Language
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • A language of the resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Enter language names, fully spelled out, as they appear in the ISO 639 Code Tables "Language Name(s)" column.
  • Separate multiple values using a semicolon and space (“; “).
  • Order of values does not matter.
  • Required for all compound objects.

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • English
  • Japanese

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Digital Collection
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Name of the digital collection.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Enter the name of the digital collection the resource belongs to.
  • Use the following value:
  • Tacoma Japanese Language School Project

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • Tacoma Japanese Language School Project

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Digital ID Number
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Unique number assigned to each digital object in CONTENTdm for identification purposes.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Do not enter values for Digital ID Number.
  • Digital ID Numbers will be assigned by ITS-DS staff when resources and metadata are loaded to the collection.

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • OHC0676
  • OHC0010

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Ordering Information
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Instructions for ordering.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Enter the following value:
  • Reproductions are not available for order.

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • Reproductions are not available for order.

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Rights URI
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • URI that dereferences to a rights statement.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/

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Restrictions
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Any restrictions on the use of a resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Use the following value:
  • This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights.
  • Permission must be obtained for any use or reproduction which is not educational and not-for-profit.
  • Please contact the University of Washington Tacoma Library with any inquiries about use of the collection.

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • This item is protected by copyright and/or related rights.
  • Permission must be obtained for any use or reproduction which is not educational and not-for-profit.
  • Please contact the University of Washington Tacoma Library with any inquiries about use of the collection.

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Repository
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • The institution holding the resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Use the following value:
  • University of Washington Tacoma Library

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • University of Washington Tacoma Library

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Institution
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Information for the purpose of facilitating browsing in the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections online interface.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Values entered for this property are not visible in the public interface.

  • Values for this field are not visible to users, but they facilitate searching across collections within the University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections.
  • Enter the following value:
  • uw tacoma digital collections

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • uw tacoma digital collections

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Type
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Describes the nature or genre of the content of the resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Values entered for this property are not visible in the public interface.

  • Values for this property must come from the DCMI Type Vocabulary.

  • For compound objects which feature an interview video, use the following value:
  • MovingImage

  • For compound objects which feature an interview audio recording, use the following value:
  • Sound

  • For compound objects which include both the video and audio versions of an interview, use the following value:
  • MovingImage; Sound

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • MovingImage
  • Sound
  • MovingImage; Sound

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Object Type
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • The nature or genre of the resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Enter the following value:
  • oral histories
  • Do not capitalize.

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • oral histories

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Cataloging
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Messages for local catalogers.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Values entered for this property are not visible in the public interface.

  • Values for this field are not visible to users, but they facilitate work by UW Libraries cataloging staff.
  • For metadata creation taking place outside the UWL Cataloging and Metadata Services unit:
  • Enter "xyz" to request the creation and/or review of values for one or more of the following fields by UWL cataloging staff.

  • Subjects (LCSH)
  • Genre/Form (LCGFT)
  • Geographic Coverage
  • Interviewee
  • Interviewer
  • Individuals Discussed
  • Organizations Discussed

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • xyz

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Title
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • A name for the resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Construct compound-object item titles using the Title value for the compound object.

  • For video files, construct as follows:
  • [compound-object title], video

  • For audio files, construct as follows:
  • [compound-object title], audio

  • For transcript files, construct as follows:
  • [compound-object title], transcript

  • In cases where more than one item of the same category (audio file, video file, etc.) is included in the compound object, add additional numbering as appropriate.
  • If such items have a sequential relationship to one another, additional numbering should reflect the sequence. If the sequential relationship is known from an original carrier, this may be indicated along with additional numbering (see example values).

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • Sally Sumeko Shirasago interview, video
  • Sally Sumeko Shirasago interview, audio
  • Sally Sumeko Shirasago interview, transcript

  • Oakland Buddhist Church group interview, video 1
  • Oakland Buddhist Church group interview, video 2
  • Oakland Buddhist Church group interview, transcript

  • Betty Hiroko (Fukuhara) Yoshioka interview, audio, audiocassette side 1
  • Betty Hiroko (Fukuhara) Yoshioka interview, audio, audiocassette side 2
  • Betty Hiroko (Fukuhara) Yoshioka interview, transcript

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Digital Collection
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Name of the digital collection.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Enter the name of the digital collection the resource belongs to.
  • Use the following value:
  • Tacoma Japanese Language School Project

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • Tacoma Japanese Language School Project

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Digital ID Number
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Unique number assigned to each digital object in CONTENTdm for identification purposes.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Do not enter values for Digital ID Number.
  • Digital ID Numbers will be assigned by ITS-DS staff when resources and metadata are loaded to the collection.

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • OHC0676-Video
  • OHC0676-Transcript
  • OHC0010-Audio-01
  • OHC0010-Audio-02
  • OHC0010-Transcript

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Repository
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • The institution holding the resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Use the following value:
  • University of Washington Tacoma Library

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • University of Washington Tacoma Library

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Type
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Describes the nature or genre of the content of the resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Values entered for this property are not visible in the public interface.

  • Values for this property must come from the DCMI Type Vocabulary.

  • For compound-object items which are video files, use the following value:
  • MovingImage

  • For compound-object items which are audio files, use the following value:
  • Sound

  • For compound-object items which are transcripts (document files), use the following value:
  • Text

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • MovingImage
  • Sound
  • Text

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Extent
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Size or duration of the resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • For audio and video files, enter the runtime of the digital access file as hours (HH), minutes (MM), and seconds (SS).
  • Format value as follows:
  • HH:MM:SS

  • For PDF files (transcripts), enter the number of pages using Arabic numerals.
  • Format value as follows:
  • 12 pages

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • 00:12:58
  • 22 pages

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Digital Format
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • File format of a digital resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Enter the file format of the compound-object item.
  • This should be the format of the file given as a value for the Original File Name property.
  • Use media type values from the IANA media types registries.
  • For audio WAVE files, use "audio/wav".

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • video/mp4
  • audio/mpeg
  • audio/wav
  • application/pdf

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Original Format
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • File format, physical medium, and/or dimensions of the original resource.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Values for Original Format must be taken from the RDA Carrier Type vocabulary.
  • For oral histories, enter one of the following values depending on which compound-object item you are describing.

  • For video files, use the following value:
  • videocassette

  • For audio files, use the following value:
  • audiocassette

  • For born-digital interview transcripts (.pdf or other document file formats), use the following value:
  • online resource

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • videocassette
  • audiocassette
  • online resource

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Digital Reproduction Information
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • Description of the digital conversion process, date scanned, etc.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Use the following value:
  • Original carriers were DVCAM tapes, standard definition 720x480 NTSC.
  • DVCAM tapes digitized with a non-linear editing program, converted to .mov files using H264 compression.

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • Original carriers were DVCAM tapes, standard definition 720x480 NTSC.
  • DVCAM tapes digitized with a non-linear editing program, converted to .mov files using H264 compression.

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Original File Name
PROPERTY DEFINITION
  • The complete name including file extension of a digital file representing a resource to be described by one or more property/value pairs in CONTENTdm.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CREATING VALUES
  • Values entered for this property are not visible in the public interface.

  • Provide the name of a file which is to be loaded as a CONTENTdm compound-object item.
  • When entering values in a metadata spreadsheet, each row will describe either a compound object or compound-object item.
  • A filename must be provided for every compound-object item. Filenames should not be provided for compound objects.
  • For oral histories, compound-object items will be video files, audio files, and transcripts (PDF files).

EXAMPLE(S) OF WELL-FORMED VALUES
  • shirasago_interview_video_001.mp4
  • shirasago_interview_audio_001.mp3
  • shirasago_interview_transcript_001.pdf

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CONTENTdm FIELD SETTINGS

Information for CONTENTdm administrators configuring field properties for the collection




CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Title


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Interviewee


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Interviewer


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Date (EDTF)


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Date


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Dates


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Description


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Subjects (LCSH)


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Genre/Form (LCGFT)


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Individuals Discussed


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Organizations Discussed


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Places Discussed


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Geographic Coverage


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Language


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Digital Collection


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Digital ID Number


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Ordering Information


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Rights URI


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Restrictions


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Repository


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Institution


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Type


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Object Type


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Extent


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Digital Format


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Original Format


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Cataloging


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Digital Reproduction Information


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CONTENTdm SETTINGS > Original File Name


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