Introduction
Formats are the MediaHaven implementation of the PRONOM registry developed by the National Archives. Each format represents a particular file format. Examples are the very common JPEG File Interchange Format with pronom ID “fmt/44” or the Acrobat PDF/A - Portable Document Format 1a with pronom ID “fmt/95”. During theIngest Flows the metadata is harvested, including the pronom ID stored in the https://mediahaven.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CS/pages/4276486217/Metadata+24.3#Common as Technical.PronomId.
Properties
Property | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
PronomId | Unique identifier determined by the National Archives. | fmt/22 |
Name | Human readable name of the format | JPEG File Interchange Format |
Version | When a class of formats have different versions (e.g. PDF 1/A, B, etc). | 3 |
Allowed | When a format is not allowed objects having this format will be rejected during ingest. | True |
ForPreservation | Whether this format is stable for long-term preservation. When this property is active any original representation under the Data Objects will be marked with the metadata field | True |
ForAccess | Whether this format can be used in a transformation | True |
Extensions | The typical extensions used in filenames to indicate that a file has this format. | [“jpg”, “jpeg”] |