Metadata 20.3
MediaHaven has a wide variety of metadata fields. This table list various information about these fields.
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Key / Sub Key: The name of the field as it appears the metadata XML and JSON
Format: extra information about the format of the value, see Metadata Concepts for more information about the used terms
Read-only: This field cannot be modified in the user interface or API calls
Search: When performing a search query APIs you must use the flattened key, for example
+Title:"Breaking News!" +KeywordsKeyword:Politics
Searchable: In the MediaHaven REST API you can search and sort on thie field
Descriptive Fields
Descriptive fields are modifiable fields that describe files for purposes such as discovery.
Key | Sub Key | Description | Format | Read-only | Searchable |
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| The title of the file | ||||
| Description about the file | ||||
| The date and time the file was originally created |
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| The name of the (copyright) owner of the file | ||||
| A description about how the file can or can not be disseminated. | ||||
| Series of keywords about the file | ListField | |||
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| Sub field of | |||
| Series of categories about the file | ListField | |||
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| Publisher of the file | ||||
| A list of various authors of the file | MulitItemField | |||
| Sub field of | ||||
| Address of corresponding with the Location | MulitItemField | |||
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| Sub field of | |||
| GPS coordinates corresponding with the | ||||
| List of locations where the file is published |
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| The name of the file as it was ingested into MediaHaven | ||||
| The name of the user that uploaded the file | ||||
| By default the the field | frames (using a fictitious 25 fps) |
Administrative Fields
Administrative Fields are human readable read-only fields which are used for managing and preserving files in MediaHaven.
Key | DigiHaven / MediaHaven 2.0 | Description | Format | Read-only | Searchable |
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| The name of the organisation to which the file belongs | ||||
| The date and time when the file was last edited | ISO-8601 | |||
| The ID of the file in an external platform. This field is only for advanced installations. | ||||
| The date and time the file was ingested |
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| The type of the file (e.g. image, document, page, image, layer, newspaperpage, article, video, videofragment, audio, audiofragment, set, collection, newspaper, metadataonly) | ||||
| The name of the department that published the file | ||||
| Describes through which workflow a file was ingested (if applicable) | ||||
| Describes on which ingest tape the file was provided (if applicable) | ||||
| Indicates whether or not this file or fragment has been synchronized from another MediaHaven. | 0 or 1 | |||
| When this file has been sychronized from another MediaHaven, this URL refers to file in the web site of the original MediaHaven. | URL | |||
| Indicates if the file is an original file | 0 or 1 | |||
| Yes | Indicates if the file is valid for preservation means | 0 or 1 | ||
| Yes | Indicates if the file is valid for access means | 0 or 1 | ||
| Yes | The type of the record. | |||
| Yes | The status of the record (e.g. but not limited to New or Published) | |||
| External id of the organisation to which the file belongs. | ||||
| The full name of an organisation including white space and punctuation | ||||
| Yes | The date and time the file was published |
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Technical Fields
Technical fields are predominantly read-only fields whose values are inherent to data file itself. (Re)-ingesting the file, possibly in a different MediaHaven, will result in exactly the same values.
Common
Key | Description | Format | Read-only | Searchable |
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| The extension of the file as it was ingested into MediaHaven | |||
| The size of the file in bytes | |||
| The MD5 checksum of the file | |||
| The mime type of the file, e.g. image/jpg | |||
| The Pronom ID is a file identification mechanism developed by the National Archives | |||
| The width of the file | pixels | ||
| The height of the file | pixels | ||
| Width times height, e.g 1920x1080 | pixels times pixels | ||
| The quality of the image |
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| The orientation of the image |
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Time codes
Key | Description | Format | Read-only | Searchable |
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| The duration of the media file | HH:mm:ss.SSS | ||
| The start time of the media file | HH:mm:ss.SSS | ||
| The end time of the media file | HH:mm:ss.SSS | ||
| The duration of the media file, expressed in frames against a fictitious 25 frames per second, e.g. 0000000025 | frames (using a fictitious 25 fps) | ||
| The start time of the media file, expressed in frames against a fictitious 25 frames per second, e.g. 0000000025 | frames (using a fictitious 25 fps) | ||
| The end time of the media file, expressed in frames against a fictitious 25 frames per second, e.g. 0000000025 | frames (using a fictitious 25 fps) |
Video
Key | Description | Format | Read-only | Searchable |
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| Description about the video encoding of the file | |||
| Frames per second of the video in the file | frames per second (fps) | ||
| Average bit rate of the video in the file | bits per second (bps) | ||
| Description about the audio encoding of the file |