Metadata 18.2

Metadata 18.2

MediaHaven has a wide variety of metadata fields. This table list various information about these fields.

Legend

  • Profile: If you fill this value out in a MediaHaven Profile this metadata will appear in the user interface

  • Search / Searchable / Sortable: In the MediaHaven REST API you can search for it using this value if it is searchable and optionally sort the results (sortable).

  • Read-only: This field cannot be modified in the user interface or API calls

Descriptive Fields

Descriptive fields are modifiable fields that describe files for purposes such as discovery.

Key

Description

Format

Search

Sidecar (xpath)

Read-only

Searchable

Sortable

Key

Description

Format

Search

Sidecar (xpath)

Read-only

Searchable

Sortable

Title

The title of the file

 

MediaObjectFragmentTitle

title

 

Description

Description about the file

 

MediaObjectFragmentScriptDescription

description

 

 

CreationDate

The date and time the file was originally created

EXIF

MediaObjectFragmentCreationDate

MDProperties/CreationDate

 

RightsOwner

The name of the (copyright) owner of the file

 

MediaObjectFragmentrightsowner

MDProperties/RightsOwner

 

 

 

Rights

A description about how the file can or can not be disseminated.

 

 

MDProperties/Rights

 

 

 

Keywords

Series of keywords about the file

ListField

search using the sub field

keywords

 

 

 

KeywordsKeyword

Sub field of Keywords containing an individual keyword

 

MediaObjectFragmentKeywordsKeyword

keywords/keyword

 

 

Categories

Series of categories about the file

ListField

search using the sub field

MDProperties/Categories

 

 

 

CategoriesCategory

Sub field of Categories containing an individual category

 

MediaObjectFragmentCategoriesCategory

MDProperties/Categories/Category

 

 

Publisher

Publisher of the file

 

 

MDProperties/Publisher

 

 

 

Authors

A list of various authors of the file

MulitItemField

search using the sub fields

MDProperties/Authors

 

 

 

AuthorsAuthor

Sub field of Authors containing an individual author

 

MediaObjectFragmentAuthorsAuthor

MDProperties/Authors/Author

 

 

Address

Address of corresponding with the Location

MulitItemField

search using the sub field

MDProperties/Address

 

 

 

AddressFormatted

Sub field of Address describing the full address in a single line, e.g. Trump Tower, 725 5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, Verenigde Staten

 

MediaObjectFragmentaddress

MDProperties/Address/Formatted

 

 

Location

GPS coordinates corresponding with the Address

 

MediaObjectFragmentlocation

MDProperties/Location

 

 

 

Publications

List of locations where the file is published

ListField

search using the sub field

MDProperties/Publications

 

 

 

PublicationsComment

Sub field of Publications describing a comme

 

MediaObjectFragmentPublicationsComment

MDProperties/Publications/Comment

 

 

 

Administrative Fields

Administrative Fields are human readable read-only fields which are used for managing and preserving files in MediaHaven.

Key

Description

Format

Search

Sidecar (xpath)

Read-only

Searchable

Sortable

Key

Description

Format

Search

Sidecar (xpath)

Read-only

Searchable

Sortable

OrganisationName

The name of the organisation to which the file belongs

 

MediaObjectOwnerName

Administrative/OrganisationName

 

LastModifiedDate

The date and time when the file was last edited

ISO-8601

MediaObjectFragmentLastModifiedTime

Administrative/LastModifiedDate

ExternalId

The ID of the file in an external platform. This field is only for advanced installations.

 

MediaObjectExternalId

Administrative/ExternalId

 

ExpiryDate

The date the file will expire (at this date the file will be assigned new rights). This field is only for advanced installations.

 

MediaObjectExpiryDate

Administrative/ExpiryDate

 

ExpiryStatus

Whether or not the file is expired. This field is only for advanced installations.

 

MediaObjectFragmentExpiryStatus

Administrative/ExpiryStatus

 

ArchiveDate

The date and time the file was ingested

EXIF

MediaObjectArchiveDate

Administrative/ArchiveDate

UploadedBy

The name of the user that uploaded the file

 

MediaObjectUploadedBy

Administrative/UploadedBy

 

Type

The type of the file (e.g. video, audio, etc)

 

MediaObjectType

Administrative/Type

 

DepartmentName

The name of the department that published the file

 

MediaObjectFragmentDepartmentName

Administrative/DepartmentName

 

Workflow

Describes through which workflow a file was ingested (if applicable)

 

MediaObjectWorkflow

Administrative/Workflow

 

IngestTape

Describes on which ingest tape the file was provided (if applicable)

 

MediaObjectIngestTape

Administrative/IngestTape

 

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

Search

Sidecar (xpath)

Read-only

Searchable

Sortable

Key

Description

Format

Search

Sidecar (xpath)

Read-only

Searchable

Sortable

OriginalFilename

The name of the file as it was ingested into MediaHaven

 

MediaObjectOriginalFilename

Technical/OriginalFilename

 

OriginalExtension

The extension of the file as it was ingested into MediaHaven

 

MediaObjectOriginalExtension

Technical/OriginalExtension

 

FileSize

The size of the file in bytes

 

MediaObjectFileSize

Technical/FileSize

yes, but lexicographically

Md5

The MD5 checksum of the file

 

MediaObjectMd5

Technical/Md5

 

MimeType

The mime type of the file, e.g. image/jpg

 

MediaObjectMimeType

Technical/MimeType

 

Width

The width of the file

pixels

ImageWidth

Technical/Width

yes, but lexicographically

Height

The height of the file

pixels

ImageHeight

Technical/Height

yes, but lexicographically

ImageSize

Width times height, e.g 1920x1080

pixels times pixels

ImageSize

Technical/ImageSize

 

ImageQuality

The quality of the image

  • high (image: 1920x1200, video: 1280x720)

  • medium (image: 1024x768, video: 720x540)

  • low

ImageQuality

Technical/ImageQuality

 

ImageOrientation

The orientation of the image

  • panorama (aspect >= 2)

  • landscape (2 > aspect >= 1.1)

  • square (1.1 >= aspect > 0.9)

  • portrait (0.9 >= aspect > 0.5)