Metadata 21.2
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 this field
Descriptive Fields
Descriptive fields are modifiable fields that describe files for purposes such as discovery.
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| The title of the file |
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| Description about the file |
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| The date and time the file was originally created |
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| The name of the (copyright) owner of the file |
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| A description about how the file can or can not be disseminated. |
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| Series of keywords about the file |
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| Series of categories about the file |
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| Publisher of the file |
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| A list of various authors of the file |
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| List of locations where the file is published |
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| The name of the file as it was ingested into MediaHaven |
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| The name of the user that uploaded the file |
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| By default the the field | frames (using a fictitious 25 fps) |
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| latitude,longitude
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| The country part of the translated |
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| The area part of the translated |
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| The sub area part of the translated |
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| The postal code part of the translated |
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| The locality / city / council part of the translated |
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| The sub locality / city / council part of the translated |
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| The street part of the translated |
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| The house number part of the translated |
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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 |
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| The date and time when the file was last edited |
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| The ID of the file in an external platform. This field is only for advanced installations. |
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| 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) |
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| The name of the department that published the file |
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| Describes through which workflow a file was ingested (if applicable) |
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| Describes on which ingest tape the file was provided (if applicable) |
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| Indicates whether or not this file or fragment has been synchronized from another MediaHaven. | 0 or 1 | ||
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| When this file has been sychronized from another MediaHaven, this URL refers to file in the web site of the original MediaHaven. | URL |
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| 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. |
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| Yes | The status of the record (e.g. but not limited to New or Published) |
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| External id of the organisation to which the file belongs. |
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| The full name of an organisation including white space and punctuation |
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| Yes | The date and time the file was published |
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| Yes | Indicates if the record is deleted, and if so whether it’s been deleted logically or permanently. |
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| Yes | The time the record was logically deleted. |
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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.
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| The extension of the file as it was ingested into MediaHaven |
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| The size of the file in bytes |
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| The MD5 checksum of the file |
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| The mime type of the file, e.g. image/jpg |
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| The Pronom ID is a file identification mechanism developed by the National Archives |
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| 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
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| The duration of the media file |
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| The start time of the media file |
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| The end time of the media file |
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| The duration of the media file, expressed in frames against a fictitious 25 frames per second, e.g. | frames (using a fictitious 25 fps) |
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| The start time of the media file, expressed in frames against a fictitious 25 frames per second, e.g. | frames (using a fictitious 25 fps) |
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| The end time of the media file, expressed in frames against a fictitious 25 frames per second, e.g. | frames (using a fictitious 25 fps) |