Metadata 21.2

Metadata 21.2

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

Legend

  • 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.

Key

Sub Key

Description

Format

Read-only

Searchable

Key

Sub Key

Description

Format

Read-only

Searchable

Title

 

The title of the file

 

 

Description

 

Description about the file

 

 

CreationDate

 

The date and time the file was originally created

yyyy:MM:dd'T'HH:mm:ss.uuuuuuZ

 

RightsOwner

 

The name of the (copyright) owner of the file

 

 

 

Rights

 

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

 

 

 

Keywords

 

Series of keywords about the file

ListField

 

 

Keywords

Keyword

Sub field of Keywords containing an individual keyword

 

 

Categories

 

Series of categories about the file

ListField

 

 

Categories

Category

Sub field of Categories containing an individual category

 

 

Publisher

 

Publisher of the file

 

 

 

Authors

 

A list of various authors of the file

MulitItemField

 

 

AuthorsAuthor

 

Sub field of Authors containing an individual author

 

 

Publications

 

List of locations where the file is published

ListField

 

 

Publications

Comment

Sub field of Publications describing a comment

 

 

 

OriginalFilename

 

The name of the file as it was ingested into MediaHaven

 

 

UploadedBy

 

The name of the user that uploaded the file

 

 

KeyframeStart



By default the the field PathToKeyframe refers to the closest keyframe before to time provided by the field FragmentStart. When KeyframeStart is defined it overrides this time.

frames (using a fictitious 25 fps)

 

Position

Key

Sub Key

Description

Format / Example

Read-only

Searchable

Key

Sub Key

Description

Format / Example

Read-only

Searchable

Position

 

MapField which describes the all properties of a physical position on earth.

 

 

 

Position

Location

  • The geospatial coordinates as used in for example Google Maps

  • Same meaning as the obsolete top field Descriptive.Location in Metadata 21.1

latitude,longitude

51.001139,4.51515

 

Position

Address

  • The translation of the Descriptive.Position.Location into a human address readable using the Google Geocoding API

  • Same meaning as the obsolete field Descriptive.Address.Formatted

Leuvensesteenweg 582, 2812 Mechelen, België

 

 

Position

Country

The country part of the translated Descriptive.Position.Address (auto-generated)

België

 

Position

Area

The area part of the translated Descriptive.Position.Address (auto-generated)

Vlaanderen

 

Position

SubArea

The sub area part of the translated Descriptive.Position.Address (auto-generated)

Antwerpen

 

Position

Postal

The postal code part of the translated Descriptive.Position.Address (auto-generated)

2812

 

Position

Locality

The locality / city / council part of the translated Descriptive.Position.Address (auto-generated)

Mechelen

 

Position

SubLocality

The sub locality / city / council part of the translated Descriptive.Position.Address (auto-generated)

Muizen

 

Position

Street

The street part of the translated Descriptive.Position.Address (auto-generated)

Leuvensesteenweg

 

Position

Number

The house number part of the translated Descriptive.Position.Address (auto-generated)

582

 

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

Key

DigiHaven / MediaHaven 2.0

Description

Format

Read-only

Searchable

OrganisationName

 

The name of the organisation to which the file belongs

 

LastModifiedDate

 

The date and time when the file was last edited

yyyy:MM:dd'T'HH:mm:ss.uuuuuuZ

ExternalId

 

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

 

ArchiveDate

 

The date and time the file was ingested

yyyy:MM:dd'T'HH:mm:ss.uuuuuuZ

Type

 

The type of the file (e.g. image, document, page, image, layer, newspaperpage, article, video, videofragment, audio, audiofragment, set, collection, newspaper, metadataonly)

 

DepartmentName

 

The name of the department that published the file

 

Workflow

 

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

 

IngestTape

 

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

 

IsSynchronized

 

Indicates whether or not this file or fragment has been synchronized from another MediaHaven.

0 or 1

ExternalUrl

 

When this file has been sychronized from another MediaHaven, this URL refers to file in the web site of the original MediaHaven.

URL

 

IsOriginal

 

Indicates if the file is an original file

0 or 1

IsPreservation

Yes

Indicates if the file is valid for preservation means

0 or 1

IsAccess

Yes

Indicates if the file is valid for access means

0 or 1

RecordType

Yes

The type of the record. 

 

RecordStatus

Yes

The status of the record (e.g. but not limited to New or Published)

 

OrganisationExternalId

 

External id of the organisation to which the file belongs.

 

 

OrganisationLongName

 

The full name of an organisation including white space and punctuation 

 

PublicationDate

Yes

The date and time the file was published

yyyy:MM:dd'T'HH:mm:ss.uuuuuuZ

DeleteStatus

Yes

Indicates if the record is deleted, and if so whether it’s been deleted logically or permanently.

  • NotDeleted

  • LogicallyDeleted

  • PermanentlyDeleted

LogicalDeletionDate

Yes

The time the record was logically deleted.

yyyy:MM:dd'T'HH:mm:ss.uuuuuuZ

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

Key

Description

Format

Read-only

Searchable

OriginalExtension

The extension of the file as it was ingested into MediaHaven

 

FileSize

The size of the file in bytes

 

Md5

The MD5 checksum of the file

 

MimeType

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

 

PronomId

The Pronom ID is a file identification mechanism developed by the National Archives 

 

Width

The width of the file

pixels

Height

The height of the file

pixels

ImageSize

Width times height, e.g 1920x1080

pixels times pixels

ImageQuality

The quality of the image

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

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

  • low

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)

  • strip (aspect < 0.5)

Time codes

Key

Description

Format

Read-only

Searchable

Key

Description

Format

Read-only

Searchable

DurationTimeCode

The duration of the media file

HH:mm:ss.SSS

 

StartTimeCode

The start time of the media file

HH:mm:ss.SSS

 

EndTimeCode

The end time of the media file

HH:mm:ss.SSS

 

DurationFrames

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)

 

StartFrames

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)

 

EndFrames

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)