Record Tree Glossary

Term: Record or Object

Both terms are used interchangeably with records in more technical documentation and objects more in functional documentation.

Term: Structure

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Term: Information Package

Corresponds with the same OAIS term

Values

Description

Helper Type

Example

Values

Description

Helper Type

Example

Submission (SIP)

Records for submission and ingest

Yes

Sip

Archival (AIP)

All records in the record tree are from this package

No

Classification, Collection, Media

Dissemination (DIP)

Records used providing exports and stable access

Yes

Selection

Conceptual

Helper records related to concepts other than records (users, thesaurus, etc).

Yes

TheusaurusSuggestion, UserSuggestion

The terms SIP, AIP and DIP are taken from the OAIS standard whereas Conceptual is our own addition for records not fitting in either 3.

Terms: Representation Forms

The different forms a representation can be

Values

Description

Values

Description

Original

Original format, bit-per-bit preserved. The format can be obsolete (Word Perfect 1.0) and very difficult to read (i.e. MJP2K).

Preservation

Format which will have long term support (i.e. PDF 1A)

Access

Form which is ready for direct dissemination by having an universally accepted format (e.g. H264 video) in a decent but manageable quality (i.e. 520p MP4/H264 video) versus a 30000x30000 pixel image (unusable for access because it would crash most browsers).

Physical

Represents an object in the physical world. This object is metadata only.