HAAA Metadata Outline


This table view relates to the narrative Metadata Creation Guidelines.

 

Metadata created by Library Staff

Element

Definition

Repeatable

System

Required

Short Display

Input rules | Data Values : Free Text/Controlled Vocabulary/Standardized entry

Descriptive Metadata

dc.title

Title of resource

No

Yes

Yes

Free text. Construct per guidelines. Typical: Rogene "Gee Calvert oral history interview and transcript"

dc.title.alternative

Any additional title information, as needed

Yes

No

Yes

Free text. Transcribe from source.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

dc.contributor.photographer

Photographer's name, if known

Yes

No

No

Use LCNAF (Library of Congress Name Authority File) format. Do not add qualifier.

dc.creator

 

dc.contributor.other

Interviewee's name

 

Interviewer's name

Yes

 

Yes

No

 

No

No

 

No

Use LCNAF (Library of Congress Name Authority File) format. Do not add qualifier.

Use LCNAF (Library of Congress Name Authority File) format. Do not add qualifier.

 

dc.subject.local Locally defined broad topics Yes Yes No Contributed by Chao Center at time of submission of interviews
 

dc.subject

Narrow subject terms

Yes

No

Yes

Contributed by Chao Center at time of submission of interviews, browse by subject to see examples 

dc.description

Description of resource

Yes

No

Yes

Free text. 

dc.description.abstract

Description of historical context of resource

Yes

No

Yes

Free text.

dc.date.issued

Date of creation of original resource

No

Yes

Yes

YYYY or YYYY-MM-DD

Date and Time Formats (ISO8601)http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/iso8601.htm 

USED FOR SORTING

dc.date.original Date of creation of original resource No No desired if applicable

Textual field for specific dates or when wish to include words such as "ca. 1970" or "pre-1950".

Is NOT used for sorting but can explain approximate dates, unlike dc.date.issued.

dc.type.genre

Description of physical nature of resource

Yes

No

No

Controlled vocabulary: AAT

Use terms from Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus: http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabularies/aat/ 

dc.type.dcmi

Digital manifestation of resource.

No

Yes

No

Standard entry: Text or Image

Use terms from DCMI type vocabulary: http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-type-vocabulary/

dc.language.iso

3 character language code for text-based resources.

No

No

No

Standard entry: eng (only for text-based resources)

Use ISO 639-2(B) Code (alpha-3 code): http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/

Administrative Metadata

dc.rights

Copyright owner and rights statement

No

Yes

Yes

The copyright holder for this material has granted Rice University permission to share this material online. It is being made available for non-profit educational use.    

dc.rights

Copyright owner and rights statement

No

Yes

Yes

Permission to examine physical and digital collection items does not imply permission for publication. Fondren Library’s Woodson Research Center / Special Collections has made these materials available for use in research, teaching, and private study. Any uses beyond the spirit of Fair Use require permission from owners of rights, heir(s) or assigns. See http://library.rice.edu/guides/publishing-wrc-materials

dc.source.collection

Physical location of the source document/object and the collection title.

No

No

No

Houston Asian American Archives oral history interviews,  MS 573, Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.

dc.publisher

Publisher of the digital version of the work

No

No

No

Standard entry: Rice University

Technical Metadata

dc.identifier.digital

WRC file number

No

Yes

No

WRC number

dc.date.digital

Year of creation of digital image

No

Yes

No

YYYY

Date and Time Formats (W3C-DTF)http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/iso8601.htm 

dc.digitization.specifications

Scanning information: hardware, software, processes and file specifications

No

Yes

No

This oral history material was born digital, with audio masters in wav format and derivatives in mp3 format, transcript text in Word format converted to PDF. In some cases audio masters are not provided, only an mp3 access file.

 

or for Vietnamese American Heritage Fdn. video interviews:

This oral history material was born digital, with video originals in mts, mp4 or mpg format, converted by Fondren Library to an archival master format of directly transcoded H.264 video codec and aac audio codec in an MOV wrapper. Derivative video files are compressed H.264 video codec and aac audio codec in an mp4 wrapper, hinted for streaming.

 

or -

other statement as needed (and to be recorded here)

 

 

Metadata created by system

Element

Definition

Repeatable

System Required

Short Display

Input rules | Data Values : Free Text/Controlled Vocabulary/Standardized entry

dc.identifier.uri

Unique persistence resource identifier in url format

No

Yes

Yes

Short display view is non-clickable per design. Automatically assigned at point of final entry. Standard: CNRI's Handles system http://www.handle.net/

dc.identifier.citation Citation No Yes Yes Automatically created citation reference for digital resource