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15: \title{A simple metadata format for resource bundles}
16:
17: \author{Robert Casties, Dirk Wintergrün, Christoph Liess}
18:
19: \date{V0.2.2 of \today}
20:
21: \begin{document}
22:
23: \maketitle
24:
25: \tableofcontents
26:
27:
28: \section{File and directory names}
29: \label{sec:file-directory-names}
30:
31: File and directory names should not contain spaces. Allowed characters
32: in filenames are only the alphanumeric set a-z, A-Z, 0-9, hyphen
33: ``-'', underscore ``\_'' and dot ``.''.
34:
35: File and directory paths in the metadata file use the conventional
36: Unix file separator slash ``/''.
37:
38: \section{Resource format}
39: \label{sec:mpiwg-doc}
40:
41: In this description elements marked ``optional'' need not be supplied
42: by the provider of the resource and may be absent in all versions of
43: the metadata file. Elements marked ``required'' must be supplied by
44: the provider of the resource. Elements marked ``deduced'' can be
45: supplied by the provider of the resource but can also be provided by
46: automatic scripts later in the process, the elements must be present
47: in the final file.
48:
49: The outer container is named \texttt{resource}. Sub-types (``ECHO'',
50: ``MPIWG'') can be specified if necessary with a \texttt{type}
51: parameter. Its sub-elements are:
52:
53: \begin{description}
54: \item[description] An informal textual description of the
55: resource -- optional.
56:
57: \item[name] The filename of the resource (name of the directory this
58: file is contained in) -- required.
59:
60: \item[creator] The name of the project or person that created the
61: resource -- optional.
62:
63: \item[archive-creation-date] The time and date the archive was created
64: -- deduced.
65:
66: \item[archive-path] The full path to the resource directory inside the
67: whole archive collection -- deduced.
68:
69: \item[derived-from] Container for the description of the original
70: resource if this resource is a modified version of another resource
71: -- optional.
72:
73: \begin{description}
74: \item[archive-path] The full path to the original resource
75: --required.
76:
77: \item[description] An informal textual description of the relation
78: of this resource to the original resource -- optional.
79: \end{description}
80:
81: \item[linked-with] Container for the description of another
82: resource when this resource is a linked copy of another resource
83: -- optional.
84:
85: \begin{description}
86: \item[archive-path] The full path to the linked resource
87: --required.
88:
89: \item[description] An informal textual description of the relation
90: of this resource to the linked resource -- optional.
91: \end{description}
92:
93: \item[content-type] The content type of this resource -- required.\\
94: The content type enables the choice of tools to manipulate and
95: display the resource. There should be a common list of content
96: types. For digital documents (books, manuscripts) this would be
97: "scanned document", for other image data "scanned
98: images".\footnote{The criterion for documents is a ordered
99: succession of image files (pages) and equal image size and
100: resolution throughout the images of a resource.}
101:
102: \item[meta] Additional metadata information about the resource --
103: optional.\\ For a description of additional metadata see below.
104:
105: \item[dir] Container for the description of a subdirectory -- required
106: (when there are subdirectories).\\ \texttt{dir} tags should not be
107: nested. Directories at lower levels are identified by their
108: \texttt{path}.
109:
110: \begin{description}
111: \item[description] An informal textual description of the
112: subdirectory -- optional.
113:
114: \item[name] The name of the subdirectory -- required.
115:
116: \item[path] The directory path of this subdirectory relative to the
117: resource's root directory (containing the directory itself) --
118: required (may be identical to \texttt{name} or omitted if the
119: directory is a direct child of the resource's root directory).
120:
121: \item[meta] Additional metadata information about the directory --
122: optional.\\ For a description of additional metadata see below.
123: \end{description}
124:
125: \item[file] Container for the description of a file -- deduced.\\
126: \texttt{file} tags should not be nested in \texttt{dir} tags. Files
127: at lower directory levels are identified by their \texttt{path}.
128:
129: \begin{description}
130: \item[description] An informal textual description of the
131: file -- optional.
132:
133: \item[name] The name of the file -- required.
134:
135: \item[path] The directory path of this file relative to the
136: resource's root directory (containing the file itself) -- required
137: (may be identical to \texttt{name} or omitted if the file is in the
138: resource's root directory).
139:
140: \item[modification-date] The file's modification date -- optional.
141:
142: \item[creation-date] The file's creation date -- optional.
143:
144: \item[date] The file's creation date if is has not been modified --
145: optional.
146:
147: \item[size] The file size -- deduced.
148:
149: \item[mime-type] The file's mime-type -- optional.
150:
151: \item[md5cs] MD5 checksum of the file content -- optional.
152:
153: \item[meta] Additional metadata information about the file --
154: optional. For a description of additional metadata see below.
155: \end{description}
156:
157: \end{description}
158:
159:
160:
161: \section{Additional metadata}
162: \label{sec:additional-metadata}
163:
164: All elements with \texttt{meta} tags can contain an arbitrary number
165: of additional metadata elements.
166:
167:
168: \subsection{DRI}
169: \label{sec:dri}
170:
171: The \emph{digital resource identifier} for the resource is specified
172: with a \texttt{dri} tag. Digital resource identifiers are documented
173: on the page
174:
175: \url{http://pythia.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/projects/standards/dri}.
176:
177:
178: \subsection{Bibliographic information}
179: \label{sec:bibliographic-data}
180:
181: Bibliographic information in the format of the ECHO scheme for
182: bibliographic data (cf. content workflow) or the MPIWG
183: ``Projektbibliografie'' is presented in a \texttt{bib} container with
184: a \texttt{type} parameter, giving the type of bibliographic resource.
185: The \texttt{type} field is repeated as a tag in the container. The
186: tags have the variable ``human-readable'' field names.
187:
188:
189: \subsection{Information on the document structure (table of contents)}
190: \label{sec:toc}
191:
192: Document structure information like a table of contents for a scanned
193: document is presented in a \texttt{toc} container. The format to be
194: used has to be further specified. The format could be based on the so
195: called ``LiSe-XML'' format. For a detailed description and an
196: exemplary set of TOC information see:
197:
198: \url{http://pythia.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/toolserver/TS_lise}
199:
200: \url{http://pythia.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/toolserver/TSlise/lise_downloads/deimel1929.xml}
201:
202:
203: \subsection{Information on scanned images}
204: \label{sec:inform-scann-imag}
205:
206: Image files representing scanned images can have an \texttt{img}
207: container tag with information about the scan resolution and the size
208: of the original image. This information is used by the
209: \texttt{digilib} image viewing tool.
210:
211: Required is one of three possible sets of tags:
212:
213: \begin{description}
214: \item[original-size-x] The width of the original image. The unit of
215: measure can be contained as parameter \texttt{unit}, the default is
216: meter ``m''. The width to be considered is the total width of the
217: scanned area.
218:
219: \item[original-size-y] The height of the original image.
220:
221: \item[original-pixel-x] The width of the hi-res scan in pixels.
222:
223: \item[original-pixel-y] The height of the hi-res scan in pixels.
224: \end{description}
225:
226: or
227:
228: \begin{description}
229: \item[original-dpi-x] The resolution of the hi-res scan in its width
230: in pixels per inch.
231:
232: \item[original-dpi-y] The resolution of the hi-res scan in its height
233: in pixels per inch.
234: \end{description}
235:
236: or
237:
238: \begin{description}
239: \item[original-dpi] The resolution of the hi-res scan in pixels per
240: inch if the resolutions in width and height are the same.
241: \end{description}
242:
243:
244: \subsection{Access restrictions}
245: \label{sec:access-restrictions}
246:
247: If the access to a resource is restricted for technical or legal
248: reasons then the restrictions can be put in a
249: \texttt{access-restrictions} container. The format of the information
250: inside the container has to be further specified.
251:
252:
253: \section{Sample metadata file for an ECHO resource}
254:
255: The following is the sample structure for a scanned document resource.
256:
257: \begin{verbatim}
258: <resource type="ECHO">
259: <description></description>
260: <name>fleck.1980</name>
261: <creator>University of Bern</creator>
262: <archive-creation-date></archive-creation-date>
263: <archive-path>ubern/wiss-theorie</archive-path>
264: <content-type>scanned images</content-type>
265: <meta>
266: <dri>echo23a45e2329x</dri>
267: <bib type="book">
268: <author>Fleck, Ludwik</author>
269: <year>1980</year>
270: <title>Entstehung und Entwicklung einer
271: wissenschaftlichen Tatsache</title>
272: <series_editor></series_editor>
273: <series_title></series_title>
274: <series_volume></series_volume>
275: <number_of_pages></number_of_pages>
276: <city>Frankfurt am Main</city>
277: <publisher>Suhrkamp</publisher>
278: <edition></edition>
279: <number_of_volumes></number_of_volumes>
280: <translator></translator>
281: <isbn></isbn>
282: <keywords>Wissenschaftstheorie, Fleck, Tatsache</keywords>
283: <abstract></abstract>
284: </bib>
285: </meta>
286: <dir>
287: <description>Scanned images (300dpi)</description>
288: <name>img</name>
289: <path></path>
290: <meta></meta>
291: </dir>
292: </resource>
293: \end{verbatim}
294:
295: \end{document}
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