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NAME
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formatLocation |
DEFINITION
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The descriptor formatLocation is considered to be an "address for a media item." For an organization or producer acting as caretaker of a media resource, formatLocation may contain information about an organization or building, a specific vault location for an asset, including an organization's name, departmental name, shelf ID and contact information. The formatLocation for a data file or web page may be virutal and include domain, path, filename or html page. |
ELEMENT
INTERDEPENDENCIES
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 This element is hierarchically bound to the container pbcoreInstantiation
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REFINEMENTS &
ENCODING SCHEMES
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Use free-form text
entry. |
GUIDELINES
FOR USAGE
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The data
for formatLocation may be a name (person or organization), URL, URI, physical location ID, barcode,
etc.
formatLocation can be thought of as holdings, where holdings are controlled by a Gatekeeper or Organization or Caretaker that has assumed responsibility for a media item, separate from the responsibilities of a Publisher. The information found in the descriptor formatLocation may contain data about the Holding's Organization, the Holding's Department, and a Holding's Location, whether physically or virtually defined. |
OBLIGATION
TO USE
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Mandatory |
REPEATABLE
ELEMENT
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Apply once within its container, pbcoreInstantiation (which itself can be applied multiple times for each rendition of a media item) |
TYPE OF
DATA ENTRY
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Text String |
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