Use the
descriptor formatPhysical to identify the format of a particular version or rendition of a media item as it exists in an actual physical form that occupies
physical space (e.g., a tape on a shelf), rather than as a digital file residing on a server or hard drive. The picklist contains many legacy and archival formats from which to choose.
Best practice is to select from a controlled vocabulary list. If the media item was never "born" in a physical format, but only exists digitally, then ignore this descriptor.
OBLIGATION
TO USE
Mandatory if Applicable
REPEATABLE
ELEMENT
Apply once within its container, pbcoreInstantiation (which itself can be applied multiple times for each rendition of a media item)
Describe
this Element
