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09.02
Format.Digital
COMMENTS FROM RFC

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Describe this Element


Name

Format.Digital

Definition

Use the element FORMAT.DIGITAL to identify the digital instantiation of a resource that may or may not have existed originally in an analog, physical form. Digital media formats may be expressed with formal Internet MIME types.[ see the DCMI Definition ]

Refinements and
Encoding Schemes
 

PBCore Aggregate Picklist
Copy and Paste PickList

 

Guidelines for Usage

Best practice is to select from a controlled vocabulary list.

For a review of the meaning behind the digital formats and MIME types, consult these websites:

IMT: Internet Media Types
http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/
media-types/media-types

Text and Text-Related Types
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#text

HTML Stylesheet
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#styl

Image
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#imag

Audio/Voice/Music
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#audi

Video
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#vide

2D/3D Data/Virtual reality
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#vrml

Scientific/Math/CAD
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#math

Special HTTP/Web Application
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#spec

Application Type: Text-related
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#trel

Application Type: Archive/Compressed Archives
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#arch

Application Type: Program/Scripts
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#prog

Application Type: Animation/Multimedia
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#anim

Application Type: Presentation
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#pres

Application Type: Special Embedded Object
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#spece

Application Type: General Applications
http://www.utoronto.ca/webdocs/HTMLdocs/
Book/Book-3ed/appb/mimetype.html#gene


Obligation to Use

Mandatory

Repeatable Element

Apply multiple times, as needed

Type of Data Entry

Text String


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application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
audio/x-aiff
image/jpeg
text/pdf
video/quicktime

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Other Attributes of this Element


Element Label

Format.Digital

Element Version

PBCore v1.1

Namespace Identifier

Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary Project [pending]

Registration Authority

PBMD Project [pending]

Language of the Element

eng


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