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Type.Genre
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Name

Type.Genre

Definition

The element TYPE.GENRE describes the topical nature of the content found in a media resource. The companion elements, TYPE and TYPE.FORM enhance the full description for a resource.

To describe the physical or digital manifestation or instantiation of a resource, use the element FORMAT.


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Guidelines for Usage

As a refinement of PBCore's element TYPE, TYPE.GENRE is best used to aggregate resources into categories related to the intellectual content or topical nature for the resource being decribed.

There is an implied hierarchy when using the elements TYPE, TYPE.FORM and TYPE.GENRE.

TYPE is the manner in which content is presented, viewed or heard by a user.
TYPE.FORM is the manner in which the content is structured for presentation.
TYPE.GENRE is the topical nature of the content.

Examples are the best way to present the differences:

  1. TYPE = Moving Image
    TYPE.FORM = Documentary
    TYPE.GENRE = Environment
  2. TYPE = Interactive Resource
    TYPE.FORM = Tutorial
    TYPE.GENRE = Oceanography

Multiple terms can and should be applied to fully describe a media resource.

The recommended best practice is to select descriptors for the elements TYPE, TYPE.FORM and TYPE.GENRE from controlled vocabularies. There are many available to reference when assigning metadata to a media resource. PBCore has combined descriptors from several lists, including the Tribune Media Services, PBS, the Library of Congress, the International Press Telecommunications Council, Minnesota Public Radio, WGBH, and Media Solutions/University of Utah.

 


Obligation to Use

Recommended

Repeatable Element

Apply multiple times, as needed

Type of Data Entry

Text String


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Adventure

Children

Collectibles

Cooking

Talk

Aerobics

Speed skating

Olympics

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Other Attributes of this Element


Element Label

Type.Genre

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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