PREMIS metadata: normalized files

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This table shows all the metadata elements that should appear for a normalized file. The two events recorded are creation and checksum generation.

PREMIS entity	Semantic unit	Semantic component	Sample value(s)	Notes
object	objectIdentifier	objectIdentifierType	UUID	mandatory unit and component
object	objectIdentifier	objectIdentifierValue	270bd067-0483-4c5f-bdec-f2cbd6e651aa	mandatory unit and component
object	objectCategory	none	file	mandatory unit and component
object	objectCharacteristics	compositionLevel	0	mandatory unit and component
object	objectCharacteristics/fixity	messageDigestAlgorithm	MD5
object	objectCharacteristics/fixity	messageDigest	e479688508922354bdab09bca60d8d0e
object	objectCharacteristics/fixity	messageDigestOriginator	City of Vancouver Archives
object	objectCharacteristics/format/formatDesignation	formatName	Tagged Image File Format	format is a mandatory unit; must use either formatDesignation or formatRegistry
object	objectCharacteristics/format/formatDesignation	formatVersion	6.0	format is a mandatory unit; must use either formatDesignation or formatRegistry
object	objectCharacteristics/format/formatRegistry	formatRegistryName	PRONOM	format is a mandatory unit; must use either formatDesignation or formatRegistry
object	objectCharacteristics/format/formatRegistry	formatRegistryKey	fmt/10	format is a mandatory unit; must use either formatDesignation or formatRegistry
object	relationship	relationshipType	derivation
object	relationship	relationshipSubType	has source
object	relationship/relatedObjectIdentification	relatedObjectIdentifierType	UUID
object	relationship/relatedObjectIdentification	relatedObjectIdentifierValue	0db50321-6d7b-4291-89ec-a8b0adc1ff96
object	relationship/relatedEventIdentification	relatedEventIdentifierType	Archivematica ID	"For derivative relationships between objects relatedEventIdentification must be recorded."
object	relationship/relatedEventIdentification	relatedEventIdentifierValue	[alphanumeric code]	"For derivative relationships between objects relatedEventIdentification must be recorded."
event	eventIdentifier	eventIdentifierType	UUID	mandatory unit and component
event	eventIdentifier	eventIdentifierValue	05y50321-6d7b-4291-89ag-a8b0fhc1f286	mandatory unit and component
event	eventType	none	creation	mandatory unit and component
event	eventDateTime	none	2010-08-01T09:08:44-03:00	mandatory unit and component
event	eventDetail	none	program=ImageMagick; version=6.6.4.0; command=%convertPath% %fileFullName% +compress %preservationFileDirectory%%fileTitle%.%preservationFormat%
event	linkingAgentIdentifier	linkingAgentIdentifierType	preservation system	used to link an agent to an event; not mandatory but recommended
event	linkingAgentIdentifier	linkingAgentIdentifierValue	Archivematica-0.7	used to link an agent to an event; not mandatory but recommended
event	eventIdentifier	eventIdentifierType	Archivematica ID	mandatory unit and component
event	eventIdentifier	eventIdentifierValue	[alphanumeric code]	mandatory unit and component
event	eventType	none	message digest calculation	mandatory unit and component
event	eventDateTime	none	2010-08-01T09:08:46-01:00	mandatory unit and component
event	eventDetail	none	program="MD5deep"; version="3.6"
event	linkingAgentIdentifier	linkingAgentIdentifierType	preservation system	used to link an agent to an event; not mandatory but recommended
event	linkingAgentIdentifier	linkingAgentIdentifierValue	Archivematica-0.7	used to link an agent to an event; not mandatory but recommended
agent	agentIdentifier	agentIdentifierType	preservation system	mandatory unit and component
agent	agentIdentifier	agentIdentifierValue	Archivematica-0.7	mandatory unit and component
agent	agentName	none	Archivematica
agent	agentType	none	software