Metadata import

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This page documents the workflow and METS content for lower-level metadata import - i.e. metadata to be attached to subdirectories and files within a SIP.

Workflow

1. For simple objects, the user places files in the objects directory, with or without intervening subdirectories. The imported metadata are attached to each object.
2. For compound objects, the user creates one or more subdirectories in the objects directory, each containing the files that form a compound object. The imported metadata are attached to each subdirectory.
   • The subdirectory names must not contain spaces or other forbidden characters.
3. The user adds a csv file to the metadata folder for the transfer entitled metadata.csv
   • The first row of the csv file consists of field names. Field names must not include spaces.
   • Dublin Core field names must contain the "dc" element in the name, eg "dc.title"
   • Each subsequent row contains the complete set of field values for a single directory or file
   • For multi-value fields (such as dc.subject), the entire column is repeated and each column contains a single value
   • If the metadata are for simple objects, the csv file must contain a "filename" column listing the filepath and filename of each objects: eg "objects/BrocktonOval.jp2"
   • If the metadata are for compound objects, the csv file must contain a "parts" column listing the names of the directories containing the items that form the compound object: eg "objects/Jan021964"
   • Note that filenames can be duplicates of filenames in other subdirectories if desired. For example, the name "page01.jp2" can occur in multiple subdirectories.
4. At the generate METS micro-service, Archivematica parses the metadata in metadata.csv to the METS file, as follows:
   • All Dublin Core elements are used to generate a dmdSec for each directory or file with MDTYPE="DC"
   • All non-Dublin Core elements are used to generate a dmdSec for each directory or file with MDTYPE="OTHER" OTHERMDTYPE="CUSTOM"
   • The dmdSecs are linked to their directories or files in the structMap

Simple objects

This section provides csv file and METS file examples for simple objects - i.e. individual files that are not pages in a compound object such as a book or a newspaper issue.

CSV file

Sample headings and values

filename	dc.title	dates_of_publication	dc.publisher	dc.contributor	dc.subject	dc.subject	dc.date	dc.description	notes	forms_part_of	repository	dc.rights	project_website	digital_file_format
objects/BrocktonOval.jp2	Stanley Park in December		Riley Studios, Vancouver BC	Don Langfield, photographer	Vancouver (B.C.)--Parks	Landscapes	1992/12/04	Image shows Brockton Oval after light snowfall	Originally part of series entitled "Winter in Vancouver"	Riley Studios collection	New Caledonia Public Library	Copyright held by Riley Studios	http://www.ncpl/donlangfieldphotographs.ca	image/jp2
objects/QE Park sunset.jp2	Sunset in Queen Elizabeth Park		Riley Studios, Vancouver BC	Don Langfield, photographer	Vancouver (B.C.)--Parks		1994/07/13			Riley Studios collection	New Caledonia Public Library	Copyright held by Riley Studios	http://www.ncpl/donlangfieldphotographs.ca	image/jp2

METS file

Compound objects

This section provides csv file and METS file examples for compound objects - i.e. multi-page digital objects such as newspapers and books.

CSV file

Sample headings and values

parts	dc.title	alternative_title	dc.publisher	dates_of_publication	dc.subject	dc.date	dc.description	frequency	dc.language	forms_part_of	repository	project_website	digital_file_format
objects/Jan021964	Coast News, January 02, 1964	Sunshine Coast News	Fred Cruice	1945-1995	Gibsons (B.C.)--Newspapers	1964/01/02	Serving the Growing Sunshine Coast	Weekly	English	British Columbia Historical Newspapers collection	Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives	http://historicalnewspapers.library.ubc.ca	image/jp2
objects/Jan091964	Coast News, January 09, 1964	Sunshine Coast News	Fred Cruice	1945-1995	Gibsons (B.C.)--Newspapers	1964/01/09	Serving the Growing Sunshine Coast	Weekly	English	British Columbia Historical Newspapers collection	Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives	http://historicalnewspapers.library.ubc.ca	image/jp2

METS file