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 compound objects, the user creates one or more subdirectories in the objects directory, each containing the items that form a compound object.
   • The subdirectory names must not contain spaces, underscores or other forbidden characters.
2. 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
   • If the metadata are for simple objects, the csv file must contain a "filename" column listing the filepath and filename of each object: 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/Jan011964/page01.jp2"
   • Note that filenames can be duplicates of filenames in other subdirectories if desired. For example, the name "page01.jp2" can occur in multiple subdirectories.
3. 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 items 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.date	dc.description	notes	forms_part_of	repository	dc.rights	project_website	digital_file_format
objects/BrocktonOval.jpg	Stanley Park in December		Riley Studios, Vancouver BC	Don Langfield, photographer	Vancouver (B.C.)--Parks	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.jpg	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