Structural Metadata

Current practice is reflected in https://dldc.lib.uchicago.edu/dl/collections/campub-specs-limb.html#sec-6-7. The following represents the method of recording structural metadata for Chopin Early Editions.

Notes:

  1. project + document + object is the basis for file-naming conventions, e.g., chopin005-001.tif, or the digital master copy of the first object in the fifth document scanned for the chopin project. See File-Naming Conventions for Derivative Images, with Scaling Information for how service copies are named for digital still image projects.
  2. project is decided in advance of scanning, document is the number of the document scanned, and object is the number of the scanned image. the maximum number for documents and objects are decided in advance, and left-padding with zeros occurs if necessary. document numbering is arbitrary (first scanned, first numbered), while object numbering follows the order of pages in the document being scanned.
  3. pages are indicated only if a page number exists. this allows a program to implement page citation. milestones are decided in advance on a per-project and per-document basis. components are "1" by default. "2," etc. would be used if pagination repeats, to disambiguate, for example, which page 1 is meant.

Example:

"project" "document" "object" "page" "component" "milestone" 
"chopin"  "005"      "001"    ""     "1"         "Cover" 
"chopin"  "005"      "002"    ""     "1"         "" 
"chopin"  "005"      "003"    ""     "1"         "" 
"chopin"  "005"      "004"    "2"    "1"         "Third movement: Marche funebre" 
"chopin"  "005"      "005"    "3"    "1"         "" 
"chopin"  "005"      "006"    "4"    "1"         "" 
"chopin"  "005"      "007"    "5"    "1"         "" 
"chopin"  "005"      "008"    "6"    "1"         "Fourth movement: [Finale], Presto"