The following Creative Commons Rights apply to the use of this EBU resource: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ Owner: EBU Technical Department Author: Jean-Pierre Evain Contact: evain@ebu.ch ebuCoreMain is the body of a document using the EBU Core metadata set Identifies the metadata provider, e.g. the contributing archive. The organisation Id or name provide the archive ID or name required for OAI metadata harvesting operation. The name of the schema for OAI management. The version of the schema for OAI management. The date of edition of the metadata instance for OAI management The unique Identifier of the metadata instance for OAI management The document containing all the core information regarding the resource A Title is the ‘main’ name given to a resource e.g. a media item, a media object, or a sequence as specified by the associated title type. It corresponds for a series to the series title, for a programme to the programme title, for an item to the item title, etc. Titles are recorded as they appear. The Title is the name by which a resource is formally known and that everyone should use to refer to or search for that particular resource. The Title may be provided in several languages. If present, the attributionDate attribute indicates when the Title was attributed. A Title is the ‘main’ name given to a resource e.g. a media item, a media object, or a sequence as specified by the associated title type. It corresponds for a series to the series title, for a programme to the programme title, for an item to the item title, etc. Titles are recorded as they appear. The Title is the name by which a resource is formally known and that everyone should use to refer to or search for that particular resource. The Title may be provided in several languages. If present, the attributionDate attribute indicates when the Title was attributed. An Alternative Title is the name other than the ‘main’ Title given to a resource. The type of title is defined by the typeGroup of attributes. The status of the title is defined by the statusGroup of attributes. Alternative Titles are recorded as they appear. An Alternative Title may be attributed to a resource for several reasons described using the status (e.g. working title) and type (e.g. series title) attributes. The alternativeTitle may be provided in several languages. It is sometimes common practice to put dates into the alternativeTitle. If present, the attributionDate (indicating when the alternativeTitle was attributed) in the date attribute should be consistent. The descriptor creator identifies an ‘entity’ (a person, group of persons or organisation) primarily responsible for creating the content of the resource - behind the camera. Different roles may be considered as representing a creator, e.g. a producer, an author, etc. Creator is a sub-class of Contributor. The generalised topic that represents the intellectual content of the resource. Typically, a subject is expressed by keywords, key phrases. Free text, controlled vocabularies, authorities, or formal classification schemes (codes) may be employed when selecting descriptive subject terms. Persons as subjects are also placed here. Genre of the content is defined under element “ebucore:type/ebucore:genre” Free-form text or a narrative to report general notes, abstracts, or summaries about the intellectual content of a resource. The information may be in the form of a paragraph giving an individual program description, anecdotal interpretations, or brief content reviews. The description may also consist of outlines, lists, bullet points, edit decision lists, indexes, or tables of content, a reference to a graphical representation of content or even a pointer (URI, URL) to an external resource. A running order can also be provided as a description. For a Radio or television programme a running order can be used as description. A description can be provided in different languages. A publisher is a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity primarily responsible for distributing or making a resource available to others e.g. by broadcasting, selling, leasing, renting and other modes of distribution. The descriptor contributor identifies a person or organization that has made substantial creative contributions to the content of a resource. Refers particularly (but not only) to participation in front of the camera. If in doubt whether an entity is a creator or contributor use the element contributor. Dates associated with events occurring during the life of the resource. Typically, Date will be associated with the creation, modification or availability of the resource. The nature or genre of the resource. Type includes terms describing general categories, functions, genres, or aggregation levels for content. Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary. To describe the physical or digital manifestation of the resource, use the FORMAT element. The physical or digital manifestation of the resource. Use the descriptor Format to identify the format of a particular resource as it exists in its physical or digital form. Physical form = an actual physical form that occupies physical space, e.g. a tape. Digital form = a digital file residing on a server or hard drive. Format may be used to determine the software, hardware or other equipment needed to display or operate the resource. A unique, unambiguous reference or identifier for a resource within a given context. Best practice is to identify the resource (whether analogue or digital) by means of a string or number corresponding to an established or formal identification system if one exists. Otherwise, use an identification method that is in use within your agency, station, production company, office, or institution. It is also possible to enter more than one, different but still unique, identifier for the same resource. Reference to the resource (s) from which the current resource is derived in whole or in part. If no label or number is available, the title and/or the statement of responsibility etc. of the digitized recording is recorded here. For a digitized radio programme the production number is normally given here. The Recommended best practice is to use a unique identifier to identify the physical source that has been used to create the digital resource. In the case of a digitized analogue recording, it is the recording used for digitization which is the source. For commercial recordings the label and number is normally given here. Example: Eurovision feed 2007-07-16T19:20:30.45+01:00 Identifies languages and their use in the intellectual content of the resource. Recommended best practice for the values of the Language element is defined by RFC 1766, which includes a two-letter Language Code (taken from the ISO Standard 639), followed optionally, by a two-letter Country Code (taken from the ISO Standard 3166). For example, 'en' for English, 'fr' for French, or 'en-uk' for English used in the United Kingdom. More contextual information can be provided using the “note” attribute. Recommended best practice is to reference the resource (to which the current resource under description is related) by means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system. Relation is used to show the relation in content to another resource. For example, "IsPartOf" is used to show the relation between a part of a radio programme and the whole programme or between a track and a record album. A resource can be identified by its title, or an identifier (possibly a URI). The related item has its own separate metadata record. Relation is used to provide a name, an identification number or ID, or a locator where the related item can be found. A reference to the resource that the current resource is a version of A reference to another version of the resource A reference to a resource replacing the current resource A reference to a resource that the current resource replaces A reference to a resource requiring the current resource A reference to a resource that the current resource requires A reference to a resource that the current resource is a part of A reference to a resource that forms part of the current resource A reference to a resource that references the current resource A reference to a resource that the current resource references A reference to a resource with which the current resource shares a format A format in which the resource is also available A reference to a series the current resource is an episode of A reference to a group the current resource is an member of Coverage is used to show various time and place aspects of the subject of the content. Coverage will typically include spatial location (a place name or geographic coordinates), temporal period (a period label, date, or date range) or jurisdiction (such as a named administrative entity). Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the Thesaurus of Geographic Names) and that, where appropriate, named places or time periods be used in preference to numeric identifiers such as sets of coordinates or date ranges. An all-purpose field to identify information (rights management statement or reference to a service providing such information e.g. via a URL) about copyright, intellectual property rights or other property rights held in and over a resource, stating whether access is open or restricted in some way. If dates, times, territories and availability periods are associated with a right, they should be included. If the Rights element is absent, no assumptions can be made about the status of these and other rights with respect to the resource. UK Version, US Version, home video version, etc. Mapping to Dublin Core would be made using a description element To provide information on the publication history. To identify parts/segments/fragments within the resource. The name given to a resource e.g. a media item, media object, sequence. For a series – use the series title; for a programme – a programme title; for an item – an item title. etc. Titles are recorded as they appear. The EBU core metadata set is built as a refinement of the Dublin Core. Free-text to provide the main title by which the resource is known. The title can be provided in different languages. The language in which the title is provided can be provided using elementType’s lang attribute. Example: ‘the fifth element’ Defines the date of attribution of this Title. Optional additional contextual information. The name given to a resource e.g. a media item, media object, sequence. For a series – use the series title; for a programme – a programme title; for an item – an item title. etc. Titles are recorded as they appear. The EBU core metadata set is built as a refinement of the Dublin Core. Free-text to provide alternative titles by which the resource is known. The language in which the title is provided can be provided using elementType’s lang attribute. Example: ‘the fifth element’ The typeGroup is used to define the type of alternative title. This can be an associated title like a series title. The statusGroup is used to define the status of the Title such as short, long, full, abridged, working, transmission, published, international, subtitle, original, secondary, alternative, pledged, etc. The name of the format can be provided in the form of a text label, or a link to a code of a classification scheme, optionally accompanied by a definition. the status 'main' shall not be used for alternativeTitle as this applies to the Title only. Defines the date of attribution of this Title. Optional additional contextual information. A unique, unambiguous reference or identifier for a resource within a given context. Best practice is to identify the resource (whether analogue or digital) by means of a string or number corresponding to an established or formal identification system if one exists. Otherwise, use an identification method that is in use within your agency, station, production company, office, or institution. It is also possible to enter different but unique identifiers for the same resource. The EBU core metadata set is built as a refinement of the Dublin Core. Free text to provide an identifier. Example: 06.0A.2B.34.01.01.01.01 To identify the source of attribution of the identifier. The typeGroup is used to define the type of Identifier e.g. Main or Alternative Use to define the format and possibly syntax of the identifier. Used in combination with the resource Identifier. It can denote the agency or institution which specified or assigned it e.g. SMPTE UMID, ISO ISAN, IETF URI, ISRC, custom. Optional additional contextual information. The generalised topic of that represents the intellectual content of the resource. Typically, a subject is expressed by keywords, key phrases, or even specific classification codes. Controlled vocabularies, authorities, or formal classification schemes may be employed when selecting descriptive subject terms. It is possible to employ both keywords, derived from a formal classification scheme, such as Dewey or UDC, and genres/subgenres such as those produced by TV-Anytime or Escort, to cover Subject(s) and Genre(s) and enter as appropriate Subject Type below. Persons as subjects are also placed here. Genre of the content is placed under element Type. To express the subject in the form of free text. To alternatively express the subject using predefined terms expressed by classification codes. Reference data: - Library of Congress Subject Heading (LCSH), Library of Congress Classification (LCC), Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC), Dansk decimalklassedeling 5.utgave (DK5), Klassifikasjonssystem för svenska bibliotek (SAB), Universal Decimal Classification (UDC), Norske emneord - http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/subjectcode/. Example: http://cv.iptc.org/newscodes/subjectcode/#15065000 An optional definition. Example: ‘the subject is about tennis (sport, game)’ To define the source of reference for subject such as a reference document or classification scheme. Optional additional contextual information. The nature or genre of the content of the resource. Type includes terms describing general categories, functions, genres, or aggregation levels for content. Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary. To describe the physical or digital manifestation of the resource, use the FORMAT element. The EBU core metadata set is built as a refinement of the Dublin Core. A type element specifically dedicated to the description of a resource genre To define the Type reference data. A type element specifically dedicated to the description of type of resource being describe e.g. programme, item, episode To define the Type reference data. Optional additional contextual information. Free-form text or a narrative to report general notes, abstracts, or summaries about the intellectual content of a resource. The information may be in the form of a paragraph giving an individual program description, anecdotal interpretations, or brief content reviews. The description may also consist of outlines, lists, bullet points, edit decision lists, indexes, or tables of content, a reference to a graphical representation of content or even a pointer (URI, URL) to an external resource. For a Radio or television programme a running order can be used as description. A description can be provided in different languages. The EBU core metadata set is built as a refinement of the Dublin Core. Free text to provide a description of the resource. The description can be repeated in different languages as specified by the entityType’s lang attribute. The type of description is defined in the type group of attributes. To define the form of presentation for the information: Annotation, abstract, summary, review, table of content, synopsis, shot list, edit decision list, promotional information, purpose, script, outline, rundown, selection/excerpt, transcript, bookmarks, theme, highlights, running order, etc. Optional additional contextual information. Coverage will typically include spatial location (a place name or geographic coordinates), temporal period (a period label, date, or date range) or jurisdiction (such as a named administrative entity). Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the Thesaurus of Geographic Names) and that, where appropriate, named places or time periods be used in preference to numeric identifiers such as sets of coordinates or date ranges. The EBU core metadata set is built as a refinement of the Dublin Core. Temporal characteristics of the content of the resource. To indicate e.g. specific date, time or period aspects of the subject of the resource in complement to Description. The period of time depicted in the resource. To precise the type of temporal information provided. Optional additional contextual information. An identifier to support the management of time periods (e.g. historical or repetitive event) in databases and RDF Spatial characteristics of the content of the resource. To indicate e.g. specific place and location aspects of the subject of the resource in complement to Description. To indicate e.g. specific place and location aspects of the resource in complement to Description. Any location name in free text Optional geospatial coordinates. 'posy' is the latitude. 'posx' is the longitude. Both are expressed in digital degrees A location identified by a code from a predefined list of locations. To precise the type of place and location. To provide additional information on the type of location described, e.g. countries, regions, cities An identifier to support the management of location in databases and RDF An all-purpose field to identify information (rights management statement or reference to a service providing such information e.g. via a URL) about copyright, intellectual property rights or other property rights held in and over a resource, stating whether open access or restricted in some way. If dates, times, territories and availability periods are associated with a right, they should be included. If the Rights element is absent, no assumptions can be made about the status of these and other rights with respect to the resource. The EBU core metadata set is built as a refinement of the Dublin Core. An element to express any form of rights related matters. A url pointing to a declaration of rights To identify the person or organisation holding or managing the rights related to the resource. Use to state any other restrictions, such as non-rights ones, e.g. legal. State by media, territory, scope (restriction on whole item or extracts) and possibly language. The presence of this information can be used by asset management system implementing traffic lights like mechanism to signal that content may be subject to particular restrictions to be clarified before exploitation. Specifies a specific start date, end date or period for the availability of the item or the date from which the rights or exploitation issues apply. It may refer to start dates for the availability of an item that is used within a particular geographical area e.g. broadcast locally, regionally, nationally or internationally, or for web-based distribution. A specific time may also be associated with the date. A flag to signal if content is subject to rights open issues A field for a disclaimer about the content, its content, and its use. A identifier related to rights, e.g. attributed for a particular purpose by a specific agency in the context of use and exploitation. To define the type of rights information provided. Optional additional contextual information. The physical or digital manifestation of the resource. Use the descriptor Format to identify the format of a particular resource as it exists in its physical or digital form. Physical form = an actual physical form that occupies physical space, e.g. a tape. Digital form = a digital file residing on a server or hard drive. Format may be used to determine the software, hardware or other equipment needed to display or operate the resource. The EBU core metadata set is built as a refinement of the Dublin Core. Free text to provide information on the format. The width of the image or picture. Used as numerator to define the aspect ratio for video content. Otherwsie, see aspect ratio. An attribute to specify the unit in which the width is expressed. The height of the image or picture. Used as denominator to define the aspect ratio for video content. Otherwsie, see aspect ratio. An attribute to specify the unit in which the height is expressed. The material or physical carrier of the resource. If a file, it should be the carrier format. Define the main MIME type as defined by IANA: e.g. audio, video, text, application used to list all the characteristics of the video signal A string to define e.g. the ratio of the picture (the width by the height), for instance '4:3' or '16 9' (rational). The format of the aspect ratio is precised in the format attributes To define the type of format used to represent the aspect ratio and an example in the definition e.g. formatLabel='rational' and formatDefinition='e.g. 16 9 (number, space, number)' Used to express the encoding parameters of the resource e.g. H264 for a video channel. To describe the main features of video tracks such as in mutliview systems The track ID or track number The track name The type of video track e.g. particular view angle. A user defined technical attribute to provide information on the Video Format (in addition to the video encoding format already provided in channel/encoding): colour scheme, scanning format, etc. Examples: 1/ value=50, Black&White, value=progresssive attribute label=scan type, etc. A user defined technical attribute to provide information on the Video Format (in addition to the video encoding format already provided in channel/encoding): frame rate, sampling rate, etc. Examples: frame rate value=50, attribute label= frame rate , the bitrate for this particular channel, etc. A user defined technical attribute to provide information on the Video Format (in addition to the video encoding format already provided in channel/encoding): e.g. HD flag A user defined technical attribute to provide information on the Video Format (in addition to the video encoding format already provided in channel/encoding) used to list all the characteristics of the audio signal To define the audio compression format of the resource e.g. AAC for an audio channel. To define the audio track configuration. Used to express the arrangement or audio tracks e.g. 'stereo', '2+1', 'surround', 'surround (7+1)' To describe the track allocation e.g. in conformance with EBU R123 The track number The track name The track language The track type To provide information on the Audio Format(in addition to the audio encoding format already provided in channel/encoding): restricted for information that cannot be represented in the format of integers or boolean flags To provide information on the Audio Format(in addition to the audio encoding format already provided in channel/encoding): sample rate, etc. Examples: 1/ value=44800, attribute label = sample rate, attribute definition=Hz, the bitrate for this particular channel, etc. To provide information on the Audio Format(in addition to the audio encoding format already provided in channel/encoding) in the form of flags e.g. constant bitrate flag To provide information on the file / wrapper format in complement to the stream encoding information provided in 'channel', e.g. mp3, wave, Quicktime, ogg.. Used to provide information on the captioning format and purpose To specify the format of captioning / subtitling being used A pointer to the file with the captioning / subtitling. Used to provide information on the signing format and purpose The beginning point for playback of a time-based media item, such as digital video or audio. Use in combination with Duration to identify a sequence or segment of a media item that has a fixed start time and end time. A number of edit units. An editUnit is the inverse of the edit rate, or corrected edit rate as the result of editUnit=1/(editrate*(factorNumerator/factorDenominator)) The time duration/extent of the resource A number of edit units. An editUnit is the inverse of the edit rate, or corrected edit rate as the result of editUnit=1/(editrate*(factorNumerator/factorDenominator)) To indicate the storage requirements or file size of a digital resource. The file size is expressed in bytes. The name of the file as it appears in the location path or url. An "address for a resource". For an organisation or producer acting as caretaker for a media resource, Format Location may contain information about a specific shelf location for an asset, including an organisation's name, departmental name, shelf id. and contact information. The Format Location for a data file or web page may include a complete URI with a domain, path, filename or html URL. Examples: "Archives Building A, Row J, Shelf 2", "d://playout/server/content.mpg", "http://www.ebu.ch/CorporateVideo.avi". To provide a user defined technical attribute. To provide a user defined technical attribute. To provide a user defined technical attribute. To provide a user defined technical attribute. The base number of frames or samples per seconds. This base number can be corrected by a factor calculated as the result of 'factorNumerator/factorDenominator' The numerator of the correction factor The denominator of the correction factor Recommended best practice is to reference the resource by means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system. Relation is used to show the relation in content to another resource. For example, "IsPartOf" is used to show the relation between a part of a radio programme and the whole programme, or between a track and a record album. A resource can be identified by its title, or preferably by an identifier. Relation is used to provide a name, locator, accession, identification number or ID where the related item can be obtained or found. The EBU core metadata set is built as a refinement of the Dublin Core. A title would be given using this element. An identifier would be given using this element. A link to related material. To show the type of relation to another resource, e.g. identifies ways in which the resource is related by intellectual content to some other resource. If exists, it provides the ranking/running order within an ordered list. Optional additional contextual information. MODIF VERSION 1.2 Identifies languages and their use in the intellectual content of the resource. Recommended best practice for the values of the Language element is defined by RFC 1766, which includes a two-letter Language Code (taken from the ISO Standard 639), followed optionally, by a two-letter Country Code (taken from the ISO Standard 3166). For example, 'en' for English, 'fr' for French, or 'en-UK' for English used in the United Kingdom. The usage of the language is also defined. The EBU core metadata set is built as a refinement of the Dublin Core. Indicates the purpose of the language described by the Language element e.g. Main original language, main dubbed language, additional original language, additional dubbed language, descriptive video information, supplemental commentary, Director's commentary, audio description, supplementary audio programme, educational notes, voice over, original commentary, dubbed commentary, original narration, dubbed narration, dubbed dialogue, interviewer language, interviewee language, text description for the hard-of-hearing, titles, subtitles, song lyrics, sign language, dubbed sign language, transcript, caption, open caption, closed caption. Optional additional contextual information. Dates associated with events occurring during the life of the resource. Typically, Date will be associated e.g. with the creation or availability of the resource. The EBU core metadata set is built as a refinement of the Dublin Core. To specify the creation date for a particular version or rendition of a resource across its life cycle. It is the moment in time that the resource was finalized during its production process and is forwarded to other divisions or agencies to make it ready for publication or distribution. A specific time may also be associated with the date. Date of formal issuance (e.g. publication) of the resource. Specifies the formal date for a particular version or rendition of a resource has been made ready or officially released for distribution, publication or consumption, e.g. the broadcasting date of a radio programme. A specific time may also be associated with the date. The date when the resource was last modified The date when the resource was digitised An alternative particular date for which the type can be defined. To provide information about the publication history which falls outside the entries under transmission date/times below. The first transmission date The first transmission time The channel on which the title was first transmitted The date on which content was re-transmitted The time on which content was re-transmitted The channel on which the resource was re-transmitted To identify a person, group of persons or organisation Minimum information providing means to further identify and contact the entity. Minimum information providing means to further identify and contact the entity as an organisation. Cardinality is '1'. Only one organisation is acting as an entity or only one organisation is associated to a person in relation to is occupation in the context of the current content description Used to identify the function fulfilled by the person, group or organisation described as an entity. This is used to detail the role of a 'contributor'. This also applies to e.g. 'creator' as several functions can be seen as participating to the creative process name is used for a company name or if the given cannot be differentiated from the family name The e-mail address through which the contact can be directly accessed The address of the contact. This is the personal address if provided. A professional address is provided in the organisation details The job function of the contact For example, in the case the contact is a performing actor/actress, the stage name will be the fictitious character's name This is used to identify contacts related to the contact being described To identify one or more production area / department / service where the resource was created/originated, in free text The web address where additional information can be found regarding the company The organisation address is also the professional address of the contact in the context of the content being described and in relation to the contact occupation provided in the contact details Useful to provide contact information particularly is no other person information is otherwise provided. Provides address details for an organisation