Repositories
What are they and what are they good for?
2/2/09 Chris Beer <chris_beer@wgbh.org>
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Potential Assets
Content Metadata
Assets Concepts Types Formats
Video Series Descriptive PBCore
Audio Folder Administrative EAD
Text Clips Technical Embedded
Stills Preservation METS
Transcripts Rights ODRL
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Collection
Content Model
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Series Collection Logo
wgbh:103 wgbh:104 wgbh:118
Program Stock Footage Series Logo
wgbh:106 wgbh:107 wgbh:108 wgbh:105 wgbh:119
Element Full Program Video Thumbnail Legal Contract Stock Footage
wgbh:120 wgbh:110 wgbh:109 wgbh:111 wgbh:113
Still Photo Camera 2 Iso Camera 1 Iso Research Document Thumbnail
wgbh:IMAGE
wgbh:MEDIA
RELS_EXT
wgbh:LOG wgbh:DOCUMENT RELS_EXT
PBCore
RELS_EXT RELS_EXT PBCore wgbh:CONCEPT
wgbh:116 wgbh:114 wgbh:115 wgbh:112 Archive
PBCore PBCore Essence RELS_EXT
Thumbnail Transcript Transcript (lang:FR) Thumbnail Full
File File Proxy PBCore
Preview
Rights Rights StreamingProxy
Thumbnail
Rights
Rights
Content Models
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mera 2 Iso Camera 1 Iso Research Document Thumbnail
wgbh:IMAGE
wgbh:MEDIA
RELS_EXT
wgbh:LOG wgbh:DOCUMENT RELS_EXT
PBCore
RELS_EXT RELS_EXT PBCore wgbh:CONCEPT
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PBCore PBCore Essence RELS_EXT
pt Transcript (lang:FR) Thumbnail Full
File File Proxy PBCore
Preview
Rights Rights StreamingProxy
Thumbnail
Rights
Rights
Content Models
RELS_EXT PBCore Essence Proxy StreamingProxy Rights
Compressed Compressed
Descriptive and Reference to the version of the version of the ODRL use +
RDF relationship
Administrative high-res digital reuse rights
Essence file Essence file
data
Metadata asset description
appropriate for appropriate for
download streaming
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Repository Checklist
Challenges
Requirements
Browsing, searching and accessing content-free items
content
dark items
Access policies and rights
management
multiple assets for one record
Support for a wide range of file
formats
lack of standardization
Customizable user interface
low quality metadata
Scalability lack of organization
Digital preservation and trust evolving technology
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Repository Functions UI
Digitization Discovery
Cataloging
Dissemination
Transformation
Transformation
Content
Clients
Re
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Prese
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Management
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DSpace Fedora MediaMATRIX
SRB
Storage Access
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Access Model
Search
Storage
Design
MediaMATRIX
Repository
Interface
Fedora DSpace
Utilities
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References
• MIRACLE Project Research
Findings in CLIR
• Institutional Repository
Checklist for Serving
Institutional Management from
Open Repositories ’08
• OAIS reference model
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