The document discusses the content structure and metadata organization in the Avalon Media System, highlighting decision points regarding RDF and EBU core usage. It includes specific examples of audio tracks and their order, as well as suggestions for enhancing item structure through separate ontologies. The focus is on achieving a hierarchical representation of media pieces using structural metadata.

1. A-­‐sides,
B-­‐sides,
Chapters,
and
Special
Features:
Describing
content
and
structure
in
Avalon
Media
System
Juliet
L.
Hardesty
Indiana
University
Libraries
jlhardes@iu.edu
DLF
Forum,
October
27-­‐29,
2014,
Atlanta,
Georgia
RDF
opPons:
• EBUCore
• RDF:Seq
• RDF:OLO
• RDF:custom
RDF
Example
EBUCore
Decision
points:
• How
Of
note:
nothing
explicitly
ordered,
order
implicit
in
PURLs
Goal
Avalon
defines
hierarchical
parts
-­‐
assign
PURLs
based
on
structural
metadata
or
files
• Create
or
use
separate
ontology
for
order
and
combine
with
EBUCore
• Hydra::Works
model
might
also
help
define
structure
of
Avalon
item
Next
Steps
CD
1
Copland,
Three
Piano
Excerpts
from
Our
Town
Track
1.
Story
of
Our
Town
(2:29)
Track
2.
ConversaPon
at
the
Soda
Fountain
(2:28)
Track
3.
The
ResPng
Place
on
the
Hill
(4:37)
Copland,
Four
Episodes
from
Rodeo
Track
4.
Buckaroo
Holiday
(7:49)
Track
5.
Corral
Nocturne
(4:04)
Track
6.
Saturday
Night
Waltz
(4:17)
Track
7.
Hoe-­‐Down
(3:18)
Track
8.
Copland,
Piano
VariaPons
(12:30)
Copland,
Four
Piano
Blues
Track
9.
For
Leo
Smit:
Freely
poePc
(2:42)
Track
10.
For
Andor
Foldes:
Sob
and
languid
(3:01)
Track
11.
For
Willian
Kapell:
Muted
and
sensuous
(3:34)
Track
12.
For
John
Kirkpatrick:
With
bounce
(1:22)
Track
13.
Copland,
Danzon
Cubano
(6:41)
Regardless
of
actual
files
for
item
Video
example
Audio
example
Current
Structure
One
file
per
list
item