About: Metadata Application Profile
The descriptive and bibliographic metadata for The Santa Claus Museum & Village.
Metadata Application Profile for The Santa Claus Museum & Village
| Metadata | Dublin Core Mapping | Cardinality | Obligation | Content Guidelines | Controlled Vocabulary | Examples | Notes |
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| objectid | Identifier | Not Repeatable | Mandatory | A unique and unambiguous identification given to the resource. Follows the format: scmv_### |
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| filename | Identifier | Not Repeatable | Mandatory | The unique identification given to a resource when uploaded to Github. To match the objectid, i.e., scm_###. |
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| title | Title | Repeatable | Mandatory | A name given to the resource with the first letter of each word capitalized. |
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If no proper title name can be given, context clues will be used to create a title. | |
| format | Format | Not Repeatable | Mandatory | The file format of the digital object i.e., .JPG...Follow format on IANA | IANA Media Types |
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| material | Format | Not Repeatable | Mandatory | The physical material culture used to create the artifact. List the basic material item is made from. | AAT |
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| description | Description | Not Repeatable | Mandatory | A concise and brief description of object item. Typically, 1 sentence in length, no more than 2 sentences. |
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| date | Date | Not Repeatable | Mandatory, if applicable | The year an artifact was originally manufactured or the year a Dear Santa Letter was written. "YYYY, YYYY-MM, or YYYY-MM-DD" | ISO 8601 |
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| location | Coverage | Not Repeatable | Mandatory, if applicable | This field is for the Dear Santa Letters by children from various geographical locations. "City, Sate, Country" or "City, Country" | TGN |
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Depending on letter or item we might not have detailed location information so a lot might just be "Santa Claus, Indiana" if more detailed locations are available then it will be provided as best as possible. |
| creator | Creator | Repeatable | Mandatory, if applicable | The child who wrote the letter to Santa if applicable. Follows Last Name/Initial, First Name/Initial. If multiple names on one letter, names separated by semicolons and if no name, it will be left blank. For artifacts, creator will typically be Santa Claus Land. |
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| display | Coverage | Not Repeatable | Mandatory | The current location of an item - either on display or in storage. There are only two options to keep it simple and controlled: On Display or In Storage. |
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Some items within the collection are currently on display in the museum, this field is used to note if they are on display or are in storage. This field can be used to help with media inquiries if they need pictures of the item or more information. | |
| type | Type | Not Repeatable | Mandatory | The type of the physical item. There is only two options currently for first iteration of collection: Physical Object or Text. | DCMI: Dublin Core™ Metadata Type Vocabulary |
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| rights | Rights | Repeatable | Mandatory, if applicable | A rights statement for select items. | Rights Statement | The Santa Claus Museum owns photographs of the artifacts and digitized letters. Commercial status is unknown at this time. | |
| rightsstatement | Rights Statement | Not Repeatable | Mandatory | A rights statement for select items. | RightsStatements.org | The Santa Claus Museum owns photographs of the artifacts and digitized letters. Commercial status is unknown at this time. |
Technical Credits - CollectionBuilder
This digital collection is built with CollectionBuilder, an open source framework for creating digital collection and exhibit websites that is developed by faculty librarians at the University of Idaho Library following the Lib-Static methodology.
The site started from the CollectionBuilder-GH template which utilizes the static website generator Jekyll and GitHub Pages to build and host digital collections and exhibits.