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Import metadata

You can import metadata by including a directory called metadata in your transer. The directory can contain any type of metadata that you wish to preserve alongside your digital objects. The Process Metadata Directory Microservice will perform a number of preservation actions on objects in this directory.

Archivematica also supports conventions for importing descriptive metadata and rights metadata that will tranpose the contents of the metadata files into the METs file. Metadata in the METS file is searchable in the Archival Storage tab.

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Create a transfer with submission documentation

Importing descriptive metadata with metadata.csv

  1. Create a transfer folder that contains a folder called metadata. For simple objects, the user places files in the objects directory, with or without intervening subdirectories.
Metadata folder in transfer directory contains metadata.csv file

Metadata folder in transfer directory contains metadata.csv file

  1. For compound objects, create one or more subdirectories in the objects directory, each containing the files that form a compound object.

Important

The subdirectory names must not contain spaces or other forbidden characters.

  1. Add a csv file to the metadata folder for the transfer called metadata.csv.

  • The first row of the csv file consists of field names. Field names must not include spaces.

  • Dublin Core field names must contain the “dc” element in the name, eg “dc.title”. Note that the Dublin Core is not validated, this is up to the user.

  • Each subsequent row contains the complete set of field values for a single directory or file.

  • As of version 1.4, mixed directory and object level metadata is allowed in the metadata.csv.

  • For multi-value fields (such as dc.subject), the entire column is repeated and each column contains a single value.

  • If the metadata are for simple objects, the csv file must contain a “filename” column listing the filepath and filename of each objects: eg “objects/BrocktonOval.jp2”

  • If the metadata are for compound objects, the “filename” column contains the names of the directories containing the items that form the compound object: eg “objects/Jan021964”

  • Note that filenames can be duplicates of filenames in other subdirectories if desired. For example, the name “page01.jp2” can occur in multiple subdirectories.

    Example csv file contents

    Example metadata.csv file contents

  1. At the generate METS micro-service, Archivematica parses the metadata in metadata.csv to the METS file, as follows:
  • All Dublin Core elements are used to generate a dmdSec for each directory or file with MDTYPE=”DC”
  • All non-Dublin Core elements are used to generate a dmdSec for each directory or file with MDTYPE=”OTHER” OTHERMDTYPE=”CUSTOM”
  • The dmdSecs are linked to their directories or files in the structMap.

Simple objects

This section provides metadata.csv file and METS file examples for simple objects - i.e. individual files that are not pages in a compound object such as a book or a newspaper issue.

metadata.csv file

Sample headings and values

filename dc.title dcterms.issued dc.publisher dc.contributor dc.subject dc.subject dc.date dc.description notes dcterms.isPartOf repository dc.rights project_website dc.format
objects/BrocktonOval.jp2 Stanley Park in December 1996-01-17 Riley Studios, Vancouver BC Don Langfield, photographer Vancouver (B.C.)–Parks Landscapes 1992/12/04 Image shows Brockton Oval after light snowfall Originally part of series entitled “Winter in Vancouver” Riley Studios collection New Caledonia Public Library Copyright held by Riley Studios http://www.ncpl/donlangfieldphotographs.ca image/jp2
objects/QEParksunset.jp2 Sunset in Queen Elizabeth Park   Riley Studios, Vancouver BC Don Langfield, photographer Vancouver (B.C.)–Parks   1994/07/13     Riley Studios collection New Caledonia Public Library Copyright held by Riley Studios http://www.ncpl/donlangfieldphotographs.ca image/jp2

METS file

<mets xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/METS/" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/METS/ http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/version18/mets.xsd">
<dmdSec ID="dmdSec_1">
    <mdWrap MDTYPE="DC">
       <xmlData>
          <dublincore xsi:schemaLocation="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1 http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/dc.xsd http://purl.org/dc/terms/ http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/2008/2/11/dcterms.xsd">
            <title>Stanley Park in December</title>
            <issued>1996-01-17</issued>
            <subject>Vancouver (B.C.)--Parks</subject>
            <subject>Landscapes</subject>
            <description>Image shows Brockton Oval after light snowfall</description>
            <publisher>Riley Studios, Vancouver B.C.</publisher>
            <contributor>Don Langfield, photographer</contributor>
            <date>1992-12-04</date>
            <isPartOf>Riley Studios collection</isPartOf>
            <rights>Copyright held by Riley Studios</rights>
            <format>image/jp2</format>
           </dublincore>
       </xmlData>
      </mdWrap>
   </dmdSec>
<dmdSec ID="dmdSec_2">
    <mdWrap MDTYPE="OTHER" OTHERMDTYPE="CUSTOM">
        <xmlData>
            <notes>
                Originally part of series entitled "Winter in Vancouver"
            </notes>
            <repository>
                New Caledonia Public Library
            </repository>
            <project_website>http://www.ncpl/donlangfieldphotographs.ca</project_website>
        </xmlData>
    </mdWrap>
</dmdSec>
<dmdSec ID="dmdSec_3">
    <mdWrap MDTYPE="DC">
        <xmlData>
            <dublincore xsi:schemaLocation="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1 http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/dc.xsd http://purl.org/dc/terms/ http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/2008/2/11/dcterms.xsd">
            <title>Sunset in Queen Elizabeth Park</title>
            <subject>Vancouver (B.C.)--Parks</subject>
            <publisher>Riley Studios, Vancouver BC</publisher>
            <contributor>Don Langfield, photographer</contributor>
            <date>1994-07-13</date>
            <rights>Copyright held by Riley Studios</rights>
        </dublincore>
    </xmlData>
</mdWrap>
</dmdSec>
<dmdSec ID="dmdSec_4">
    <mdWrap MDTYPE="OTHER" OTHERMDTYPE="CUSTOM">
        <xmlData>
            <forms_part_of>Riley Studios collection </forms_part_of>
            <repository>New Caledonia Public Library</repository>
            <project_website>http://www.ncpl/donlangfieldphotographs.ca</project_website>
            <digital_image_format>image/jp2</digital_image_format>
        </xmlData>
    </mdWrap>
</dmdSec>
<fileSec>
    <fileGrp USE="original">
        <file ID="BrocktonOval.jp2-aeebe429-9b5f-453c-8f73-57ed53f12b6f" GROUPID="Group-aeebe429-9b5f-453c-8f73-57ed53f12b6f" ADMID="amdSec_1">
            <FLocat xlink:href="objects/BrocktonOval.jp2" LOCTYPE="OTHER" OTHERLOCATYPE="SYSTEM"/>
        </file>
        <file ID="QE_Park_sunset.jp2-47faa4c2-fa23-4484-aa08-8d50945b1c5d" GROUPID="Group-47faa4c2-fa23-4484-aa08-8d50945b1c5d" ADMID="amdSec_2">
            <FLocat xlink:href="objects/QE_Park_sunset.jp2" LOCTYPE="OTHER" OTHERLOCATYPE="SYSTEM"/>
        </file>
    </fileGrp>
</fileSec>
<structMap TYPE="physical" LABEL="Archivematica default">
    <div TYPE="directory" LABEL="Simple-0c754dae-6a7f-4837-9ecd-8a0ff36e694b">
        <div TYPE="directory" LABEL="objects">
            <div TYPE="Item" DMDID="dmdSec_1 dmdSec_2">
                <fptr FILEID="BrocktonOval.jp2-aeebe429-9b5f-453c-8f73-57ed53f12b6f"/>
            </div>
            <div TYPE="Item" DMDID="dmdSec_3 dmdSec_4">
                <fptr FILEID="QE_Park_sunset.jp2-47faa4c2-fa23-4484-aa08-8d50945b1c5d"/>
            </div>
            <div TYPE="directory" LABEL="submissionDocumentation">
                <div TYPE="directory" LABEL="transfer-Simple-525a57bb-cec8-4279-ae77-b95171f84c59"/>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</structMap>
</mets>

Compound objects

This section provides csv file and METS file examples for compound objects - i.e. multi-page digital objects such as newspapers and books.

metadata.csv file

Sample headings and values

parts dc.title alternative_title dc.publisher dates_of_publication dc.subject dc.date dc.description frequency dc.language forms_part_of repository project_website digital_file_format
objects/Jan021964 Coast News, January 02, 1964 Sunshine Coast News Fred Cruice 1945-1995 Gibsons (B.C.)–Newspapers 1964/01/02 Serving the Growing Sunshine Coast Weekly English British Columbia Historical Newspapers collection Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives http://historicalnewspapers.library.ubc.ca image/jp2
objects/Jan091964 Coast News, January 09, 1964 Sunshine Coast News Fred Cruice 1945-1995 Gibsons (B.C.)–Newspapers 1964/01/09 Serving the Growing Sunshine Coast Weekly English British Columbia Historical Newspapers collection Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives http://historicalnewspapers.library.ubc.ca image/jp2

METS file

<mets xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/METS/" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/METS/ http://www.loc.gov/standards/mets/version18/mets.xsd">
<dmdSec ID="dmdSec_1">
    <mdWrap MDTYPE="DC">
        <xmlData>
            <dublincore xsi:schemaLocation="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1 http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/dc.xsd http://purl.org/dc/terms/ http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/2008/2/11/dcterms.xsd">
            <title>Coast News, January 02, 1964</title>
            <subject>Gibsons (B.C.)--Newspapers</subject>
            <description>Serving the Growing Sunshine Coast</description>
            <publisher>Fred Cruice</publisher>
            <date>1964/01/02</date>
            <language>English</language>
        </dublincore>
    </xmlData>
</mdWrap>
</dmdSec>
<dmdSec ID="dmdSec_2">
    <mdWrap MDTYPE="OTHER" OTHERMDTYPE="CUSTOM">
        <xmlData>
            <alternative_title>Sunshine Coast News</alternative_title>
            <dates_of_publication>1945-1995</dates_of_publication>
            <frequency>Weekly</frequency>
            <forms_part_of>British Columbia Historical Newspapers Collection</forms_part_of>
            <repository>
                Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives
            </repository>
            <project_website>http://historicalnewspapers.library.ubc.ca</project_website>
            <digital_image_format>image/jp2</digital_image_format>
        </xmlData>
    </mdWrap>
</dmdSec>
<dmdSec ID="dmdSec_3">
    <mdWrap MDTYPE="DC">
        <xmlData>
            <dublincore xsi:schemaLocation="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1 http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/dc.xsd http://purl.org/dc/terms/ http://dublincore.org/schemas/xmls/qdc/2008/2/11/dcterms.xsd">
            <title>Coast News, January 09, 1964</title>
            <subject>Gibsons (B.C.)--Newspapers</subject>
            <description>Serving the Growing Sunshine Coast</description>
            <publisher>Fred Cruice</publisher>
            <date>1964/01/09</date>
            <language>English</language>
        </dublincore>
    </xmlData>
</mdWrap>
</dmdSec>
<dmdSec ID="dmdSec_4">
    <mdWrap MDTYPE="OTHER" OTHERMDTYPE="CUSTOM">
        <xmlData>
            <alternative_title>Sunshine Coast News</alternative_title>
            <dates_of_publication>1945-1995</dates_of_publication>
            <frequency>Weekly</frequency>
            <forms_part_of>British Columbia Historical Newspapers Collection</forms_part_of>
            <repository>Sunshine Coast Museum and Archives</repository>
            <project_website>http://historicalnewspapers.library.ubc.ca</project_website>
            <digital_image_format>image/jp2</digital_image_format>
        </xmlData>
    </mdWrap>
</dmdSec>
<fileSec>
    <fileGrp USE="original">
        <file ID="page01.jp2-31e3ee5c-ff7a-4fb9-818d-e325345a5766" GROUPID="Group-31e3ee5c-ff7a-4fb9-818d-e325345a5766" ADMID="amdSec_1">
            <FLocat xlink:href="objects/Jan021964/page01.jp2" LOCTYPE="OTHER" OTHERLOCTYPE="SYSTEM"/>
        </file>
        <file ID="page02.jp2-626bc937-5a6e-4a32-adf4-7db7ab5a3e66" GROUPID="Group-626bc937-5a6e-4a32-adf4-7db7ab5a3e66" ADMID="amdSec_2">
            <FLocat xlink:href="objects/Jan021964/page02.jp2" LOCTYPE="OTHER" OTHERLOCTYPE="SYSTEM"/>
        </file>
        <file ID="page01.jp2-38e939e0-74fe-4ace-81ff-da4b89fa3481" GROUPID="Group-38e939e0-74fe-4ace-81ff-da4b89fa3481" ADMID="amdSec_3">
            <FLocat xlink:href="objects/Jan091964/page01.jp2" LOCTYPE="OTHER" OTHERLOCTYPE="SYSTEM"/>
        </file>
        <file ID="page02.jp2-f42aaa1b-3816-45ed-9419-193474462481" GROUPID="Group-f42aaa1b-3816-45ed-9419-193474462481" ADMID="amdSec_4">
            <FLocat xlink:href="objects/Jan091964/page02.jp2" LOCTYPE="OTHER" OTHERLOCTYPE="SYSTEM"/>
        </file>
    </fileGrp>
</fileSec>
<structMap TYPE="physical" LABEL="Archivematica default">
    <div TYPE="directory" LABEL="Compound-6ef65864-d8ce-46df-b6e7-cd7d75498110">
        <div TYPE="directory" LABEL="objects">
            <div TYPE="directory" LABEL="Jan021964" DMDID="dmdSec_1 dmdSec_2">
                <div TYPE="item">
                    <fptr FILEID="page01.jp2-31e3ee5c-ff7a-4fb9-818d-e325345a5766"/>
                </div>
                <div TYPE="item">
                    <fptr FILEID="page02.jp2-626bc937-5a6e-4a32-adf4-7db7ab5a3e66"/>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div TYPE="directory" LABEL="Jan091964" DMDID="dmdSec_3 dmdSec_4">
                <div TYPE="item">
                    <fptr FILEID="page01.jp2-38e939e0-74fe-4ace-81ff-da4b89fa3481"/>
                </div>
                <div TYPE="item">
                    <fptr FILEID="page02.jp2-f42aaa1b-3816-45ed-9419-193474462481"/>
                </div>
            </div>
            <div TYPE="directory" LABEL="submissionDocumentation">
                <div TYPE="directory" LABEL="transfer-Compound-03e22333-4ce3-415f-adbf-9d392931bfb6"/>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
</structMap>
</mets>

Importing rights metadata with rights.csv

Rights information can be associated to specific files in a transfer by creating a rights.csv file that conforms to the structure below.

You can enter multiple acts for the same rights basis. Rows for the same object with the same rights basis will be treated as separate acts for the basis and merged. For example, the first two rows below will be merged, while the third row will be separate. You can read more about rights metadata here: PREMIS metadata in Archivematica

file basis status determination_date jurisdiction start_date end_date terms citation note grant_act grant_restriction grant_start_date grant_end_date grant_note doc_id_type doc_id_value doc_id_role
image1.tif copyright copyrighted 2011-01-01 ca 2011-01-01 2013-12-31 Terms of copyright. Citation of copyright. Note about copyright. disseminate disallow 2011-01-01 2013-12-31 Grant note Copyright documentation identifier type. Copyright documentation identifier value. Copyright documentation identifier role.
image1.tif copyright copyrighted 2011-01-01 ca 2011-01-01 2013-12-31 Terms of copyright. Citation of copyright. Note about copyright. use disallow 2011-01-01 2013-12-31 Grant note Copyright documentation identifier type. Copyright documentation identifier value. Copyright documentation identifier role.
document.pdf license       2000-09-09 2010-09-08 Terms of license. Note about license. migrate allow     2000-09-00 Grant note License documentation identifier type. License documentation identifier value. License documentation identifier role.

The rights.csv file is parsed by the job “Load Rights” within the “Characterize and Extract Metadata” microservice run during transfer.

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