Description Document With Instantiations

Sample Records

Demo Records for PBCore Root Elements

Here are some demo PBCore records for each root element, provided in XML and human-readable text format, including a PBCore Asset record, a PBCore Instantiation record, a PBCore Asset record grouping multiple Instantiations, and a PBCore Collection record grouping multiple assets. You can refer to these records to see how PBCore concepts could be implemented in real-world scenarios. Select the Root Element you would like to see an example for below.

Minimal Description Document

Minimal Instantiation Document

Description Document

Collection Document

Physical Instantiation Document

Digital Instantiation Document

Description Document with PBCore Parts

Description Document with Instantiation Part

PLAIN TEXT FORMAT

DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT: ASSET TYPE: Episode Source: PBCore ASSET DATE: 1970-11-17 Date type: broadcast IDENTIFIER: 12345 Source: PBCore Handbook TITLE: Hamlet Title type: Episode TITLE: ITV Sunday Night Theater Title type: Series TITLE: 3204 Title type: Episode Number SUBJECT: Princes--Denmark--Drama Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings ref: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109991.html DESCRIPTION: Filmed production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet GENRE: Drama Source: IMDB RELATION: RELATION TYPE: Has Derivative Source: PBCore RELATION IDENTIFIER: 00038 Annotation: A two-disc audio set comprising the soundtrack of the production COVERAGE: COVERAGE: Denmark COVERAGE TYPE: Spatial AUDIENCE LEVEL: General Audience Source: EBU Intended Audience Code AUDIENCE RATING: N/A Annotation: The program predates TV parental guidelines CREATOR: CREATOR: Wood, Peter, 1925-2016 Source: Library of Congress Name Authorities Ref: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86143606.html CREATOR ROLE: Director Source: PBCore CREATOR: CREATOR: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Source: Library of Congress Name Authorities Ref: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095332 CREATOR ROLE: Author Source: PBCore CONTRIBUTOR: CONTRIBUTOR: Chamberlain, Richard, 1935 Source: Library of Congress Name Authorities Ref: http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85158136 CONTRIBUTOR ROLE: Actor Source: PBCore Portrayal: Hamlet PUBLISHER: PUBLISHER: Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Inc. RIGHTS SUMMARY: RIGHTS SUMMARY: Copyright Chamberlain-LeMaire (U.K.) Limited and ATV Network Limited, 1970 INSTANTIATION: INSTANTIATION IDENTIFIER: 422934074 Source: OCLC Number INSTANTIATION DATE: 1970-11-17 Date Type: created INSTANTIATION PHYSICAL: Film Source: PBCore INSTANTIATION LOCATION: UCLA Film and Television Archive INSTANTIATION MEDIA TYPE: Moving Image Source: PBCore INSTANTIATION GENERATIONS: Original Source: PBCore INSTANTIATION DURATION: 01:30:00 INSTANTIATION COLORS: Color INSTANTIATION LANGUAGE: eng INSTANTIATION: INSTANTIATION IDENTIFIER: T:31586 Source: Paley Center for Media Catalog INSTANTIATION DATE: 1970-11-17 Date Type: created INSTANTIATION PHYSICAL: Open reel videotape Source: PBCore INSTANTIATION LOCATION: Paley Center for Media INSTANTIATION MEDIA TYPE: Moving Image Source: PBCore INSTANTIATION GENERATIONS: Copy Source: PBCore INSTANTIATION DURATION: 01:49:43 INSTANTIATION COLORS: Black and white INSTANTIATION LANGUAGE: eng ANNOTATION: Program initially broadcast in the UK as part of ITV Sunday Night Theater and in the United States as part of NBC’s Hallmark Hall of Fame

XML FORMAT

          
            <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>

<pbcoreDescriptionDocument xmlns="http://www.pbcore.org/PBCore/PBCoreNamespace.html" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.pbcore.org/PBCore/PBCoreNamespace.html https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WGBH/PBCore_2.1/master/pbcore-2.1.xsd">

  <pbcoreAssetType source="PBCore">Episode</pbcoreAssetType>

  <pbcoreAssetDate dateType="broadcast">1970-11-17</pbcoreAssetDate>

  <pbcoreIdentifier source="PBCore Handbook">12345</pbcoreIdentifier>

  <pbcoreTitle titleType="Episode">Hamlet</pbcoreTitle>

  <pbcoreTitle titleType="Series">ITV Sunday Night Theater</pbcoreTitle>

  <pbcoreSubject ref="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008109991.html" source="Library of Congress Subject Headings">Princes–Denmark–Drama </pbcoreSubject>

  <pbcoreDescription>Filmed production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet</pbcoreDescription>

  <pbcoreGenre source="IMDB">Drama</pbcoreGenre>

  <pbcoreRelation>

    <pbcoreRelationType source="PBCore">Has Derivative</pbcoreRelationType>

    <pbcoreRelationIdentifier annotation="A two-disc audio set comprising the soundtrack of the production">00038</pbcoreRelationIdentifier>

  </pbcoreRelation>

  <pbcoreCoverage>

    <coverage>Denmark</coverage>

    <coverageType>Spatial</coverageType>

  </pbcoreCoverage>

  <pbcoreAudienceLevel source="EBU Intended Audience Code">General Audience</pbcoreAudienceLevel>

  <pbcoreAudienceRating annotation="The program predates TV parental guidelines">N/A</pbcoreAudienceRating>

  <pbcoreCreator>

   <creator source="Library of Congress Name Authorities"    ref="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n86143606.html">Wood, Peter, 1925-2016</creator>

    <creatorRole source="PBCore">Director</creatorRole>

  </pbcoreCreator>

  <pbcoreCreator>

    <creator source="Library of Congress Name Authorities" ref="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78095332">Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616</creator>

    <creatorRole source="PBCore">Author</creatorRole>

  </pbcoreCreator>

  <pbcoreContributor>

    <contributor source="Library of Congress Name Authorities" ref="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n85158136">Chamberlain, Richard, 1935</contributor>

    <contributorRole portrayal="Hamlet" source="PBCore">Actor</contributorRole>

  </pbcoreContributor>

  <pbcorePublisher>

    <publisher>Hallmark Hall of Fame Productions, Inc.</publisher>

  </pbcorePublisher>

  <pbcoreRightsSummary>

    <rightsSummary>Copyright Chamberlain-LeMaire (U.K.) Limited and ATV Network Limited, 1970</rightsSummary>

  </pbcoreRightsSummary>

  <pbcoreInstantiation>

    <instantiationIdentifier source="OCLC Number">422934074</instantiationIdentifier>

    <instantiationDate dateType="created">1970-11-17</instantiationDate>

    <instantiationPhysical source="PBCore">Film</instantiationPhysical>

    <instantiationLocation>UCLA Film and Television Archive</instantiationLocation>

    <instantiationMediaType source="PBCore">Moving Image</instantiationMediaType>

    <instantiationGenerations source="PBCore">Original</instantiationGenerations>

    <instantiationDuration>01:30:00</instantiationDuration>

    <instantiationColors source="">Color</instantiationColors>

    <instantiationLanguage>eng</instantiationLanguage>

  </pbcoreInstantiation>

  <pbcoreInstantiation>

    <instantiationIdentifier source="Paley Center for Media Catalog">T:31586</instantiationIdentifier>

    <instantiationDate dateType="created">11/17/1970</instantiationDate>

    <instantiationPhysical source="PBCore">Open reel videotape</instantiationPhysical>

    <instantiationLocation>Paley Center for Media</instantiationLocation>

    <instantiationMediaType source="PBCore">Moving Image</instantiationMediaType>

    <instantiationGenerations source="PBCore">Copy</instantiationGenerations>

    <instantiationDuration>01:49:43</instantiationDuration>

    <instantiationColors source="">Black and white</instantiationColors>

    <instantiationLanguage>eng</instantiationLanguage>

  </pbcoreInstantiation>

  <pbcoreAnnotation>Program initially broadcast in the UK as part of ITV Sunday Night Theater and in the United States as part of NBC’s Hallmark Hall of Fame </pbcoreAnnotation>

</pbcoreDescriptionDocument>

Real-world Example Records

Here are some example records gathered from organizations that are actually using PBCore. Each organization uses PBCore slightly differently to fit their specific needs. See if any of those needs align with yours, and if you're using PBCore in a different way, contact PBCoreInfo@wgbh.org to add an example record to this page.

CUNY Export from ProTrack: This record is an example of a mapping performed by CUNY TV from ProTrack to export program metadata in PBCore. Note that in this example, instantiationLocation, a required element, is present to confirm to PBCore's specifications but contains no data.
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KLRU Digitized Multitrack Audio Record: This record from KLRU's Austin City Limits digitization project uses multiple instantiationParts to track the relationships between the multi-track audio reels that make up the physical instantiation and the digital master files created for each track during the preservation process.
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Library of Congress MAVIS Export Mapped to PBCore: This is an example of a PBCore-formatted export from MAVIS, the Merged Audio Visual Information System used for the Library of Congress' audiovisual catalog.
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Yale Audio and Video Records: These records, contributed by Yale University Library, represent an audio and a video asset from their mass digitization project. Their audio PBCore was developed with the help of George Blood Audio Video Film Data, and their video PBCore with the assistance of Media Preserve.
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MediaInfo Digital Instantiation Record: This record is an example of the PBCore 2.1 output from MediaInfo. On more for how to use MediaInfo to generate instantiationDocuments, read our blog post.
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American Archive of Public Broadcasting Records: These records are from the PBCore that underlies the American Archive of Public Broadcasting website. The first has multiple physical and digital instantiations in different locations, while, for the other, only the AAPB's digital instantiations are represented.
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Radio Free Europe Video Record: This record features extensive descriptive and subject cataloging, including multilingual titles and the use of a Description element to store a transcript, as well as multiple digital instantiations representing different generations of a file.
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