Description Document With Pbcore Parts

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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.

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Description Document with PBCore Parts

Description Document with Instantiation Part

PLAIN TEXT FORMAT

DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT: ASSET TYPE: Compilation Source: PBCore IDENTIFIER: 978-1-62789-267-4 Source: ISBN IDENTIFIER: 123456 Source: WGBH Barcode TITLE: Wild West Title Type: Box Set DESCRIPTION: They were "heroes" and rebels, but they were all epic personalities who took center stage in the creation of the mythic Wild West. This superb selection of documentaries and authentically reproduced memorabilia combine to present compelling portraits of the icons who risked everything in a dazzling new land of opportunity. Source: Back of box GENRE: Documentary COVERAGE: COVERAGE: American West COVERAGE TYPE: Spatial COVERAGE: COVERAGE: 19th Century COVERAGE TYPE: Temporal CREATOR: CREATOR: WGBH CREATOR ROLE: Producer CREATOR: CREATOR: Griberg, Sharon CREATOR ROLE: Senior Producer CREATOR: CREATOR: Samuels, Mark CREATOR ROLE: Executive Producer PUBLISHER: PUBLISHER: PBS Distribution PUBLISHER ROLE: Distributor Source: PBCore RIGHTS SUMMARY: AMERICAN EXPERIENCE is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston. Senior Producer: Sharon Griberg. Executive Producer: Mark Samels. Images Courtesy of: Alamy & Getty Images. Additional DVD materials and packaging copyright 2016 PBS Distribution. All rights reserved. Source: Back of box INSTANTIATION: INSTANTIATION IDENTIFIER: 123456 Source: WGBH Barcode INSTANTIATION STANDARD: NTSC INSTANTIATION LOCATION: WGBH INSTANTIATION MEDIA TYPE: Moving Image Source: PBCore INSTANTIATION GENERATIONS: Copy: Access Source: PBCore INSTANTIATION DURATION: 6:00:00 INSTANTIATION ALTERNATIVE MODES: English SDH Subtitles INSTANTIATION ANNOTATION: DVD Box Set PBCORE PART: ASSET TYPE: Program Source: PBCore IDENTIFIER: 123456-1-BK Source: WGBH TITLE: Billy the Kid SUBJECT: Billy the Kid DESCRIPTION: On April 28, 1881, just days from being hanged for murder, 21-year-old Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid, outfoxed his jailors and electrified the nation with the last in a long line of daring escapes. Just a few weeks later, he was finally gunned down by an ambitious sheriff, and the felling of one of the most notorious criminals of the age made headlines across the country. Source: American Experience website CREATOR: CREATOR: Maggio, John CREATOR ROLE: Producer CREATOR: CREATOR: Murphy, Michael CREATOR ROLE: Narrator PBCORE PART: ASSET TYPE: Program Source: PBCore IDENTIFIER: 123456-1-JJ Source: WGBH TITLE: Jesse James SUBJECT: Jesse James DESCRIPTION: The legend of Jesse James is one of America’s most familiar myths – and one of its most wrong-headed. James, so the legend goes, was a Western outlaw, but in reality, he never went west. He has been called American’s own Robin Hood, yet he robbed both rich and poor, and was never seen to share his ill-gotten gains. He was known as a gunfighter – but his victims were almost always unarmed. Less heroic than brutal, James was a member of a vicious band of Missouri guerrillas during the Civil War, and sought vengeance for the Confederate defeat afterwards. In a life steeped in prolific violence and bloodshed, he met what was perhaps the most fitting end. Source: American Experience website CREATOR: CREATOR: Zwonitzer, Mark CREATOR ROLE: Producer CREATOR: CREATOR: Murphy, Michael CREATOR ROLE: Narrator PBCORE PART: ASSET TYPE: Program Source: PBCore IDENTIFIER: 123456-1-BC Source: WGBH TITLE: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid SUBJECT: Butch Cassidy SUBJECT: The Sundance Kid DESCRIPTION: In an era in which cold-blooded killers such as Jesse James and the Younger Brothers terrorized the American West, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid and their Wild Bunch gang took a smart and methodical approach to bank and train robbery. In the 1890s, their thrilling exploits – robbing banks and trains and then seemingly vanishing into thin air – became front-page news and the basis of rumor and myth, captivating Americans from coast to coast. Source: American Experience website CREATOR: CREATOR: Maggio, John CREATOR ROLE: Producer CREATOR: CREATOR: Murphy, Michael CREATOR ROLE: Narrator

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

  <pbcoreIdentifier source="ISBN">978-1-62789-267-4</pbcoreIdentifier>

  <pbcoreIdentifier source="Barcode">123456</pbcoreIdentifier>

  <pbcoreTitle titleType="Box Set">Wild West</pbcoreTitle>

  <pbcoreDescription descriptionType="Item" source="Back of box">They were "heroes" and rebels, but they were all epic personalities who took center stage in the creation of the mythic Wild West. This superb selection of documentaries and authentically reproduced memorabilia combine to present compelling portraits of the icons who risked everything in a dazzling new land of opportunity. </pbcoreDescription>

  <pbcoreGenre>Documentary</pbcoreGenre>

  <pbcoreCoverage>

    <coverage>American West</coverage>

    <coverageType>Spatial</coverageType>

  </pbcoreCoverage>

  <pbcoreCoverage>

    <coverage>19th Century</coverage>

    <coverageType>Temporal</coverageType>

  </pbcoreCoverage>

  <pbcoreCreator>

    <creator>WGBH</creator>

    <creatorRole>Producer</creatorRole>

  </pbcoreCreator>

  <pbcoreCreator>

    <creator>Grimberg, Sharon</creator>

    <creatorRole>Producer</creatorRole>

  </pbcoreCreator>

  <pbcoreCreator>

    <creator>Samels, Mark</creator>

    <creatorRole source="PBCore">Executive Producer</creatorRole>

  </pbcoreCreator>

  <pbcorePublisher>

    <publisher>PBS Distribution</publisher>

    <publisherRole source="PBCore">Distributor</publisherRole>

  </pbcorePublisher>

  <pbcoreRightsSummary>

    <rightsSummary source="Back of box"> AMERICAN EXPERIENCE is produced for PBS by WGBH Boston. Senior Producer: Sharon Griberg. Executive Producer: Mark Samels. Images Courtesy of: Alamy &amp; Getty Images. Additional DVD materials and packaging copyright 2016 PBS Distribution. All rights reserved.</rightsSummary>

  </pbcoreRightsSummary>

  <pbcoreInstantiation>

    <instantiationIdentifier source="WGBH Barcode">123456</instantiationIdentifier>

    <instantiationStandard>NTSC</instantiationStandard>

    <instantiationLocation>WGBH</instantiationLocation>

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

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

    <instantiationDuration>6:00:00</instantiationDuration>

    <instantiationLanguage>eng</instantiationLanguage>

    <instantiationAlternativeModes>English SDH Subtitles</instantiationAlternativeModes>

    <instantiationAnnotation>DVD Box Set</instantiationAnnotation>

  </pbcoreInstantiation>

  <pbcoreAnnotation>Includes a memorabilia collection of replica documents sourced from national and state collections, including the Library of Congress. </pbcoreAnnotation>

  <pbcorePart>

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

    <pbcoreIdentifier source="WGBH">123456-1-BK</pbcoreIdentifier>

    <pbcoreTitle>Billy the Kid</pbcoreTitle>

    <pbcoreSubject >Billy the Kid</pbcoreSubject>

    <pbcoreDescription source="American Experience website">On April 28, 1881, just days from being hanged for murder, 21-year-old Henry McCarty, alias Billy the Kid, outfoxed his jailors and electrified the nation with the last in a long line of daring escapes. Just a few weeks later, he was finally gunned down by an ambitious sheriff, and the felling of one of the most notorious criminals of the age made headlines across the country.</pbcoreDescription>

    <pbcoreCreator>

       <creator>Maggio, John</creator>

       <creatorRole>Producer</creatorRole>

    </pbcoreCreator>

    <pbcoreCreator>

       <creator>Murphy, Michael</creator>

       <creatorRole>Narrator</creatorRole>

    </pbcoreCreator>

  </pbcorePart>

  <pbcorePart>

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

    <pbcoreIdentifier source="WGBH">123456-1-JJ</pbcoreIdentifier>

    <pbcoreTitle>Jesse James</pbcoreTitle>

    <pbcoreSubject>Jesse James</pbcoreSubject>

    <pbcoreDescription source="American Experience website">The legend of Jesse James is one of America’s most familiar myths – and one of its most wrong-headed. James, so the legend goes, was a Western outlaw, but in reality, he never went west. He has been called American’s own Robin Hood, yet he robbed both rich and poor, and was never seen to share his ill-gotten gains. He was known as a gunfighter – but his victims were almost always unarmed. Less heroic than brutal, James was a member of a vicious band of Missouri guerrillas during the Civil War, and sought vengeance for the Confederate defeat afterwards. In a life steeped in prolific violence and bloodshed, he met what was perhaps the most fitting end.</pbcoreDescription>

    <pbcoreCreator>

       <creator>Zwonitzer, Mark</creator>

       <creatorRole>Producer</creatorRole>

    </pbcoreCreator>

    <pbcoreCreator>

       <creator>Murphy, Michael</creator>

       <creatorRole>Narrator</creatorRole>

    </pbcoreCreator>

  </pbcorePart>

  <pbcorePart>

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

    <pbcoreIdentifier source="WGBH">123456-1-BC</pbcoreIdentifier>

    <pbcoreTitle>Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid</pbcoreTitle>

    <pbcoreSubject>Butch Cassidy</pbcoreSubject>

    <pbcoreSubject>The Sundance Kid</pbcoreSubject>

    <pbcoreDescription source="American Experience website">In an era in which cold-blooded killers such as Jesse James and the Younger Brothers terrorized the American West, Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid and their Wild Bunch gang took a smart and methodical approach to bank and train robbery. In the 1890s, their thrilling exploits – robbing banks and trains and then seemingly vanishing into thin air – became front-page news and the basis of rumor and myth, captivating Americans from coast to coast.</pbcoreDescription>

    <pbcoreCreator>

       <creator>Maggio, John</creator>

       <creatorRole>Producer</creatorRole>

    </pbcoreCreator>

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       <creator>Murphy, Michael</creator>

       <creatorRole>Narrator</creatorRole>

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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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