Elements defined

instantiationAlternativeModes

instantiationAlternativeModes is a catch-all metadata element that identifies equivalent alternatives to the primary visual, sound or textual information that exists in an instantiation. These are modes that offer alternative ways to see, hear, and read the content of an instantiation. Examples include DVI (Descriptive Video Information), SAP (Supplementary Audio Program), ClosedCaptions, OpenCaptions, Subtitles, Language Dubs, and Transcripts. For each instance of available alternativeModes, the mode and its associated language should be identified together, if applicable. Examples include ‘SAP in English,’ ‘SAP in Spanish,’ ‘Subtitle in French,’ ‘OpenCaption in Arabic.’

Best Practice: Best practice is to use a semi-colon as a delimiter when defining more than one alternative mode.

Usage: optional, not repeatable

Attributes

• source: optional | The source attribute provides the name of the authority used to declare the value of the element. Required attribute for pbcoreIdentifier and instantiationIdentifier elements. Can be used as an attribute of any element.
• ref: optional | The ref attribute is used to supply a source’s URI for the value of the element. Can be used as an attribute of any element.
• version: optional | The version attribute identifies any version information about the authority or convention used to express data of this element. Can be used as an attribute of any element.
• annotation: optional | The annotation attribute includes narrative information intended to clarify the nature of data used in the element. Can be used as an attribute of any element.

Subelements

This element does not have any subelements.

Example

  
    <instantiationAlternativeModes>Subtitle in French; DVI in French</instantiationAlternativeModes>