Music Australia - Metadata Element Set

Version 2.1

IT Working Group

4 June 2002

Version 2.0

Metadata Working Group

8 April 2002

Version 1.0

Metadata Working Group

22 February 2002

 

Element

Qualifier

Notes

Title

.mainTitle

Main title of a work etc. or title proper

 

.subtitle

Secondary or subtitle(s) associated with the main title

 

.otherTitle

Any other title that may be associated with the work

Contributor

.principalRole

For any contributor that has been flagged as having a principal role in relation to a work (MAVIS) or that has been given Main Entry (1XX) in the MARC record. The name will also be mapped to at another occurrence of contributor.

 

.unqualifiedContributor

For contributor where no more specific qualifier can be extracted. Will mostly apply to NLA data including 100 and 700 in MARC.

 

.composer

 
 

.lyricist

 
 

.librettist

 
 

.musician

 
 

.group

 
 

.arranger

 
 

.conductor

 
 

.singer

 

Publisher

.namePublisher

Publisher or manufacturer - name only, not Place or date; Label information is equivalent though currently not all in one place in MAVIS. Should bring the information together in the Publisher element

 

.recordLabel

 
 

.place

 

Date

.produced

 
 

.released

 
 

.recorded

 
 

.created

 
 

.published

 
 

.broadcast

 

Type

-

Type of object or item being described.

Values for Type:

Recorded sound
Radio
Printed music
Manuscript music
Musical sound recording
Non-musical sound recording
Text
Electronic score
Artefact
Standard book
Standard serial
Web site
Film
Oral history
Printed sheet music
Lyrics
CD ROM
Performance

Format

.medium

The file format of the digital object to be made available online.

Values for Format.medium:

Digital file
Text file
Encoded document
Moving image file
Audio file
Symbolic file

 

.extentFileSize

 
 

.extentDuration

 
 

.extentSource

 

Identifier

.persistentIdentifier

The permanent name for the digital object available online.

Used with sub-elements:

.PI
.objectType
.mimeType
.URI

 

.persistentIdentifier.PI

 
 

.persistentIdentifier.objectType

Values for persistentIdentifier.objectType:

Thumbnail
Audio/Sound
Sheet music/Scores
Multimedia resources
Other materials

 

.persistentIdentifier.mimeType

 
 

.persistentIdentifier.URI

 
 

.standardIdentifier

Standard identifier that has been assigned to the item

Used with sub-elements:

scheme
idValue

 

.standardIdentifier.scheme

Standard numbering system used for the standard number assigned to the item

Values for standard identifier.scheme:

System location
ISMN
ISBN
ISSN
ISRC
ISWC

 

.standardIdentifier.idValue

The standard identifier itself

 

.matrixNo

 
 

.catalogueNo

 
 

.plateNo

 
 

.publisherNo

 
 

.systemNo

Amicus number; Other identifiers from MAVIS? – Cover number; segment number, etc.?

Source

.institution

Name of the institution that owns the resource being described.

Language

-

 

Relation

.isPartOf [hasPart]

 
 

.isVersionOf [hasVersion]

Mechanisms for establishing 'expression' relationships (including version, format and performance) under discussion.

 

.isFormatOf [hasFormat]

 
 

.isPerformanceOf [hasPerformance]?

This might be a way of making an explicit link between the sheet music and the actual performance of exactly that piece of music.

Rights

-

 

Subject

.genre

 
 

.heading

 
 

.classification

 
 

.name

 

Description

-

For notes; and for other data that we decide we want to provide but do not need to categorise. For MARC, the 500 notes fields; and also the Summary field from Mavis. See additional suggested identifiers as well