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Hyku Cookbook: Media Type

Recipes for metadata entry for UofL Digital Collections

Media type

This is a mandatory field. Every record must include the DCMI Type. It will help us sort digital records at a high level (grouping all films, all sound recordings, all images, and all texts, for example).

sample of elements that show on each field page
Repeatable Yes. Enter each type in the same field, separated by a semicolon and a space.
Hyku term media_type
Mapping http://purl.org/dc/terms/MediaType
Search Yes
Hide No
Vocabulary

Yes

Definition The nature or genre of the content of the resource. Type includes terms describing general categories, functions, genres, or aggregation levels for content.
Usage

Some digital objects may involve more than one type, e.g., a manuscript may have text and images of the text. Separate each entry by a semicolon and a space.

Examples

Still Image

Moving Image

Sound

Text

Authorities