How to express collections in PBCore
The introduction in PBCore 2.0 of the root element ‘pbcoreCollection’ directly addresses the need to “wrap” or collect assets for use in an XML-based publishing system like Really Simple Syndication (RSS). Use ‘pbcoreCollection’ to wrap any number of ‘pbcoreDescriptionDocument’ asset records for sharing or to express the structure of a collection of records.
How to create abstract assets (no instantiation)
PBCore 2.0 can be used to express “abstract,” or metadata-only assets. These assets simply do not have any instantiations, and might serve to represent a high level idea such as a television for which there is no single physical or digital instantiation. The descriptive metadata within such an assets may be referenced from within other […]
