Metadata Entry Standards
Crosswalk for Audio / Video Works and Files
Guidelines for Audio / Video Files
- Name
- Example: 1992-02-28: Paul Wellstone Convo Part 5 (mp3)
- Starts with YYYY-MM-DD
- English name (not filename)
- Url
- Example: http://something.carleton.edu/url_goes_here.mp3
- Only need to enter URL when file is actually online
- Length
- Example: 7 hr. 18 min. 37 sec.
- Spelled-out hour/minute/second notation
- spaces between numbers and units
- File Size
- Example: 45.17 Mb
- Space between number and unit
- Lower-case "b"
- Quality
- Example: 96 kbps/44.1 kHz/stereo
- Spaces between numbers and units