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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