Profile: Film

The film profile supports the ingest of digitised film stored on one or more image and/or audio reels. This profile dictates how the media files (in file formats such as MKV, MOV, JPEG and PDF), their metadata, and the relationships between them, should be expressed and organized.

It mainly applies the DCTERMS metadata schema for descriptive metadata and allows extensions using Schema.org, thereby resembling the Basic profile.

Its additions lie in the introduction of a separate PREMIS representation to denote the physical carrier(s) (a so-called ‘carrier representation’) and custom film-specific metadata (using a <premis:significantPropertiesExtension> element in the package PREMIS file) to describe physical aspects of this/these carrier(s).

This carrier representation was added to facilitate the description of the physical carrier(s), since the PREMIS metadata schema itself doesn’t offer this possibility directly. Please note that, as a result, the carrier representation as such is not reflected by a representation folder in the representations directory, given that it is used purely for the addition of descriptive metadata about the carrier(s) and does not contain any files itself. Use the relationship sub types has carrier copy and is carrier copy of between the IE and the carrier representation.

Direction	Relationship type	Relationship subtype	Reciprocal/inverse relationship	Description
From IE to carrier	`structural`	`has carrier copy`	`is carrier copy of`	A IE is represented by a carrier representation.

Permalink: https://data.hetarchief.be/id/sip/2.1/film

Example Directory structure

root_directory
├── METS.xml
├── metadata
│   ├── descriptive
│   │   └── dc+schema.xml                               # descriptive metadata about the content of the film
│   └── preservation
│       └── premis.xml                                  # package PREMIS
│
└── representations
    │
    ├── representation_1
    │   ├── METS.xml
    │   ├── data
    │   │   └── master.mkv                              # archive master
    │   └── metadata
    │       └── preservation
    │           └── premis.xml
    │
    ├── representation_2
    │   ├── METS.xml
    │   ├── data
    │   │   └── mezzanine.mov                           # mezzanine
    │   └── metadata
    │       └── preservation
    │           └── premis.xml
    │
    ├── representation_3
    │   ├── METS.xml
    │   ├── data
    │   │   └── scan.jpeg                               # scan(s) of the reel's container (if present) in JPEG
    │   └── metadata
    │       └── preservation
    │           └── premis.xml
    │
    └── representation_4
        ├── METS.xml
        ├── data
        │   └── scan.pdf                                # scan(s) of the reel's container (if present) in PDF
        └── metadata
            └── preservation
                └── premis.xml

Requirements

General

#FICP1	A SIP MUST contain content of exactly one digitised film, consisting of one or more image and/or audio reels.
#FICP2	Each MKV, MOV, or set of scans (either in JPG and/or in PDF) contained in their respective representation directories MUST represent exactly one image or audio reel.
#FICP3	There MUST be exactly one IE present in the SIP, i.e. the digitised film.
#FICP4	There MUST be preservation metadata at the package level in the `preservation/premis.xml` file.
#FICP5	There MUST be preservation metadata at the representation level in the respective `preservation/premis.xml` files.
#FICP6	Preservation metadata in the SIP MUST be limited to the PREMIS metadata schema.
#FICP10	Descriptive metadata about the IE MUST be specified at the package level in the `dc+schema.xml` file.
#FICP11	Descriptive metadata about the carrier(s) (i.e. the reel(s)) MUST be specified at the package level in the `preservation/premis.xml` file.

Only the MD5 hashing algorithm is allowed to compute the fixity, thus:

#FICP7	The value of element `premis:premis/premis:object[@xsi:type="premis:file"]/premis:objectCharacteristics/premis:fixity/premis:messageDigestAlgorithm` MUST be set to `MD5`.
#FICP8	The value of attribute `premis:premis/premis:object[@xsi:type="premis:file"]/premis:objectCharacteristics/premis:fixity/premis:messageDigestAlgorithm/@valueURI` MUST be set to `"http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/cryptographicHashFunctions/md5"`.
#FICP9	The value of all `//*/@CHECKSUMTYPE` attributes in the `METS.xml` files MUST be set to `MD5`.

Package METS

#FICP12	The `/mets/@TYPE` attribute MUST be set to `Video – File-based and Physical Media`.
#FICP13	The `csip:CONTENTINFORMATIONTYPE` attribute MUST be set to `OTHER` and the `csip:OTHERCONTENTINFORMATIONTYPE` attribute MUST be set to `https://data.hetarchief.be/id/sip/2.1/film`.
#FICP14	The `mets/dmdSec/mdRef/@MDTYPE` attribute MUST be set to `OTHER` and the `mets/dmdSec/mdRef/@OTHERMDTYPE` MUST be set to `dc+schema`.

Package Descriptive Metadata

#FICP15	A descriptive metadata file `descriptive/dc+schema.xml` describing the IE MUST be present at the package level.
#FICP16	Descriptive metadata in the `descriptive/dc+schema.xml` MUST be limited to the DCTERMS and SCHEMA elements outlined in the basic profile.
#FICP17	The DCTERMS and SCHEMA metadata in the `descriptive/dc+schema.xml` file MUST follow the basic profile requirements regarding the use of elements and attributes.

Package Preservation Metadata

The addition of a separate PREMIS representation for the carrier(s) (i.e. the carrier representation) leads to a number of additional requirements in the package premis.xml file. The section below outlines the high level requirements, while the section Describing a carrier within the carrier representation contains a more detailed discussion of the possibilities offered by the carrier representation.

#FICP19 The following relationships MUST be present between the <premis:object> of the intellectual entity and that of the carrier representation (see also Overview of relevant PREMIS relationships for more information): <ul><li>A structural <premis:relationship> of type ‘has carrier copy’;</li><li>A structural <premis:relationship> of type ‘is carrier copy of’.</li></ul>

Example 1: an example <premis:object> of a carrier representation together the relationships between the Intellectual Entity and the carrier representation

<!-- IE for the film as a whole -->
<premis:object
    xsi:type="premis:intellectualEntity">

    <premis:objectIdentifier>
        <premis:objectIdentifierType>UUID</premis:objectIdentifierType>
        <premis:objectIdentifierValue>uuid-intellectual-entity</premis:objectIdentifierValue>
    </premis:objectIdentifier>

    <!-- relationship between the IE and its carrier representation -->
    <premis:relationship>
        <premis:relationshipType>structural</premis:relationshipType>
        <premis:relationshipSubType>has carrier copy</premis:relationshipSubType>
        <premis:relatedObjectIdentifier>
            <premis:relatedObjectIdentifierType>UUID</premis:relatedObjectIdentifierType>
            <premis:relatedObjectIdentifierValue>uuid-carrier-representation</premis:relatedObjectIdentifierValue>
        </premis:relatedObjectIdentifier>
    </premis:relationship>

</premis:object>

<!-- PREMIS object for the carrier representation -->
<premis:object xsi:type="premis:representation">
    <premis:objectIdentifier>
        <premis:objectIdentifierType>UUID</premis:objectIdentifierType>
        <premis:objectIdentifierValue>uuid-carrier-representation</premis:objectIdentifierValue>
    </premis:objectIdentifier>

    <!-- relationship between the carrier representation and its IE -->
    <premis:relationship>
        <premis:relationshipType>structural</premis:relationshipType>
        <premis:relationshipSubType>is carrier copy of</premis:relationshipSubType>
        <premis:relatedObjectIdentifier>
            <premis:relatedObjectIdentifierType>UUID</premis:relatedObjectIdentifierType>
            <premis:relatedObjectIdentifierValue>uuid-intellectual-entity</premis:relatedObjectIdentifierValue>
        </premis:relatedObjectIdentifier>
    </premis:relationship>
</premis:object>

Describing a carrier within the carrier representation

The carrier representation is described using the <premis:significantPropertiesExtension> element. A custom schema is defined inside this extension to capture structural and descriptive metadata of the carrier. The schema uses the hasip namespace and is specified below.

Prefix	URI
hasip	https://data.hetarchief.be/ns/sip/

Example 2: hierarchical listing of a package premis.xml file with an Intellectual Entity and a Carrier Representation.

premis:premis
│
├── premis:object xsi:type="premis:intellectualEntity"    # Intellectual Entity
│
└── premis:object xsi:type="premis:representation"        # Carrier Representation
    └── premis:significantProperties
        └── premis:significantPropertiesExtension
            └── ...                                       # Carrier representation description

General requirements

#FICP36	There MUST be a carrier representation in the package premis.xml, reflected by a `<premis:object>`;
#FICP37	Any descriptive metadata about the physical film’s reel(s) MUST be included as part of the carrier representation `<premis:object>`;
#FICP38	Each `<premis:significantPropertiesExtension>` element MUST use the schema described above;
#FICP39	If a `<premis:significantPropertiesExtension>` element is used, it MUST declare the namespaces of the external metadata schemas using the `@xmlns` attribute;
#FICP40	Each digitized reel in the SIP MUST be reflected in the carrier representation `<premis:object>` by using separate `<premis:storageMedium>` elements;
#FICP41	Each `<premis:storageMedium>` element MUST contain a `<premis:storage>` element with the specific carrier type of a reel;
#FICP42	Any events related to the handling of the real-life, physical carrier(s) MUST refer to the carrier representation `<premis:object>` with a `<premis:linkingObjectIdentifier>` element (see Adding provenance of representations;

Premis.xml

#FICP18	Element `premis:premis/premis:object[@xsi:type='premis:representation']/premis:significantProperties/premis:significantPropertiesExtension[@xmlns:hasip='https://data.hetarchief.be/ns/sip/']`
Name	PREMIS significant properties extension
Description	This extension contains structural and descriptive metadata of the carrier representation. It must declare the `hasip` namespace.
Cardinality	1..1
Obligation	MUST

The following elements paths are relative to the <premis:significantPropertiesExtension> element.

#FICP20	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:numberOfReels`
Name	Number of reels
Description	The number of image and audio reels that make up the carrier.
Datatype	`xsd:nonNegativeInteger`
Cardinality	0..1
Obligation	MAY

#FICP21	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:hasMissingAudioReels`
Name	Has missing audio reels
Description	Whether there are one or more audio reel missing.
Datatype	`xsd:boolean`
Cardinality	0..1
Obligation	MAY

#FICP22	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:hasMissingImageReels`
Name	Has missing image reels
Description	This element indicates whether there are one or more image reel missing.
Datatype	`xsd:boolean`
Cardinality	0..1
Obligation	MAY

#FICP23	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:storedAt`
Name	Stored at
Description	This element contains the physical carriers making up the carrier representation.
Cardinality	1..*
Obligation	MUST

#FICP43	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:storedAt/hasip:physicalCarrier`
Name	Physical carrier
Description	A physical carrier in which data, sound, images, etc., are stored. For certain categories of material, the physical carrier consists of a storage medium (e.g., tape, film) sometimes encased in a plastic, metal, etc., housing (e.g., cassette, cartridge) that is an integral part of the item.
Cardinality	0..*
Obligation	MAY

#FICP24	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:storedAt/hasip:imageReel`
Name	Image reel
Description	A reel with (part of) the carrier image on it
Cardinality	0..*
Obligation	MAY

#FICP25	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:storedAt/hasip:audioReel`
Name	Audio reel
Description	A reel with (part of) the carrier audio on it
Cardinality	0..*
Obligation	MAY

#FICP26	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:storedAt/(hasip:physicalCarrier\|hasip:imageReel\|hasip:audioReel)/hasip:identifier`
Name	Identifier
Description	The identifier of the physical carrier
Datatype	String
Cardinality	1..1
Obligation	MUST

#FICP27	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:storedAt/(hasip:physicalCarrier\|hasip:imageReel\|hasip:audioReel)/hasip:medium`
Name	Storage medium
Description	The physical medium on which the Object is stored (e.g., magnetic tape, hard disk, CD-ROM, DVD).
Datatype	String
Cardinality	1..1
Obligation	MUST

#FICP28	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:storedAt/(hasip:imageReel\|hasip:audioReel)/hasip:aspectRatio`
Name	Aspect ratio
Description	The aspect ratio of the reel. Not to be confused with the aspect ratio of the digitized film.
Datatype	String
Cardinality	0..1
Obligation	MAY

#FICP29	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:storedAt/(hasip:physicalCarrier\|hasip:imageReel\|hasip:audioReel)/hasip:material`
Name	Material
Description	The base material that makes up the carrier.
Datatype	String
Cardinality	0..1
Obligation	MAY

#FICP30	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:storedAt/(hasip:physicalCarrier\|hasip:imageReel\|hasip:audioReel)/hasip:preservationProblem`
Name	Preservation problem
Description	Any preservation problems encountered during the digitization of the film.
Datatype	String
Cardinality	0..*
Obligation	MAY

#FICP44	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:storedAt/(hasip:physicalCarrier\|hasip:imageReel\|hasip:audioReel)/hasip:brand`
Name	Brand
Description	Brand of the physical carrier.
Cardinality	0..1
Obligation	MAY

#FICP45	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:storedAt/(hasip:physicalCarrier\|hasip:imageReel\|hasip:audioReel)/hasip:brand/hasip:name[@xml:lang=*]`
Name	Brand name
Description	The name of the brand. The `name` term MAY only be used multiple times when it uses a different language. The applied language MUST be provided by a `@xml:lang` attribute (see requirements above). There MUST always be an entry in Dutch with `@xml:lang` set to `nl`.
Cardinality	1..*
Obligation	MAY

#FICP46	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:storedAt/(hasip:physicalCarrier\|hasip:imageReel\|hasip:audioReel)/hasip:value`
Name	Storage location value
Description
Datatype	Information needed to retrieve a physical item from its physical storage location or a file from the storage system, or to access a bitstream within a file.
Cardinality	1..*
Obligation	MAY

#FICP31	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:storedAt/(hasip:imageReel\|hasip:audioReel)/hasip:stockType`
Name	Stock type
Description	The stock type refers to the specific kind of film material used—such as negative, positive, interpositive, or internegative—each designed for a particular stage of image/sound capture, duplication, or projection.
Datatype	String
Cardinality	0..1
Obligation	MAY

#FICP32	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:storedAt/hasip:imageReel/hasip:coloringType`
Name	Coloring type
Description	Indication of the coloring of the image reel.
Datatype	String; fixed vocabulary
Vocabulary	`BandW`, `Color`, `Colorized`, `Composite`, `UnknownColorType`
Cardinality	0..*
Obligation	MAY

#FICP33	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:storedAt/hasip:imageReel/hasip:hasCaptioning`
Name	Has captioning
Description	This element contains the open captions of the film.
Cardinality	0..1
Obligation	MAY

#FICP34	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:storedAt/hasip:imageReel/hasip:hasCaptioning/hasip:openCaptions`
Name	Open captions
Description	Indicates the (embedded) captioning of an image reel.
Cardinality	0..*
Obligation	MAY

#FICP35	Element `premis:significantPropertiesExtension/hasip:storedAt/hasip:imageReel/hasip:hasCaptioning/hasip:openCaptions/hasip:inLanguage`
Name	Open captions language
Description	The language the open captions are in.
Datatype	BCP47
Cardinality	0..*
Obligation	MAY

Example 4 below contains an illustration of a simplified carrier representation (preceded by its intellectual entity) and a registration event involving the carrier representation in the package premis.xml file:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<premis:premis version="3.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xmlns:premis="http://www.loc.gov/premis/v3" xmlns:haObj="https://data.hetarchief.be/ns/object/"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/premis/v3 https://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/premis.xsd">

    <!-- IE for the film as a whole -->
    <premis:object
        xsi:type="premis:intellectualEntity">

        <premis:objectIdentifier>
            <premis:objectIdentifierType>UUID</premis:objectIdentifierType>
            <premis:objectIdentifierValue>uuid-b1c5fa36-6bb6-460b-836b-ade5541fe89e</premis:objectIdentifierValue>
        </premis:objectIdentifier>

        <!-- relationship between the IE and its carrier representation -->
        <premis:relationship>
            <premis:relationshipType authority="relationshipType"
                authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/relationshipType"
                valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/relationshipType/str">structural</premis:relationshipType>
            <premis:relationshipSubType authority="relationshipSubType"
                authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/relationshipSubType"
                valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/relationshipSubType/isr">is
                represented
                by</premis:relationshipSubType>
            <premis:relatedObjectIdentifier>
                <premis:relatedObjectIdentifierType>UUID</premis:relatedObjectIdentifierType>
                <premis:relatedObjectIdentifierValue>uuid-e2f092de-f800-486c-a291-3160ce740544</premis:relatedObjectIdentifierValue>
            </premis:relatedObjectIdentifier>
        </premis:relationship>

    </premis:object>

    <!-- PREMIS object for the carrier representation itself -->
    <premis:object xsi:type="premis:representation">

        <premis:objectIdentifier>
            <premis:objectIdentifierType>UUID</premis:objectIdentifierType>
            <premis:objectIdentifierValue>uuid-e2f092de-f800-486c-a291-3160ce740544</premis:objectIdentifierValue>
        </premis:objectIdentifier>

        <!-- descriptive metadata in several <premis:significantProperties> elements -->
        <premis:significantProperties>
            <premis:significantPropertiesType>barcode_image_reels</premis:significantPropertiesType>
            <premis:significantPropertiesValue>AFLM_FEL_001392</premis:significantPropertiesValue>
        </premis:significantProperties>
        <premis:significantProperties>
            <premis:significantPropertiesType>material_type</premis:significantPropertiesType>
            <premis:significantPropertiesValue>Original positive</premis:significantPropertiesValue>
        </premis:significantProperties>
        <premis:significantProperties>
            <premis:significantPropertiesType>num_reels</premis:significantPropertiesType>
            <premis:significantPropertiesValue>1</premis:significantPropertiesValue>
        </premis:significantProperties>
        <premis:significantProperties>
            <premis:significantPropertiesType>film_base</premis:significantPropertiesType>
            <premis:significantPropertiesValue>acetate</premis:significantPropertiesValue>
        </premis:significantProperties>

        <!-- descriptive metadata using Schema in a nested <premis:significantPropertiesExtension> element -->
        <premis:significantProperties>
            <premis:significantPropertiesExtension xmlns:schema='https://schema.org'>
                <schema:duration>0:04:55</schema:duration>
                <schema:material>Original positive</schema:material>
                <schema:size>
                    <schema:unitCode>MTR</schema:unitCode>
                    <schema:QuantitativeValue>135</schema:QuantitativeValue>
                </schema:size>
            </premis:significantPropertiesExtension>
        </premis:significantProperties>

        <!-- indication of the carrier type -->
        <premis:storage>
            <premis:storageMedium>
                super8mmfilm
            </premis:storageMedium>
        </premis:storage>

        <!-- relationship between the carrier representation and its IE -->
        <premis:relationship>
            <premis:relationshipType authority="relationshipType"
                authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/relationshipType"
                valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/relationshipType/str">structural</premis:relationshipType>
            <premis:relationshipSubType authority="relationshipSubType"
                authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/relationshipSubType"
                valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/relationshipSubType/rep">
                represents</premis:relationshipSubType>
            <premis:relatedObjectIdentifier>
                <premis:relatedObjectIdentifierType>UUID</premis:relatedObjectIdentifierType>
                <premis:relatedObjectIdentifierValue>uuid-b1c5fa36-6bb6-460b-836b-ade5541fe89e</premis:relatedObjectIdentifierValue>
            </premis:relatedObjectIdentifier>
        </premis:relationship>

    </premis:object>

    <!-- registration event -->
    <premis:event>
        <premis:eventIdentifier>

            <premis:eventIdentifierType>UUID</premis:eventIdentifierType>
            <premis:eventIdentifierValue>uuid-aba62b7b-dd7a-43cf-b077-45f8b96deae8</premis:eventIdentifierValue>

        </premis:eventIdentifier>
        <premis:eventType valueURI="https://data.hetarchief.be/id/event-type/registration">
      registration
    </premis:eventType>
        <premis:eventDateTime>
      2021-04-02T09:04:04
    </premis:eventDateTime>
        <premis:eventDetailInformation>
            <premis:eventDetail>Base Scratching remarks: Light scratches, lines and stripes. Some cables. vinegar date: 2021-06-30 pH value:PH 4.8</premis:eventDetail>
            <premis:eventDetailExtension xmlns:schema="https://schema.org/">
                <schema:name>estimate_preparation_time_for_digitisation</schema:name>
                <schema:value>1:30:00</schema:value>
            </premis:eventDetailExtension>
            <premis:eventDetailExtension xmlns:schema="https://schema.org/">
                <schema:name>estimate_manual_cleaning_time</schema:name>
                <schema:value>0:00:00</schema:value>
            </premis:eventDetailExtension>
            <premis:eventDetailExtension xmlns:schema="https://schema.org/">
                <schema:name>physical_state_film</schema:name>
                <schema:value>film in good state</schema:value>
            </premis:eventDetailExtension>
        </premis:eventDetailInformation>

        <premis:eventOutcomeInformation>
            <premis:eventOutcome
                valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/eventOutcome/suc">success</premis:eventOutcome>
        </premis:eventOutcomeInformation>
        
        <premis:linkingAgentIdentifier>
            <premis:linkingAgentIdentifierType>MEEMOO-OR-ID</premis:linkingAgentIdentifierType>
            <premis:linkingAgentIdentifierValue>OR-jw86m54</premis:linkingAgentIdentifierValue>
            <premis:linkingAgentRole
                valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/eventRelatedAgentRole/imp">implementer</premis:linkingAgentRole>
        </premis:linkingAgentIdentifier>

        <!-- reference to the premis:Representation object of the carrier representation -->
        <premis:linkingObjectIdentifier>
            <premis:linkingObjectIdentifierType>UUID</premis:linkingObjectIdentifierType>
            <premis:linkingObjectIdentifierValue>uuid-e2f092de-f800-486c-a291-3160ce740544</premis:linkingObjectIdentifierValue>
            <premis:linkingObjectRole
                valueURI="http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/eventRelatedObjectRole/sou">source</premis:linkingObjectRole>
        </premis:linkingObjectIdentifier>
    </premis:event>

</premis:premis>

Validation

The XML files that are required by this profile can be validated using the following XML schema definitions:

File	Format	XML Schema
`METS.xml`	METS v1.12.1	mets.xsd
`premis.xml`	PREMIS v3.0	premis-v3-0.xsd
`dc+schema.xml`	Dublin Core with Schema.org	dc+schema.xsd (not yet available)

Use Cases

Some use cases that implement this profile are: