= Type_file =

Subtype of Type_DOMS. Type for the metadata object representing a file. The file is stored in a bitstorage outside the Fedora metadata storage.

Objects of the type MUST not have any elements other than 'title' in the DC or the DomsDC datastream.

Extensions to [[DataModel/Type DOMS object| Type DOMS]]
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  .'''Datastreams'''
    .'''Relations''' [[DataModel/Datastream Relations| RDF relations]] to other objects (''RELS-EXT'')
      .'''isFileFormat -> [[DataModel/Type fileformat| Fileformat]] Object''' relation to object with object type fileformat; this object holds the format of the actual file
      .'''?hasOriginal -> File Object''' relation to object with object type file; if the file was converted on ingest, this relation is to the metadata object representing the original file

    .'''Content''' datastream with reference to the actual file in bitstorage
    .'''Technical''' datastream with the technical metadata specified by file format object referenced by isFileFormat 
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The FoxML object can be found [[http://merkur/viewvc/trunk/data/doms_base_collection/domsBaseTypeFile.xml?root=doms&view=markup|here]]