A collection description is the formalization combined with the Pattern Expression, that documents the used patterns and the rationalizations upon which the collection is based.

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For more info on nested collections please see: Nested collections

General about collections

There are basically two kinds of collections, those based on the content and those based on the media.

Pragmatism is to be applied when choosing the nature of the collection, for instance one huge reel-tape collection (media-based) is not desirable. In part due to the fact that many different origins represent the content of the reel-tape collection ex radio, music, spoken word, interviews etc.. Newspaper collection are much more suited to be media collection, despite the fact that the papers originate form a range of sources ex micro-film, digital images, hard-copies etc..

Mandatory elements are inclusive but not limited to:

Pattern expression

The foundation of the choices for the collection

Write your pattern expression here, it's the rationale behind the collections structure.

Be sure to include the patterns that you use and describe the way relationships affect the pattens.

Collection description

The What

Sum up the elements in the collection here, focus on core descriptive and technical metadata fields.

Workflow

The how

Describe the intended usage of and content addition to this collection, use all available measures that help clarify on the subject. Consider images in addition to text. This will be the section that is most useful for the personnel working with the digitization process and/or the conversion of old collections.

Technical

Be concrete and go into detail of things that require it, especially parts of the collection that is complex or of a special nature.

Consider using a drawing to illustrate relations or for instance include (psudo)code/XML snippets.


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