Sample Records

This page provides examples of sample PBCore records in XML and human-readable text format, including a PBCore Asset record, a PBCore Instantiation record, a PBCore Asset record grouping multiple Instantiations, and a PBCore Collection record grouping multiple assets. You can refer to these records to see how PBCore concepts are implemented in real-world scenarios. If you would like to contribute sample records to this page, contact PBCoreInfo@wgbh.org.

SAMPLE RECORDS
PLAIN TEXT FORMAT
DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT: ASSET DATE: 1977 Date type: Released IDENTIFIER: 1 Source: Lucasfilm TITLE: Star Wars - A New Hope Title type: Program TITLE: IV Title type: Episode Number DESCRIPTION: The first film in the original Star Wars trilogy CREATOR: CREATOR: Lucas, George CREATOR ROLE: Director CONTRIBUTOR: CONTRIBUTOR: Hamill, Mark CONTRIBUTOR ROLE: Actor Portrayal: Luke Skywalker CONTRIBUTOR: CONTRIBUTOR: Fisher, Carrie CONTRIBUTOR ROLE: Actor Portrayal: Princess Leia Organa CONTRIBUTOR: CONTRIBUTOR: Ford, Harrison CONTRIBUTOR ROLE: Actor Portrayal: Han Solo INSTANTIATION: INSTANTIATION IDENTIFIER: 123431 INSTANTIATION DATE: 1995 INSTANTIATION PHYSICAL: VHS INSTANTIATION LOCATION: Boston Public Library INSTANTIATION: INSTANTIATION IDENTIFIER: sw_newhopedub.mp4 INSTANTIATION DATE: 2018 INSTANTIATION DIGITAL: video/mp4 INSTANTIATION LOCATION: /Volumes/Disk1/digitizedVHS/StarWars/sw_newhopedub.mp4 ANNOTATION: The version where Han shoots first
XML FORMAT 
          
            
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>

<pbcoreDescriptionDocument xmlns="http://www.pbcore.org/PBCore/PBCoreNamespace.html" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.pbcore.org/PBCore/PBCoreNamespace.html https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WGBH/PBCore_2.1/master/pbcore-2.1.xsd">

  <pbcoreAssetDate dateType="released">1977</pbcoreAssetDate>

  <pbcoreIdentifier source="Lucasfilm">00001</pbcoreIdentifier>

  <pbcoreTitle titleType="Program">Star Wars: A New Hope</pbcoreTitle>

  <pbcoreTitle titleType="Episode Number">IV</pbcoreTitle>

  <pbcoreDescription>The first film in the original Star Wars trilogy</pbcoreDescription>

  <pbcoreCreator>

    <creator source="">Lucas, George</creator>

    <creatorRole>Director</creatorRole>

  </pbcoreCreator>

  <pbcoreContributor>

    <contributor>Hamill, Mark</contributor>

    <contributorRole portrayal="Luke Skywalker">Actor</contributorRole>

  </pbcoreContributor>

  <pbcoreContributor>

    <contributor>Fisher, Carrie</contributor>

    <contributorRole portrayal="Princess Leia Organa">Actor</contributorRole>

  </pbcoreContributor>

  <pbcoreContributor>

    <contributor>Ford, Harrison</contributor>

    <contributorRole portrayal="Han Solo">Actor</contributorRole>

  </pbcoreContributor>

  <pbcoreInstantiation>

    <instantiationIdentifier source="Barcode">123431</instantiationIdentifier>

    <instantiationDate dateType="distributed">1995</instantiationDate>

    <instantiationPhysical>VHS</instantiationPhysical>

    <instantiationLocation>Boston Public Library</instantiationLocation>

  </pbcoreInstantiation>

  <pbcoreInstantiation>

    <instantiationIdentifier source="Filename">sw_newhopedub.mp4</instantiationIdentifier>

    <instantiationDate dateType="digitized">2018</instantiationDate>

    <instantiationDigital>video/mp4</instantiationDigital>

    <instantiationLocation>/Volumes/Disk1/digitizedVHS/StarWars/sw_newhopedub.mp4</instantiationLocation>

  </pbcoreInstantiation>

  <pbcoreAnnotation>The version where Han shoots first </pbcoreAnnotation>

</pbcoreDescriptionDocument>
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