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
INSTANTIATION DOCUMENT: INSTANTIATION IDENTIFIER: 7005732 Source: Barcode INSTANTIATION DATE: 1950-01-03 INSTANTIATION PHYSICAL: 35mm film Source: PBCore instantiationPhysical Film Ref: http://pbcore.org/pbcore-controlled-vocabularies/instantiationphysical-film-vocabulary/#35mmFilm INSTANTIATION LOCATION: WGBH Vault INSTANTIATION MEDIA TYPE: Moving Image INSTANTIATION GENERATIONS: Master INSTANTIATION ESSENCE TRACK: ESSENCE TRACK TYPE: Audio ESSENCE TRACK ANNOTATION: Magnetic track on film
XML FORMAT 
          
            
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>

<pbcoreInstantiationDocument 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">

  <instantiationIdentifier source="Barcode">7005732</instantiationIdentifier>

  <instantiationDate>1950-01-03</instantiationDate>

  <instantiationPhysical source="PBCore instantiationPysical Film" ref="http://pbcore.org/pbcore-controlled-vocabularies/instantiationphysical-film-vocabulary/#35mmFilm">35mm film</instantiationPhysical>

  <instantiationLocation>WGBH Vault</instantiationLocation>

  <instantiationMediaType>Moving Image</instantiationMediaType>

  <instantiationGenerations>Master</instantiationGenerations>

  <instantiationEssenceTrack>

    <essenceTrackType>Audio</essenceTrackType>

    <essenceTrackAnnotation>Magnetic track on film</essenceTrackAnnotation>

  </instantiationEssenceTrack>

  <instantiationEssenceTrack>

    <essenceTrackType/>

  </instantiationEssenceTrack>

</pbcoreInstantiationDocument>
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