Archives Hub Workshop 2010

Adding links to digital objects

Archives Hub Workshop 2010

Digital Archival Objects are:

Electronic representations of the described materials

Files: images, audio-visual, text

Definition

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Digital Archival Objects <dao> Digital Archival Object group <daogrp> Digital Archival Object location <daoloc> Digital Archival Object description <daodesc>

The EAD behind the display

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(1) Embedding images for display(2) Linking to files (3) Embedding images and linking to high-

resolution images(4) Two or more objects described as a group

Options for DAO

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We link to images/objects on your server or at a location specified by you (e.g. Flickr)

The images/objects are your responsibility We follow standard practice, as dictated by

EAD and HTML

How it works

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<dao> and <daogrp> are specifically for representation of the archive materials

If you want to link to other electronic objects use the <extptr> tag

Electronic objects NOT part of the archive

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<dao href="http://www.foo.ac.uk/image.jpg" show="embed"><daodesc>

<p>Caption for image</p></daodesc>

</dao>

(1) Embedding images for display

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<dao href="http://www.foo.ac.uk/textfile.pdf" show=“new"><daodesc>

<p>Link text</p></daodesc>

</dao>

(2) Linking to files

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<daogrp><daodesc>

<p>Image description</p></daodesc><daoloc href="http://www.foo.ac.uk/image-small.jpg" label="thumb"/><daoloc href="http://www.foo.ac.uk/image-large.jpg" label="reference"/>

</daogrp>

(3) Thumbnail / Reference Images

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<daogrp><daodesc>

<p>Postcard of Eastfield Mill with text versions</p></daodesc><daoloc href="http://www.foo.ac.uk/image.jpg">

<daodesc><p>Image description</p></daodesc></daoloc><daoloc href="http://www.foo.ac.uk/pdf-file.pdf" title="PDF document"/><daoloc href="http://www.foo.ac.uk/word-file.doc" title="Word document"/>

</daogrp>

(4) Group of digital objects