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*** If you are not using IPT, generate a meta.xml file by hand and package up the files in a DwC-A like format. (No eml.xml required). | *** If you are not using IPT, generate a meta.xml file by hand and package up the files in a DwC-A like format. (No eml.xml required). | ||
*Use Audubon Core metadata, http://terms.tdwg.org/wiki/Audubon_Core_Term_List, with one record to go with each media record. The more you can flesh out the details of the image, the more likely it will be to be highly retrievable. The best practice is to use the taxonomic and geographic fields to capture as much information as possible when only media are given to iDigBio. | *Use Audubon Core metadata, http://terms.tdwg.org/wiki/Audubon_Core_Term_List, with one record to go with each media record. The more you can flesh out the details of the image, the more likely it will be to be highly retrievable. The best practice is to use the taxonomic and geographic fields to capture as much information as possible when only media are given to iDigBio. | ||
*Just like permission of catalog records, the media records need to be provided freely and with permission, and each record should | *Just like permission of catalog records, the media records need to be provided freely and with permission, and each record should have at least Creative Commons permission = "CC BY" unless it is in the public domain. | ||
*a sample of an [https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/DarwinCoreExamples/AudubonCoreExample.xlsx Audubon Core file] | *a sample of an [https://www.idigbio.org/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/DarwinCoreExamples/AudubonCoreExample.xlsx Audubon Core file] | ||
*The media records represent a one-to-one relationship between the media object (the fit-for-display best quality JPG, in the case of images, for example) and the specimen record. There is no need to include links to any other forms of the the media. Below is some guidance on handling special cases. | *The media records represent a one-to-one relationship between the media object (the fit-for-display best quality JPG, in the case of images, for example) and the specimen record. There is no need to include links to any other forms of the the media. Below is some guidance on handling special cases. | ||