Archives Hub: Digital Archival Objects (2009)
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Digital Archival Objects (DAOs) are electronic representations of archival materials like files, images, and audiovisual content. The Archives Hub uses standard tags like <dao> and <daogrp> to display DAOs within finding aid descriptions. Institutions maintain DAOs on their own servers and provide persistent URLs, while the Archives Hub follows standard practices for embedding and linking content. DAOs should have descriptive captions and institutions should consider file sizes and formats that are appropriate for online access.
Archives Hub: Digital Archival Objects (2009)
- 1. The Archives Hub ~ Digital Representations of Archives
- 2. Definition Digital Archival Objects are: Electronic representations of the described materials They may be: Files, images, audio-visual, text
- 3. The EAD behind the display Digital Archival Objects <dao> Digital Archival Object group <daogrp> Digital Archival Object location <daoloc> Digital Archival Object description <daodesc>
- 4. Options for DAO Embedding images for display Linking to files Embedding images and linking to high-resolution images Two or more objects described as a group
- 5. How it works We link to objects on YOUR server The objects are your responsibility We follow standard practice, as dictated by EAD and HTML
- 6. Adding objects to Archives Hub descriptions The objects are on your own system URLs must be persistent Think about image size Think about appropriate descriptions to use Add to collection level and lower-level units
- 7. Electronic objects NOT part of the archive <dao> and <daogrp> are specifically for representation of the archive materials If you want to link to other electronic objects use the <extptr> tag
- 8. (1) Embedding images for display <dao href="http://www.foo.ac.uk/image.jpg" show="embed"> <daodesc> <p>Caption for image</p> </daodesc> </dao>
- 9. (2) Linking to files <dao href="http://www.foo.ac.uk/textfile.pdf" show=“new"> <daodesc> <p>Link text</p> </daodesc> </dao>
- 10. (3) Thumbnail / Reference Images <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>
- 11. (4) Group of digital objects <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>