APPENDIX 3

Z39.50 Access To Digital Collections Profile

Digital Collections Descriptive Record:

Type of descriptive record

Brief description

Collection information:

Collection name

Databases (repeatable) (server and database name)

Enumerated member:

Brief description of member

Pointer (database + record id or alternative identifier + type of identifier)

What pointer points to

Flag if fully enumerated

Flag if children know this parent

Object information:

Type of object

Category of object

Digital Object (repeatable)

Actual digital object or pointer to digital object

Flag if this is an authoratative reference

Associated description:

Brief description of associated description

Category of associated description

Description (repeatable)

Actual associated description or pointer to associated description

Flag if this is an authoratative reference

Related Collection (repeatable):

Collection:

Collection name

Server

Database

Relationship (repeatable)

Relative level

Description of relationship