born-digital-naming-template.md

born-digital workflow naming template

examples: (template details below)

• born-digital (original) file examples:
  • AD_MC_025_ref72_000001_o.tif
  • AD_MC_025_ref118_000001_o.tif
• dmaker file examples:
  • AD_MC_025_ref72_000001_d.tif
  • AD_MC_025_ref118_000001_d.tif

Link to "Terms Used"

template

• generic template:
  • <digi_id>_<sequence number>_<role>.tif
    • digi_id: the digitization id assigned to the digital object.
      N.B. the digi_id might be an identifier assigned by the depositor.
    • sequence number: an integer padded with leading-zeros as needed,
      e.g., 000007, that indicates the order of the corresponding image in the item
    • role: the role of the file, e.g., original, dmaker
      • use _o for original files
      • use _d for dmaker files

requirements:

• all filenames must be numbered sequentially
  • i.e.,

    # GOOD
    AD_MC_025_ref72_000001_d.tif
    AD_MC_025_ref72_000001_o.tif
    AD_MC_025_ref72_000002_d.tif
    AD_MC_025_ref72_000002_o.tif
    AD_MC_025_ref72_000003_d.tif
    AD_MC_025_ref72_000003_o.tif
    ...
    
    # BAD 
    AD_MC_025_ref72_000001_d.tif
    AD_MC_025_ref72_000001_o.tif 
    AD_MC_025_ref72_000002_o.tif # missing dmaker for 000002
    AD_MC_025_ref72_000003_d.tif
    AD_MC_025_ref72_000003_o.tif
    ...