Documentation:Library:Circle/FROGBEAR Item record example
Overview
This guide hows the process of how data (audio/photos/videos) and metadata (descriptions) become item records in UBC Open Collections.
What is a record?
The item record is the final product of data + metadata. The audio, photographs and videos that you record are the data that you describe using the metadata template. See Documentation:Library:Circle/FROGBEAR Describing your data for tips on how to describe your data.
Data
The audio, photo or video taken by the data collector. In this example, here is one of several relevant images taken at one site.
Metadata
The descriptive and administrative metadata recorded by the metadata collector and transferred to the metadata spreadsheet.
Item Record
The record that displays to the public through UBC Open Collections
The record that displays to the public through FROGBEAR
