Hi,
I am trying to use METS to represent a collection of video files. These
video files are broken up into segments and I am representing this
information as follows in a StructMap:
<METS:structMap TYPE="logical">
<METS:div ORDER="1" TYPE="Collection">
<METS:div ORDER="1" TYPE="Segment" ID="SEG1">
File Pointer Information
</METS:div>
<METS:div ORDER="2" TYPE="Segment" ID="SEG2">
</METS:div>
<METS:div ORDER="3" TYPE="Segment" ID="SEG3">
</METS:div>
<METS:div ORDER="4" TYPE="Segment" ID="SEG4">
</METS:div>
</METS:div>
</METS:structMap>
Further these segments are combined in no particular order to create
"Events" (Just a term used for the purpose of my project), which are
further divided into "Scenes". Every segment need not be part of an
event. Hence I represent the Event/Scene hierarchy in a different
StructMap as follows:
<METS:structMap TYPE="logical">
<METS:div LABEL=" Ruth Stone's Collection " ORDER="1"
TYPE="Collection" DMDID="DMRS" ID="Coll">
<METS:div LABEL=" Gbarbea Funeral - Event/Themes/Voices
" ORDER="1" TYPE="Event" ID="Event1">
<METS:div LABEL=" Military Band Escort Body out
of Monrovia " ORDER="1" TYPE="scene" ID="Scene1">
File Pointer Information
</METS:div>
<METS:div LABEL=" Military Band Escort Body out
of Monrovia " ORDER="2" TYPE="scene" ID="Scene2">
File Pointer Information
</METS:div>
</METS:div>
</METS:div>
</METS:structMap>
So, now to represent what video segments make up an event, I use the
StructLink area as follows:
<METS:structLink>
<METS:smLink from="Event1" to="SEG1"/>
<METS:smLink from="Event1" to="SEG2"/>
</METS:structLink>
However, with this structure, I am not able to capture the sequence of
segments that Event1 is composed of. Should this information be captured
in the StructMap section and not in the StructLink section? To represent
segments as divisions under events, doesn't seem right since it is not a
strict hierarchy.
Any feedback is appreciated.
Thank you,
Prajakta
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