PBCore is a metadata standard for audiovisual media developed by the public broadcasting community. PBCore 2.0 was released in January, 2011.
PBCore 2.0
Structure of PBCore
How-to
Prior versions of documentation are also preserved: PBCore 1.1 (January 2007) | PBCore 1.3 (August 2010)
PBCore 2.0
- Schema (XSD)
- Elements
- Attributes
- Vocabularies – PBCore vocabularies are maintained in the Open Metadata Registry.
Samples
We welcome additional samples. Please contact us to submit them.
Structure
PBCore 2.0 is made up of 4 content classes, 15 containers, and 82 elements. PBCore 2.0 makes use of 30 XML attributes. Attributes are used to further qualify or describe the elements and their values. Within a PBCore XML Document, the order of the elements is determined by the XSD.
How to
- How to embed PBCore in data distribution APIs
- How to relate complex parts and instantiations
- How to express collections in PBCore
- How to create abstract assets (no instantiation)
- How to sequence records within relationships
- How to embed a transcript within a description
- How to express rights information using external documents and extensions
- How to embed PREMIS metadata within PBCore
- How to express time segments within a video
- How to express relationships between assets
