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Technical Metadata 

The IPFW library primarily relies upon the Dublin Core Metadata Best Practices Version 2.1, Digital Audio Best Practices Version 2.0 and the Indiana State Library’s Indiana Memory Project Guidelines for Digital Projects. Following are the minimum technical standards used for mDON digital files.

Minimum Technical Guidelines

Originals as Text-based, Photographs, Graphic Materials

 Archive Thumbnail
Digital FormatTagged Image File FormatJoint Photographic Experts Group
Extension.tif.jpg
bit Depth 8-bit Grayscale; 24-bit Color8-bit Grayscale; 24-bit Color
Spatial Resolution400 ppi130 ppi
Spatial Dimensions100% of original130 pixels across the long dimension

 

Originals a Map

  Archive Thumbnail
Digital Format Tagged Image File Format Joint Photographic Experts Group
Extension .tif .jpg
bit depth 8-bit Grayscale; 24-bit Color 8-bit Grayscale; 24-bit Color
Spatial Resolution 400 ppi 130 ppi
Spatial Dimensions 100% of original 130 pixels across the long dimension

 

Originals a Audio

Digital Audio Format Windows Media Audio or Waveform
Extension .wma or .wav
Sample Rate 44.1 kHz
bit depth 16-bit

 

Original Video

Video Format MPEG-2 video < 9 Mbps
Digital Format Audio Video Interleave or Windows Media Video  
Extension .avi or .wmv  
Resolution 720x480 pixels  
Frame Rate 30 frames/second  
Data rate 4:2:2 chrominance format  
Audio Sampling Frequency 48 kHz  
Digitization Specification Pioneer PRV-LX1 DVD Recorder  
 
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