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Overview Collection Storage File Item Shape Item Component Shape Component Metadata abstract entity physical entity Collection Library

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Shape Component Item

Shape A shape is a rendition of an item –For a video file, it can be a low-res editing version, web version, audio track(s),... –For a document, it can be the pages as images, extracted text,... –Thumbnails do not count as shapes, as they are stored separately A shape can be “tagged” – shape-tag A shape-tag is also a preset A file that is imported is automatically tagged as “original”

Component Shape Component File Shape

File Component File Storage Component

Storage File

Data model Collection Item Collection Item (Rendered) Item (Rendered) Sequence Canonical / Raw Sequence Canonical / Raw Sequence

Collection A collection is a list of items, libraries, and collections. (Cannot contain cycles) –Metadata –Access rights –Storage rules Export ”Like a filesystem folder”

Collection Items/collections in Collections can be ordered –E.g., use as an work list Collections can also contain Sequences

Library A library is a light-weight collection A library can be created –Manually (add item(s) to library) –By searching (add search results to a library) Library actions: –Perform metadata changes –Perform access right changes –Export

Library Libraries created as a result of a search is stored as such (the search criteria is saved) –Updates are done dynamically, either automatically when item metadata is changed, or at a certain interval. (example) Libraries are removed automatically if they are not used (default 24 h) –Libraries used in collection or rules are not removed automatically