Contents:
	1. Categories of DOBM files
	2. Structure of the BIBLDECSR file
	3. Structure of the TECHDESCR file
	4. Structure of the BOOK file
	5. Structure of the PAGE file
	6. Other statements
	7. Literature:

     This proposal has been prepared in order to enable digitization of damaged and endangered modern books which to be replaced by their digital copies and thus used for library services if they are out of print and there is no problem with copyright.

For this purpose the concrete application of the DOBM format for manuscripts and old printed books NKP//MANUSCRIPT 2.1 will be adapted as specification NKP//MANUSCRIPT 2.2.

1. Categories of DOBM files

The metadata files are divided into five categories:

1. BIBLDESCR - (Bibliographic Description)

Bibliographic description of the document with cataloguing data. From here significant references are made to the file of the TECHDESCR category and the file of the BOOK category.

2. TECHDESCR (Technical Description)

A file with the description of the digitization process.

3. BOOK (Book)

This file represents the book, it can include its contents. Significant references are made from here to individual pages (files of the PAGE category).

4. PAGE (Page)

This file represents one page of the book. It contains a preview image and it can contain also the description of the page. References to data files of the digital copies of pages are made from here. The data files are divided into categories following the recommended quality levels of the digital images.

2. Structure of the BIBLDECSR file

The file of the BIBLDESCR category is the root of the tree structure and it covers the digital copy of the book. The BIBLDESCR category contains the bibliographic description. The list of the categories of the bibliographic record is as follows:

AACR2	- this marks the statements whose origin is in the AACR2 standard
doc	- the values of the statements are in the language of the described document
orig	- the value is in the language of the original document (in case we digitize a translation)
descr	- the values of the statements are in English or in the cataloguing language

 

MAINTTL Title	Main title(mandatory)	AACR2	doc
OTHERTTL Other Titles	Other information about the title	AACR2	doc
ORIGTTL Original Title	Title of the original	AACR2	orig
FSTOFRESP Author	First statement of responsibility (author)	AACR2	orig
OTHSTOFRESP Other statement of resposnibility	Other statement of resposnibility	AACR2	orig
EDITST Edition	Edition (1, 2, etc.)	AACR2	doc
GMD Type of Document	General material designation type of the document E.g., manuscript, periodical. (mandatory)	AACR2	descr
LANGDOC Language of the Document	Language of the document	AACR2	descr
LANGORIG Language of the Original	Language of the original	AACR2	descr
PBLSHER Publisher	Publisher	AACR2	doc
PLACEPBL Place of Publication	Place of publication	AACR2	doc
DATOFPUBL Datation	Date of publication(mandatory)	AACR2	descr
SERIES Series	Series	AACR2	doc
PRINTER Printer	Printer	AACR2	doc
PLACEPRT Place of Printing	Place of printing	AACR2	doc
PHYSDESCR Physical Description	Physical description (mandatory)	AACR2	descr
It can contain these more detailed statements:
	SIZE Size	Size	descr
	EXTENT Extent	Extent (number of pages or folios)	descr
	ATTMAT Attached Material	Attached material	orig / descr
	DEFECTS Defects	Discovered defects	descr
ANNOT Annotation		Annotation (mandatory)	descr
It can contain these more detailed statements:
	BASINF Basic Information	Basic information	descr
	CONTENTS Contents	List of contents	doc/descr
	INDEX Index	Index of important places in the document	doc/descr
	LIT Literature	Literature/bibliography	doc/descr
SHELFNO Shelf-number	Shelf-number		descr
LIBRARY Library	Place of storage		descr
ACCESSIB Accessibility	Accessibility/availability		descr
KEYWORD Keyword	Keyword		descr
UDC UDC	UDC (Universal Decimal Classifuication)		descr
ISBN ISBN	ISBN	AACR2	descr
NOTES Notes	Notes	AACR2	descr

3. Structure of the TECHDESCR file

The file of the TECHDESCR category contains technical information about how the original was digitized: description of technological devices used, original resolution, or information about intermediate formats used for the production of final digital data files. The TECHDESCR category contains this information in one category labelled as shown below:

4. Structure of the BOOK file

The BOOK category file represents a book, it contains no other statements. From here a reference to the gallery of individual pages can be made.

5. Structure of the PAGE file

The files of the PAGE category represent each one page of the book. The PAGE file can contain various statements and also references to the images of various quality levels:

• GALLERYQ
  Gallery Quality Picture
• PREVIEWQ
  Preview Quality Picture
• NORMALQ
  Normal Quality Picture
• INTERNETQ
  Internet Quality Picture
• EXCELLENTQ
  Excellent Quality Picture
• DETAILQ
  Detail
• WATERMARK
  Watermark

It can also contain a reference to the text file related to the page

• TEXTCOPY (TEXT)
  Text    Copy   Text copy

6. Other statements

If needed larger or more detailed descriptions of individual pages, other statements/categories as desired.

7. Literature: