Talk:Media Types

TO DO

1. describe supported vs unsupported
2. impact of unsupported
3. locate good example specimen with audubon core data including dc:format
4. more

Introduction

Images

Supported formats

JPEG, JPEG 2000, PNG

Common file extensions

.jpg, .jpeg, .jp2, .png

Common MIME types

image/jpeg, image/jp2, image/png

Known Unsupported formats

DNG, RAW, PSD, TIFF, GIF

Audubon Core Sample Values

 "dc:type" : "StillImage"
 "dc:format" : "image/jpeg"

iDigBio short name

"images"

Placeholder default icon for media of this type

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iDigBio additional derivatives

thumbnail, webview, fullsize

Video

Supported formats

MP4 (H.264 encoding), MPEG

Common file extensions

.mp4, .mpeg

Common MIME types

video/mp4, video/mpeg

Known Unsupported formats

GIF, DIVX, Adobe Flash (F4V, FLV), Quicktime

Audubon Core Sample Values

 "dc:type" : "MovingImage"
 "dc:format" : "video/mp4"

iDigBio short name

"videos"

Placeholder default icon for media of this type

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iDigBio additional derivatives

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Audio

Supported formats

MP3 (MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 audio), MP4 (AAC audio)

Common file extensions

.mp3, .mp4

Common MIME types

audio/mpeg, audio/MPA, audio/mp4

Known Unsupported formats

WAV

Audubon Core Sample Values

 "dc:type" : "Sound"
 "dc:format" : "audio/mpeg"

iDigBio short name

"sounds"

Placeholder default icon for media of this type

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iDigBio additional derivatives

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3D Models

Supported formats

StereoLithograph (STL, binary), Polygon File Format (PLY, binary)

Common file extensions

STL, PLY

Common MIME types

model/mesh

Known Unsupported formats

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Audubon Core Sample Values

 "dc:type" : "InteractiveResource"
 "dc:format" : "model/mesh"

iDigBio short name

"models"

Placeholder default icon for media of this type

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iDigBio additional derivatives

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Documents

Supported formats

Portable Document Format (PDF)

Common file extensions

PDF

Common MIME types

"application/pdf"

Known Unsupported formats

DOC, DOCX

Audubon Core Sample Values

 "dc:type" : "Text"
 "dc:format" : "application/pdf"

iDigBio short name

"documents"

Placeholder default icon for media of this type

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iDigBio additional derivatives

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