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Enum: DigitalObjectCategory

The category of object to which preservation metadata applies.

Based on PREMIS object categories.

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URI: valuesets:DigitalObjectCategory

Permissible Values

Value Title Meaning Description
BITSTREAM premis:objectCategory/bit Contiguous or non-contiguous data within a file that has meaningful
properties for preservation purposes. A bitstream cannot be transformed
into a standalone file without the addition of file structure.
FILE premis:objectCategory/fil A named and ordered sequence of bytes that is known to an operating
system. A file can be zero or more bytes and has a file format,
access permissions, and other file system characteristics.
INTELLECTUAL_ENTITY Intellectual Entity premis:objectCategory/int A coherent set of content that is reasonably described as a unit.
Examples include a book, a photograph, a database, or a software
application. An intellectual entity may contain other intellectual
entities.
REPRESENTATION premis:objectCategory/rep The set of files, including structural metadata, needed for a
complete and reasonable rendition of an intellectual entity.
A digital object may have multiple representations.

Slots

Name Description
object_category The category of digital object

See Also

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets

LinkML Source

name: DigitalObjectCategory
instantiates:
- valuesets_meta:ValueSetEnumDefinition
description: 'The category of object to which preservation metadata applies.

  Based on PREMIS object categories.

  '
title: Digital Object Category
from_schema: https://w3id.org/linkml/valuesets
see_also:
- https://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/preservation/objectCategory.html
contributors:
- orcid:0000-0002-6601-2165
- https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
status: DRAFT
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  BITSTREAM:
    text: BITSTREAM
    description: 'Contiguous or non-contiguous data within a file that has meaningful

      properties for preservation purposes. A bitstream cannot be transformed

      into a standalone file without the addition of file structure.

      '
    meaning: premis:objectCategory/bit
  FILE:
    text: FILE
    description: 'A named and ordered sequence of bytes that is known to an operating

      system. A file can be zero or more bytes and has a file format,

      access permissions, and other file system characteristics.

      '
    meaning: premis:objectCategory/fil
  INTELLECTUAL_ENTITY:
    text: INTELLECTUAL_ENTITY
    description: 'A coherent set of content that is reasonably described as a unit.

      Examples include a book, a photograph, a database, or a software

      application. An intellectual entity may contain other intellectual

      entities.

      '
    meaning: premis:objectCategory/int
    title: Intellectual Entity
  REPRESENTATION:
    text: REPRESENTATION
    description: 'The set of files, including structural metadata, needed for a

      complete and reasonable rendition of an intellectual entity.

      A digital object may have multiple representations.

      '
    meaning: premis:objectCategory/rep