INDIVIDUAL ELEMENT DEFINITIONS
Keywords

 

  • Element Attribute
  • Definition & Guidelines
NAME Keywords
OBLIGATION TO USE

Provided by PBS

DEFINITION Uncontrolled vocabulary / natural language words describing the digital asset. This metadata is supplied by PBS, but may be based on keyword descriptions offered by the contributor of a media item.
ELEMENT DEPENDENCIES Keywords (Contributor)
CONTROLLED VOCABULARY Free Text
QUANTITY PERMITTED 0-Unlimited
DATA TYPE Text String
NOTES/GUIDELINES This field cannot be utilized by stations. This field contains descriptions that are derived from vetted taxonomies maintained by and supplied by PBS for all media assets in its respository. Content contributors should use the companion metadata element Keywords (Contributor) in order to inform PBS about important keyword descriptions for an item.
FORMAT/EXAMPLES

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VERSION NUMBER v 1.2

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