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2 Record VEOs

A Record VEO is the most common VEO. Each Record VEO contains one electronic record. In VERS, an electronic record consists of one or more Documents, each of which consists of one or more Encodings.

A Document is an independent portion of record. An example of this would be the record of a meeting (Figure 1) which consists of two documents: the minutes and a presentation given at the meeting.

Figure 1. Example of a record that contains multiple Documents and Encodings.

An Encoding is a physical representation of a Document. In the diagram above, the minutes are represented twice: once as a PDF file and once as a Word file. The presentation, however, is only represented by one Encoding (in PDF).

A record is represented by a Record (M10) element. The main structure of a Record (M10) element is shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2. Main structural elements of a Record VEO.

The elements contained within a Record element are:

  • Record Metadata. The Record Metadata (M11) element describes the record as a whole. Primarily, this encompasses what the record is, how it relates to other records, and its history.
  • Document. The Document (M114) element contains a single Document within a record and may be repeated. A Document contains:
    • Document Metadata. This element (M115) contains metadata that describes the Document, that is, information that distinguishes this Document from other Documents and from the record as a whole.
    • Encoding. This element (M126) contains a representation of the Document, for example a PDF file or a Word file. A Document may have multiple Encodings. An Encoding contains:
      • Encoding Metadata. This element (M127) describes the file format.
      • Document Data. This element (M133) contains the actual physical representation of the Document.

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