Images Level: Capture ID
Definition: Technical metadata ID generated by imaging software at the time of capture to identify each image; it (or any other in-house number) is hand-entered into DS-Access.; the CaptureID is not necessarily unique.
Comment: In its intended use, the information for CaptureID is produced by the photographic equipment's software; since the field can't be populated automatically by DS-Access, and since its information is therefore entered by hand, the inputter/cataloguer may use the field for any sort of image-specific identifier.
CaptureID is one of the two fields that may be used to identify an image (the other is DigitalObjectID). Both fields allow the inputter/cataloguer to hand-enter information if an institution prefers an in-house file-naming system; however, because CaptureID will allow duplication, it is riskier as the unique identifier of an image.
| | space |
| _ | underscore |
| . | dot |
| / | slash |
| \ | backslash |
| * | asterisk |
| + | plus sign |
| ? | question mark |
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| & | ampersand |
| % | percent |
| ^ | carat |
| ( ) | parenthesis |
| { } | graph brackets |
| [ ] | square brackets |
| < > | angle brackets |
| : | colon |
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| ; | semi colon |
| | | pipe |
| # | hash |
| @ | at symbol |
| ! | exclamation point |
| ~ | tilda |
| $ | dollar sign |
| , | commas |
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Please read about incorporating the CaptureID into the image URL in the User Guide to the Database, in its sections 3.5.2.1, "Capture ID" and 5.4.3.1, "Develop URL Pattern."
Example:
Properties: Data type: text. Field size: 30 characters.
Required?: No.
