Identifier element

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Guidelines for the Identifier Element

• Example element description: This is the reference template for how to create the indexing guidelines entry for your element

Label

Identifer

Element Description

A unique identifier is given to each image in our collection. This unique identifier can then be used for the purposes of retrieval, reference, and/or linkage.

Required?

This element is required.

Repeatable?

This element is not repeatable; there can only be one unique identifier per image.

Guidelines for Creation of Content

Note: Please enter the data for the date element first! You will need this information to create the identifier.

The identifier for each image is composed of two pieces.

The first part of the identifier is the date the image was taken. Please remove any dashes and/or other punctuation from the date.

For example, the date for the 1975 Missouri game (1975-09-08) would be entered as 19750908. The date for the 2009 Texas game (2010-01-07) would be entered as 20100107.

The second part of the identifier is a portion of the original image file name. It is the part of the original image file name that is not related to either the date of the game or the opponent that the University of Alabama was playing.

For example, the part of the original image file name that would be pulled from the image with file name 75_Missouri_021 would be 021. The part of the original image file name that would be pulled from the image with file name MFB_Texas09_CJ02674 would be CJ02674.

These two pieces will be combined (no spaces) to create the identifier (see examples below).

Examples

The identifier for file 75_Missouri_021 would be: 1975090821

The identifier for file MFB_Texas09_CJ02674 would be: 20100107CJ02674

Notes

Please see Emily's Date entry to review applicable game dates.

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