AMICO Data Specification: Text Records

This is an archived version of the Data Spec, the newest version is available at: http://www.amico.org/AMICOlibrary/dataspec.html

The following specifications apply to all structured text records contributed to the AMICO Library, as specified in the Catalog Record Specification and the Multimedia File Metadata Specification.

Note: The AMICO Data Specification is comprised of:
A. Text Record Specification (this file)
B. Related Image a1/2nd Multimedia File Specification
C. AMICO Data Dictionary

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File Format

- Data file must be in the ASCII text format.

Character Set

- The character set must be ISO 8859-1 Latin 1 Standard.

Field Tags and Delimiters

- Each field should be preceded by its three character tag.

- The field delimiter (}~) should occur at the end of a field

- Repeating groups of fields should be preceded by the group tag, followed directly by the field delimiter }~ No data is contained in the group tag.

- Each field within a group should be preceded by a tag and followed by the field delimiter.

Record Delimiter

- The record delimiter (|) should occur at the end of a record

Fields with No Data

- Fields, other than group fields, with no data may be omitted from the record. Field tags may appear with no data, unless data is required.