Published works
First editions, later editions, translated editions and book metadata.
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Digital
archive
A collection architecture for books, manuscripts, photographs, recordings, press materials and scholarly documentation.
Audio & performance
Poetry recital, syair, lectures and literary conversations.
Literary networks
Festivals, writers’ organisations, university programmes and public events.
Life writing
Memoir, autobiographical notes, interviews and oral history.
Translations
Edition history, translators, target languages and critical reception.
Research collection
Theses, articles, reviews, conference papers and teaching resources.
Rights-first archive: Photographs, full poems, manuscripts, recordings and scanned pages should only be made publicly available after confirming ownership and obtaining permission. Where rights are unclear, the site should publish metadata and a thumbnail rather than the full object.
Proposed archival metadata
ID
Permanent object identifier
A stable record number for citation and version control.
Required
Core
DC
Title, creator, date, description, language
Core descriptive metadata compatible with library workflows.
Dublin Core
Core
R
Rights holder and permitted use
Copyright, licence, reproduction restrictions and contact.
Rights
Required
REL
Relations between objects
Links among manuscript, first publication, book edition, translation and performance.
Linked data
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