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- The ARK X
- Descriptive metadata:
- who
- what
- when
- where
- how (metatype, similar to resourcetype)
- domain-specific elements (eg, publications vs physical samples vs vocabulary terms)
- PIDs to first-level variants (versions, formats, change history) and components of X, if any
- PID to the first (immediate) logical ancestor of X
- eg, if X is a PDF variant of a document object, this points to the logical object ARK listing X along with its sibling HTML and MSWord forms
- PID to the last (root) logical ancestor of X
- eg, if X is a section of a chapter of a book, this points to the book logical object
- Change history, if any
- Licensing and accessibility information
- How to cite, including "cite-as" header
- Persistence statement
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