RiC Attribute Carrier Extent

Alternative Names
  • RiC-A04 (RiC-CM Consultation Draft v0.2 December 2019)

Summary

Carrier Extent is an Attribute in the Records in Context - Conceptual Model.

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The Records in Context - Conceptual Model v. 0.2 (December 2019) defines and describes Accrual as follows:
Definition
Number of physical units and/or physical dimensions of Record Resource carriers.

Extensibility
The attribute may be extended with any number of specific attributes.

Value Schema
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Scope Notes
For electronic resources, it indicates the size of storage capacity (disk, tape, film etc.).
The attribute may be different from the Instantiation Extent attribute. For example, the Carrier Extent of a movie may be 4 GB (as DVD), while Instantiation Extent may be 2 GB.

Examples
1 page;
17 x 34.5 cm;
USB key of 3 G

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Gavan McCarthy

Created: 11 April 2016, Last modified: 29 January 2020