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JSTOR Seeklight: Managing Seeklight fields [Tier 3]

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JSTOR Seeklight generates descriptive metadata using a modified Dublin Core-based metadata schema. Projects created with the Seeklight metadata template have all available Seeklight fields enabled automatically.

For existing projects using different templates, you can manually enable Seeklight for the field(s) you want to generate metadata for using Seeklight.

Enabling/disabling fields for Seeklight metadata generation

Seeklight Management tab and Seeklight field enablement options in Project Settings

To enable or disable Seeklight metadata generation for one or more of your project fields:

  1. In your project, select Project Settings, then select the Seeklight Management tab.
  2. For each field listed under Project Fields, use the corresponding Seeklight Fields drop-down menu to enable or disable Seeklight metadata generation for that field.
    • Each Seeklight field can only be connected to a single project field and vice versa. Any Seeklight fields which have already been enabled will be noted and cannot be selected for a different field.
    • You can disable Seeklight metadata generation for a field by selecting None. This will also make it available to enable for a different project field.
    • With the exception of the Seeklight Resource Type List field, Seeklight can only be enabled for Text or Text Area fields. Any fields with incompatible field types will be noted.
    • For instructions for adding additional fields to your project or editing existing fields, see Managing project fields.

As you enable each field, your changes will be saved automatically. In addition, these settings will be carried over to any new project(s) created by copying your current project.

Tip: You can use the Set all to none button to remove Seeklight enablement from all fields in your project and re-enable only the fields you want to generate metadata for.

Available Seeklight fields

The following Seeklight fields are available to enable in your projects. If you create a new project by uploading media files through Seeklight or by selecting the Seeklight metadata schema, all of these fields will be pre-enabled in your project.

Seeklight Field Description Compatible Field Type(s)
Title The name given to the item. Text or Text Area
Creator The person, organization, or service identified as primarily responsible for making the item's content. Text or Text Area
Date The date associated with the item. Text or Text Area
Language The language of the item's content. Text or Text Area
Description A narrative description of the item. Text or Text Area
Subject Topics of the item, derived from Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) vocabulary. Text or Text Area
Type The kind of work or object the item is, such as its genre or object category. Text or Text Area
Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the item. A combination of Style, Culture, Period, and Location. Text or Text Area
Format The physical or digital format of the item. A combination of Medium, Technique, Material, and Measurements. Text or Text Area
Publisher The person, company, or other entity identified as making the item available. Text or Text Area
Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Text or Text Area
Technique Indication of any implements, production or manufacturing techniques, processes, or methods incorporated in the fabrication of the item. Text or Text Area
Material The identified material or medium the work is made in, such as paint or ink. Text or Text Area
Measurements The identified physical dimensions of the object.  Text or Text Area
Style Term that identifies artistic or stylistic movement the item belongs to. Text or Text Area
Culture The identified cultural origin of the item. Text or Text Area
Period Term that identifies the historical or chronological period of the item. Text or Text Area
Location The identified place associated with the item. Text or Text Area
Resource Type

A specific resource type that reflects the nature or genre of the content of the resource.

See JSTOR Content and Resource Types for more information.

 List (source: JSTOR Resource Types)
Keywords

Terms that describe the item's content, including people, places, objects, events, concepts, and classifications such as genre.

See Field-specific mapping recommendations for more information.

 Text or Text Area
Named Entities

People, organizations, and places named in the item's content.

See Field-specific mapping recommendations for more information.

 Text or Text Area

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