| Name of Term | subject | |
| Term URI | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/subject | |
| Label | Subject | |
| Defined By | http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/ | |
| Source Definition | The topic of the content of the resource. | |
| DC-Gov Definition | - | |
| Source Comments | Typically, a Subject will be expressed as keywords, key phrases or classification codes that describe a topic of the resource. Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary or formal classification scheme. | |
| DC-Gov Comments | If a geographic or temporal aspect is recorded use the element Coverage. It is highly recommended that either freetext or controlled vocabulary be supplied as element Subject in the metadata where appropriate and feasible. It is also recommended that a controlled vocabulary be used with encoding scheme specified. If no encoding scheme is specified, it is treated as keyword. If using qualified DC, always use the encoding scheme(s) for terms from a controlled vocabulary. | |
| Source status | recommended | |
| DC-Gov status | issue - subject | |
| Usage | - | |
| Type of term | element | |
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| Has Encoding Scheme | Governments can define their own encoding schemes. | |
| Obligation | R | |
| Occurence | ||