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Abstract

Source Definition: Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status
Source Comments: Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security or other regulations
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Type of term: element-refinement
Refines: rights
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Alternative

Source Definition: Any form of the title used as a substitute or alternative to the formal title of the resource
Source Comments: This qualifier can include Title abbreviations as well as translations
DC-Ed Comments:
Type of term: element-refinement
Refines: title
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Audience

Source Definition: A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful
Source Comments: A class of entity may be determined by the creator or the publisher or by a third party
DC-Ed Comments:
Type of term: element
Refined By: mediator; educationLevel
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Source Definition: A bibliographic reference for the resource
Source Comments: Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible, whether or not the citation is in a standard form
DC-Ed Comments:
Type of term: element
Refines: identifier
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Source Definition: A reference to an established standard to which the resource conforms
Source Comments: [none]
DC-Ed Comments:
Type of term: element-refinement
Refines: relation
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Contributor

Source Definition: An entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the resource
Source Comments: Examples of a Contributor include a person, an organisation, or a service. Typically, the name of a Contributor should be used to indicate the entity
DC-Ed Comments: A subset of terms taken from the Library of Congress list of Relators have been approved as role refinements for Contributor (http://www.loc.gov/marc/sourcecode/relator/relatorlist.html). URIs will be provided when available. The DCMI Usage Board has disapproved the idea of structured values to provide more information about a contributor - it should be in a description for another resource. Creator and Contributor may be conflated with Creator being used as a refinement of Contributor.
Type of term: element
Has Encoding Scheme:
Obligation: MA
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Coverage

Source Definition: The extent or scope of the content of the resource
Source Comments: Coverage will typically include spatial location (a place name or geographic coordinates), temporal period (a period label, date, or date range) or jurisdiction (such as a named administrative entity). Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the Thesaurus of Geographic Names [TGN]) and that, where appropriate, named places or time periods be used in preference to numeric identifiers such as sets of coordinates or date ranges.
DC-Ed Comments: Use Coverage with qualifier Spatial or Temporal; use of unqualified Coverage is discouraged in qualified DC.
Type of term: element
Refined By: Spatial; Temporal
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Obligation: Optional (O)
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Created

Creator

Source Definition: An entity primarily responsible for making the content of the resource.
DC-Ed Definition: A person or entity primarily responsible for creating the intellectual content of the resource.
Source Comments: Examples of a Creator include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Creator should be used to indicate the entity.
DC-Ed Comments: Examples of a Creator include authors of written documents or designers of digital learning objects. Common practice is for family name to be listed before individual name. This term should not be refined with a role. Creator and Contributor may be conflated with Creator being used as a refinement of Contributor. A subset of terms taken from the Library of Congress list of Relators have been approved as role refinements for Contributor (http://www.loc.gov/marc/sourcecode/relator/relatorlist.html). URIs will be provided when available.
Type of term: element
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Obligation: O
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