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Standard Type Encoding Schemes

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative - Type Working Group

22 August 2002

Editor: Ann Apps <ann.apps@man.ac.uk>
MIMAS, University of Manchester, UK

Status of this document: Working Draft

Description: This document contains an annotated list of standard type encoding schemes.

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1. Standard Type Encoding Schemes

The table below lists standard encoding schemes or vocabularies which could be used to indicate the Type of a resource. The entries will be annotated with guidelines on which to choose for a particular use.

These encoding schemes will be registered with DCMI when a mechanism becomes available.

2. Other Type Encoding Schemes

The table below lists other significant type encoding schemes. Because these are not standard identifiers, it will be necessary to encode them within Dublin Core records using application-specific schemes.

URLs

• [U1] AAT: http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/
• [U2] MARCGenre: http://www.loc.gov/marc/sourcecode/genre/genrelist.html
• [U3] MIG: http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/migintro.html
• [U4] TGMII: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm2/
• [U5] UNESCO: http://www.ulcc.ac.uk/unesco/
• [U6] CISMeF: http://www.chu-rouen.fr/documed/typeeng.html
• [U7] CLDT: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/rslp/types/
• [U8] IPTC: http://www.iptc.org/site/subject-codes/genre.html
• [U9] RBMS: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/catdept/home/genreterms/main.html (List not online)
• [U10] RIS: http://www.refman.com/support/risformat_reftypes.asp
• [U11] UKGovTalk: http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/documents/e-Government_Metadata_Standard_v1.pdf (Appendix B)

References

• [R1] Darmoni SJ, Thirion B. - A Standard Metadata Scheme for Health Resources - JAMIA Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2000; Jan-Feb;7(1):108-109
• [R2] Darmoni SJ, Thirion B, Leroy JP, Douyère M, Piot J. - The use of Dublin Core metadata in a structured health resource guide on the Internet - Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 2001; July;89(3) 297-301