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Title: DCMI Metadata Terms: A complete historical record
Creator: DCMI Usage Board
Identifier: http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/2008/01/14/
Date Issued: 2008-01-14
Latest Version: http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/
Replaces: http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/2006/12/18/
Replaced By: Not applicable
Translations: http://dublincore.org/resources/translations/
Document Status: This is a DCMI Recommendation.
Description: This document is a consolidated, historically complete, and updated representation of all Elements, Element Refinements, Encoding Schemes, and Vocabulary Terms in DCMI-maintained namespaces in all of their historical versions both current and superseded. While this document may be useful for tracking changes in the status and attributes of terms over time, most users will need just "the latest" information, which is held in the document "DCMI Metadata Terms" at http://dublincore.org/usage/documents/dcmi-terms/.

Introduction

This document is an authoritative specification of all metadata terms maintained by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative in all of their historical versions.

Most users will not need the historical detail presented here and should instead consult the document "DCMI Metadata Terms", which presents only the most current information on terms [TERMS]. In addition to the attributes used to describe terms in "DCMI Metadata Terms" [TERMS], this document includes additional information related to the versioning history of individual terms:

Namespace: The DCMI Namespace within which the term is defined.
Date Issued: Date on which a term was first declared.
Date Modified: Date on which a term description was subsequently modified.
Decision: A Usage Board decision with regard to a description of a term.
Replaces: The immediately precedent historical description of a term.
Is Replaced By: The immediately subsequent historical description of a term.
Status: Status assigned to the term by the DCMI Usage Board.
Qualifies: A term qualified by an Encoding Scheme. (This is no longer used as of 2008-01-14.)

References

 [TERMS] http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/
Term Name: abstract
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/abstract
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-abstract
Label: Abstract
Definition: A summary of the resource.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/description
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/description
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: abstract-003
Replaces: abstract-002
Term Name: abstract
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/abstract
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Abstract
Definition: A summary of the content of the resource.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/description
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: abstract-002
Replaces: abstract-001
Is Replaced By: abstract-003
Term Name: abstract
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/abstract
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Abstract
Definition: A summary of the content of the resource.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/description
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Decision: Decision-2000-01
Version: abstract-001
Is Replaced By: abstract-002
Term Name: accessRights
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/accessRights
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-accessRights
Label: Access Rights
Definition: Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status.
Comment: Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/rights
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/rights
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2003-02-15
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Has Range: http://purl.org/dc/terms/RightsStatement
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: accessRights-002
Replaces: accessRights-001
Term Name: accessRights
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/accessRights
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Access Rights
Definition: Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status.
Comment: Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security or other regulations.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/rights
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2003-02-15
Decision: Decision-2003-01
Version: accessRights-001
Is Replaced By: accessRights-002
Term Name: accrualMethod
Name for Table: terms-accrualMethod
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/accrualMethod
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Accrual Method
Definition: The method by which items are added to a collection.
Type of Term: Property
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2005-06-13
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Has Domain: http://purl.org/dc/terms/Collection
Has Range: http://purl.org/dc/terms/MethodOfAccrual
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: accrualMethod-002
Replaces: accrualMethod-001
Term Name: accrualMethod
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/accrualMethod
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Accrual Method
Definition: The method by which items are added to a collection.
Comment: Recommended best practice is to use a value from a controlled vocabulary.
Type of Term: element
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2005-06-13
Decision: Decision-2005-03
Version: accrualMethod-001
Is Replaced By: accrualMethod-002
Term Name: accrualPeriodicity
Name for Table: terms-accrualPeriodicity
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/accrualPeriodicity
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Accrual Periodicity
Definition: The frequency with which items are added to a collection.
Type of Term: Property
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2005-06-13
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Has Domain: http://purl.org/dc/terms/Collection
Has Range: http://purl.org/dc/terms/Frequency
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: accrualPeriodicity-002
Replaces: accrualPeriodicity-001
Term Name: accrualPeriodicity
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/accrualPeriodicity
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Accrual Periodicity
Definition: The frequency with which items are added to a collection.
Comment: Recommended best practice is to use a value from a controlled vocabulary.
Type of Term: element
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2005-06-13
Decision: Decision-2005-03
Version: accrualPeriodicity-001
Is Replaced By: accrualPeriodicity-002
Term Name: accrualPolicy
Name for Table: terms-accrualPolicy
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/accrualPolicy
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Accrual Policy
Definition: The policy governing the addition of items to a collection.
Type of Term: Property
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2005-06-13
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Has Domain: http://purl.org/dc/terms/Collection
Has Range: http://purl.org/dc/terms/Policy
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: accrualPolicy-002
Replaces: accrualPolicy-001
Term Name: accrualPolicy
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/accrualPolicy
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Accrual Policy
Definition: The policy governing the addition of items to a collection.
Comment: Recommended best practice is to use a value from a controlled vocabulary.
Type of Term: element
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2005-06-13
Decision: Decision-2005-03
Version: accrualPolicy-001
Is Replaced By: accrualPolicy-002
Term Name: alternative
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/alternative
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-alternative
Label: Alternative Title
Definition: An alternative name for the resource.
Comment: The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/title
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/title
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: alternative-003
Replaces: alternative-002
Note: In current practice, this term is used primarily with literal values; however, there are important uses with non-literal values as well. As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage Board is leaving this range unspecified pending an investigation of options.
Term Name: alternative
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/alternative
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Alternative
Definition: Any form of the title used as a substitute or alternative to the formal title of the resource.
Comment: This qualifier can include Title abbreviations as well as translations.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/title
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: alternative-002
Replaces: alternative-001
Is Replaced By: alternative-003
Term Name: alternative
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/alternative
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Alternative
Definition: Any form of the title used as a substitute or alternative to the formal title of the resource.
Comment: This qualifier can include Title abbreviations as well as translations.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/title
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Decision: Decision-2000-01
Version: alternative-001
Is Replaced By: alternative-002
Term Name: audience
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/audience
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-audience
Label: Audience
Definition: A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful.
Type of Term: Property
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2001-05-21
Has Range: http://purl.org/dc/terms/AgentClass
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: audience-003
Replaces: audience-002
Term Name: audience
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/audience
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Audience
Definition: A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful.
Comment: A class of entity may be determined by the creator or the publisher or by a third party.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2001-05-21
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: audience-002
Replaces: audience-001
Is Replaced By: audience-003
Term Name: audience
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/audience
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Audience
Definition: A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful.
Comment: A class of entity may be determined by the creator or the publisher or by a third party.
Type of Term: element
Status: Domain-Specific
Date Issued: 2001-05-21
Decision: Decision-2001-01
Version: audience-001
Is Replaced By: audience-002
Term Name: available
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/available
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-available
Label: Date Available
Definition: Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/date
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Has Range: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Literal
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: available-003
Replaces: available-002
Term Name: available
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/available
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Available
Definition: Date (often a range) that the resource will become or did become available.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: available-002
Replaces: available-001
Is Replaced By: available-003
Term Name: available
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/available
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Available
Definition: Date (often a range) that the resource will become or did become available.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Decision: Decision-2000-01
Version: available-001
Is Replaced By: available-002
Term Name: bibliographicCitation
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/bibliographicCitation
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-bibliographicCitation
Label: Bibliographic Citation
Definition: A bibliographic reference for the resource.
Comment: Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/identifier
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2003-02-15
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Has Domain: http://purl.org/dc/terms/BibliographicResource
Has Range: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Literal
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: bibliographicCitation-002
Replaces: bibliographicCitation-001
Term Name: bibliographicCitation
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/bibliographicCitation
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Bibliographic Citation
Definition: A bibliographic reference for the resource.
Comment: 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.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/identifier
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2003-02-15
Decision: Decision-2003-01
Version: bibliographicCitation-001
Is Replaced By: bibliographicCitation-002
Term Name: conformsTo
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-conformsTo
Label: Conforms To
Definition: An established standard to which the described resource conforms.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2001-05-21
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Has Range: http://purl.org/dc/terms/Standard
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: conformsTo-003
Replaces: conformsTo-002
Term Name: conformsTo
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Conforms To
Definition: A reference to an established standard to which the resource conforms.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2001-05-21
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: conformsTo-002
Replaces: conformsTo-001
Is Replaced By: conformsTo-003
Term Name: conformsTo
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Conforms To
Definition: A reference to an established standard to which the resource conforms.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Status: Domain-Specific
Date Issued: 2001-05-21
Decision: Decision-2001-01
Version: conformsTo-001
Is Replaced By: conformsTo-002
Term Name: contributor
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/contributor
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-contributor
Label: Contributor
Definition: An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.
Comment: Examples of a Contributor include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Contributor should be used to indicate the entity.
Type of Term: Property
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2008-01-14
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/contributor
Has Range: http://purl.org/dc/terms/Agent
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: contributorT-001
Term Name: coverage
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/coverage
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-coverage
Label: Coverage
Definition: The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant.
Comment: Spatial topic and spatial applicability may be a named place or a location specified by its geographic coordinates. Temporal topic may be a named period, date, or date range. A jurisdiction may be a named administrative entity or a geographic place to which the resource applies. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Thesaurus of Geographic Names [TGN]. Where appropriate, named places or time periods can be used in preference to numeric identifiers such as sets of coordinates or date ranges.
References: [TGN] http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html
Type of Term: Property
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2008-01-14
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/coverage
Has Range: http://purl.org/dc/terms/LocationPeriodOrJurisdiction
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: coverageT-001
Term Name: created
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/created
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-created
Label: Date Created
Definition: Date of creation of the resource.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/date
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Has Range: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Literal
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: created-003
Replaces: created-002
Term Name: created
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/created
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Created
Definition: Date of creation of the resource.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: created-002
Replaces: created-001
Is Replaced By: created-003
Term Name: created
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/created
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Created
Definition: Date of creation of the resource.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Decision: Decision-2000-01
Version: created-001
Is Replaced By: created-002
Term Name: creator
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-creator
Label: Creator
Definition: An entity primarily responsible for making the resource.
Comment: 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.
Type of Term: Property
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2008-01-14
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/contributor
Has Range: http://purl.org/dc/terms/Agent
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: creatorT-001
Term Name: date
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/date
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-date
Label: Date
Definition: A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource.
Comment: Date may be used to express temporal information at any level of granularity. Recommended best practice is to use an encoding scheme, such as the W3CDTF profile of ISO 8601 [W3CDTF].
References: [W3CDTF] http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime
Type of Term: Property
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2008-01-14
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Has Range: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Literal
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: dateT-001
Term Name: dateAccepted
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/dateAccepted
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-dateAccepted
Label: Date Accepted
Definition: Date of acceptance of the resource.
Comment: Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal).
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/date
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2002-07-13
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Has Range: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Literal
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: dateAccepted-002
Replaces: dateAccepted-001
Term Name: dateAccepted
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/dateAccepted
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Date Accepted
Definition: Date of acceptance of the resource (e.g. of thesis by university department, of article by journal, etc.).
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2002-07-13
Decision: Decision-2002-02
Version: dateAccepted-001
Is Replaced By: dateAccepted-002
Term Name: dateCopyrighted
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/dateCopyrighted
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-dateCopyrighted
Label: Date Copyrighted
Definition: Date of copyright.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/date
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2002-07-13
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Has Range: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Literal
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: dateCopyrighted-002
Replaces: dateCopyrighted-001
Term Name: dateCopyrighted
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/dateCopyrighted
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Date Copyrighted
Definition: Date of a statement of copyright.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2002-07-13
Decision: Decision-2002-02
Version: dateCopyrighted-001
Is Replaced By: dateCopyrighted-002
Term Name: dateSubmitted
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/dateSubmitted
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-dateSubmitted
Label: Date Submitted
Definition: Date of submission of the resource.
Comment: Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal).
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/date
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2002-07-13
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Has Range: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Literal
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: dateSubmitted-002
Replaces: dateSubmitted-001
Term Name: dateSubmitted
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/dateSubmitted
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Date Submitted
Definition: Date of submission of the resource (e.g. thesis, articles, etc.).
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2002-07-13
Decision: Decision-2002-02
Version: dateSubmitted-001
Is Replaced By: dateSubmitted-002
Term Name: description
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/description
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-description
Label: Description
Definition: An account of the resource.
Comment: Description may include but is not limited to: an abstract, a table of contents, a graphical representation, or a free-text account of the resource.
Type of Term: Property
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2008-01-14
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/description
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: descriptionT-001
Term Name: educationLevel
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/educationLevel
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-educationLevel
Label: Audience Education Level
Definition: A class of entity, defined in terms of progression through an educational or training context, for which the described resource is intended.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/audience
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2002-07-13
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Has Range: http://purl.org/dc/terms/AgentClass
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: educationLevel-002
Replaces: educationLevel-001
Term Name: educationLevel
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/educationLevel
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Audience Education Level
Definition: A general statement describing the education or training context. Alternatively, a more specific statement of the location of the audience in terms of its progression through an education or training context.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/audience
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2002-07-13
Decision: Decision-2002-02
Version: educationLevel-001
Is Replaced By: educationLevel-002
Term Name: extent
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/extent
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-extent
Label: Extent
Definition: The size or duration of the resource.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/format
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/format
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Has Range: http://purl.org/dc/terms/SizeOrDuration
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: extent-003
Replaces: extent-002
Term Name: extent
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/extent
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Extent
Definition: The size or duration of the resource.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/format
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: extent-002
Replaces: extent-001
Is Replaced By: extent-003
Term Name: extent
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/extent
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Extent
Definition: The size or duration of the resource.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/format
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Decision: Decision-2000-01
Version: extent-001
Is Replaced By: extent-002
Term Name: format
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/format
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-format
Label: Format
Definition: The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.
Comment: Examples of dimensions include size and duration. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the list of Internet Media Types [MIME].
References: [MIME] http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/
Type of Term: Property
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2008-01-14
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/format
Has Range: http://purl.org/dc/terms/MediaTypeOrExtent
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: formatT-001
Term Name: hasFormat
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasFormat
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-hasFormat
Label: Has Format
Definition: A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: hasFormat-003
Replaces: hasFormat-002
Note: This term is intended to be used with non-literal values as defined in the DCMI Abstract Model (http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/). As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage Board is seeking a way to express this intention with a formal range declaration.
Term Name: hasFormat
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasFormat
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Has Format
Definition: The described resource pre-existed the referenced resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content presented in another format.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: hasFormat-002
Replaces: hasFormat-001
Is Replaced By: hasFormat-003
Term Name: hasFormat
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasFormat
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Has Format
Definition: The described resource pre-existed the referenced resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content presented in another format.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Decision: Decision-2000-01
Version: hasFormat-001
Is Replaced By: hasFormat-002
Term Name: hasPart
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasPart
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-hasPart
Label: Has Part
Definition: A related resource that is included either physically or logically in the described resource.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: hasPart-003
Replaces: hasPart-002
Note: This term is intended to be used with non-literal values as defined in the DCMI Abstract Model (http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/). As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage Board is seeking a way to express this intention with a formal range declaration.
Term Name: hasPart
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasPart
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Has Part
Definition: The described resource includes the referenced resource either physically or logically.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: hasPart-002
Replaces: hasPart-001
Is Replaced By: hasPart-003
Term Name: hasPart
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasPart
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Has Part
Definition: The described resource includes the referenced resource either physically or logically.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Decision: Decision-2000-01
Version: hasPart-001
Is Replaced By: hasPart-002
Term Name: hasVersion
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-hasVersion
Label: Has Version
Definition: A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: hasVersion-003
Replaces: hasVersion-002
Note: This term is intended to be used with non-literal values as defined in the DCMI Abstract Model (http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/). As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage Board is seeking a way to express this intention with a formal range declaration.
Term Name: hasVersion
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Has Version
Definition: The described resource has a version, edition, or adaptation, namely, the referenced resource.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: hasVersion-002
Replaces: hasVersion-001
Is Replaced By: hasVersion-003
Term Name: hasVersion
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Has Version
Definition: The described resource has a version, edition, or adaptation, namely, the referenced resource.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Decision: Decision-2000-01
Version: hasVersion-001
Is Replaced By: hasVersion-002
Term Name: identifier
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-identifier
Label: Identifier
Definition: An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.
Comment: Recommended best practice is to identify the resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system.
Type of Term: Property
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2008-01-14
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/identifier
Has Range: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Literal
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: identifierT-001
Term Name: instructionalMethod
Name for Table: terms-instructionalMethod
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/instructionalMethod
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Instructional Method
Definition: A process, used to engender knowledge, attitudes and skills, that the described resource is designed to support.
Comment: Instructional Method will typically include ways of presenting instructional materials or conducting instructional activities, patterns of learner-to-learner and learner-to-instructor interactions, and mechanisms by which group and individual levels of learning are measured. Instructional methods include all aspects of the instruction and learning processes from planning and implementation through evaluation and feedback.
Type of Term: Property
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2005-06-13
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Has Range: http://purl.org/dc/terms/MethodOfInstruction
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: instructionalMethod-002
Replaces: instructionalMethod-001
Term Name: instructionalMethod
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/instructionalMethod
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Instructional Method
Definition: A process, used to engender knowledge, attitudes and skills, that the resource is designed to support.
Comment: Instructional Method will typically include ways of presenting instructional materials or conducting instructional activities, patterns of learner-to-learner and learner-to-instructor interactions, and mechanisms by which group and individual levels of learning are measured. Instructional methods include all aspects of the instruction and learning processes from planning and implementation through evaluation and feedback.
Type of Term: element
Status: conforming
Date Issued: 2005-06-13
Decision: Decision-2005-02
Version: instructionalMethod-001
Is Replaced By: instructionalMethod-002
Term Name: isFormatOf
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isFormatOf
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-isFormatOf
Label: Is Format Of
Definition: A related resource that is substantially the same as the described resource, but in another format.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: isFormatOf-003
Replaces: isFormatOf-002
Note: This term is intended to be used with non-literal values as defined in the DCMI Abstract Model (http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/). As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage Board is seeking a way to express this intention with a formal range declaration.
Term Name: isFormatOf
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isFormatOf
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Is Format Of
Definition: The described resource is the same intellectual content of the referenced resource, but presented in another format.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: isFormatOf-002
Replaces: isFormatOf-001
Is Replaced By: isFormatOf-003
Term Name: isFormatOf
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isFormatOf
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Is Format Of
Definition: The described resource is the same intellectual content of the referenced resource, but presented in another format.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Decision: Decision-2000-01
Version: isFormatOf-001
Is Replaced By: isFormatOf-002
Term Name: isPartOf
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isPartOf
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-isPartOf
Label: Is Part Of
Definition: A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: isPartOf-003
Replaces: isPartOf-002
Note: This term is intended to be used with non-literal values as defined in the DCMI Abstract Model (http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/). As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage Board is seeking a way to express this intention with a formal range declaration.
Term Name: isPartOf
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isPartOf
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Is Part Of
Definition: The described resource is a physical or logical part of the referenced resource.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: isPartOf-002
Replaces: isPartOf-001
Is Replaced By: isPartOf-003
Term Name: isPartOf
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isPartOf
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Is Part Of
Definition: The described resource is a physical or logical part of the referenced resource.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Decision: Decision-2000-01
Version: isPartOf-001
Is Replaced By: isPartOf-002
Term Name: isReferencedBy
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isReferencedBy
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-isReferencedBy
Label: Is Referenced By
Definition: A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: isReferencedBy-003
Replaces: isReferencedBy-002
Note: This term is intended to be used with non-literal values as defined in the DCMI Abstract Model (http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/). As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage Board is seeking a way to express this intention with a formal range declaration.
Term Name: isReferencedBy
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isReferencedBy
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Is Referenced By
Definition: The described resource is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the referenced resource.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: isReferencedBy-002
Replaces: isReferencedBy-001
Is Replaced By: isReferencedBy-003
Term Name: isReferencedBy
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isReferencedBy
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Is Referenced By
Definition: The described resource is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the referenced resource.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Decision: Decision-2000-01
Version: isReferencedBy-001
Is Replaced By: isReferencedBy-002
Term Name: isReplacedBy
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isReplacedBy
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-isReplacedBy
Label: Is Replaced By
Definition: A related resource that supplants, displaces, or supersedes the described resource.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: isReplacedBy-003
Replaces: isReplacedBy-002
Note: This term is intended to be used with non-literal values as defined in the DCMI Abstract Model (http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/). As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage Board is seeking a way to express this intention with a formal range declaration.
Term Name: isReplacedBy
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isReplacedBy
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Is Replaced By
Definition: The described resource is supplanted, displaced, or superseded by the referenced resource.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: isReplacedBy-002
Replaces: isReplacedBy-001
Is Replaced By: isReplacedBy-003
Term Name: isReplacedBy
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isReplacedBy
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Is Replaced By
Definition: The described resource is supplanted, displaced, or superceded by the referenced resource.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Decision: Decision-2000-01
Version: isReplacedBy-001
Is Replaced By: isReplacedBy-002
Term Name: isRequiredBy
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isRequiredBy
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-isRequiredBy
Label: Is Required By
Definition: A related resource that requires the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: isRequiredBy-003
Replaces: isRequiredBy-002
Note: This term is intended to be used with non-literal values as defined in the DCMI Abstract Model (http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/). As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage Board is seeking a way to express this intention with a formal range declaration.
Term Name: isRequiredBy
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isRequiredBy
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Is Required By
Definition: The described resource is required by the referenced resource, either physically or logically.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: isRequiredBy-002
Replaces: isRequiredBy-001
Is Replaced By: isRequiredBy-003
Term Name: isRequiredBy
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isRequiredBy
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Is Required By
Definition: The described resource is required by the referenced resource, either physically or logically.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Decision: Decision-2000-01
Version: isRequiredBy-001
Is Replaced By: isRequiredBy-002
Term Name: issued
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/issued
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-issued
Label: Date Issued
Definition: Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/date
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Has Range: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#Literal
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: issued-003
Replaces: issued-002
Term Name: issued
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/issued
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Issued
Definition: Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: issued-002
Replaces: issued-001
Is Replaced By: issued-003
Term Name: issued
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/issued
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Issued
Definition: Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Decision: Decision-2000-01
Version: issued-001
Is Replaced By: issued-002
Term Name: isVersionOf
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isVersionOf
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name for Table: terms-isVersionOf
Label: Is Version Of
Definition: A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation.
Comment: Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format.
Type of Term: Property
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2008-01-14
Decision: Decision-2008-01
Version: isVersionOf-003
Replaces: isVersionOf-002
Note: This term is intended to be used with non-literal values as defined in the DCMI Abstract Model (http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/). As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage Board is seeking a way to express this intention with a formal range declaration.
Term Name: isVersionOf
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/isVersionOf
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Label: Is Version Of
Definition: The described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation of the referenced resource. Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format.
Type of Term: element-refinement
Refines: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 2000-07-11
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: isVersionOf-002
Replaces: