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DCMI Metadata Terms: A complete historical record

Title: DCMI Metadata Terms: A complete historical record
Creator: DCMI Usage Board
Identifier: http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/2006/12/18/
Date Issued: 2006-12-18
Latest Version: http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/
Replaces: Not applicable
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Schemes, and Vocabulary Terms in DCMI-maintained namespaces in all of their historical versions both current and superseded.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 is 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]. Links to other relevant documentation may be found on the "Overview of Documentation for DCMI Metadata Terms" [OVERVIEW].

In addition to the attributes used to describe terms in the document "DCMI Metadata Terms" [TERMS], this document includes additional information related to the versioning history of individual terms:

Namespace: The URI of the namespace within which the term is defined.
Date modified: Date on which a term declaration was subsequently modified.
Decision: A link to the Usage Board decision describing the creation or modification of a term declaration.
Version: This description of the term.
Replaces: The immediately precedent description of the term.
Is Replaced By: The immediately successive description of the term.

References

 [TERMS] http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/
 [OVERVIEW] http://dublincore.org/usage/documents/overview/

Errata note, December 2006: When DCMES 1.1 was created, the DCMI Recommendation for DCMES 1.1 superseded the DCMI Recommendation for DCMES 1.0. When this historical record of all term descriptions was compiled, the assertion of a relationship between these two documents was translated into assertions between terms declared in those documents -- i.e., that Rights-002, a description of http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/rights as of 1999-07-02, "replaces" Rights-001, a description of http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/rights as of 1998-08-06. However, Rights-002 and Rights-001 describe two different terms, and Rights-001 remains the last "unreplaced" description of http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/. The erroneous and misleading assertions to the effect that descriptions of /1.1/ terms "replace" descriptions of /1.0/ terms therefore have been removed. The spelling of "organisation" was changed to "organization" on 2006-12-21.

The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set

Term Name: contributor
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/contributor
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: 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: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2006-12-18
Decision: Decision-2006-03
Version: contributor-005
Replaces: contributor-004
Term Name: contributor
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/contributor
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: contributor
Label: Contributor
Definition: An entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the resource.
Comment: 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.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-10-04
Decision: Decision-2002-03
Version: contributor-004
Replaces: contributor-003
Is Replaced By: contributor-005
Term Name: contributor
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/contributor
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: contributor
Label: Contributor
Definition: An entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the resource.
Comment: 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.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: contributor-003
Replaces: contributor-002
Is Replaced By: contributor-004
Term Name: contributor
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/contributor
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: contributor
Label: Contributor
Definition: An entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the resource.
Comment: 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.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 1999-07-02
Decision: Decision-1999-01
Version: contributor-002
Is Replaced By: contributor-003
Term Name: contributor
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/contributor
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/
Name: contributor
Label: Other Contributor
Definition: A person or organization not specified in a Creator element who has made significant intellectual contributions to the resource but whose contribution is secondary to any person or organization specified in a Creator element (for example, editor, transcriber, and illustrator).
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1998-08-06
Decision: Decision-1998-01
Version: contributor-001
Is Replaced By:
Term Name: coverage
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/coverage
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: 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 may be a named place or a location specified by its geographic coordinates. Temporal period 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: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2006-12-18
Decision: Decision-2006-03
Version: coverage-005
Replaces: coverage-004
Term Name: coverage
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/coverage
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: coverage
Label: Coverage
Definition: The extent or scope of the content of the resource.
Comment: 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.
References: [TGN] http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-10-04
Decision: Decision-2002-03
Version: coverage-004
Replaces: coverage-003
Is Replaced By: coverage-005
Term Name: Coverage
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/coverage
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: Coverage
Label: Coverage
Definition: The extent or scope of the content of the resource.
Comment: 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.
References: [TGN] http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: coverage-003
Replaces: coverage-002
Is Replaced By: coverage-004
Term Name: Coverage
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/coverage
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: Coverage
Label: Coverage
Definition: The extent or scope of the content of the resource.
Comment: 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.
References: [TGN] http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 1999-07-02
Decision: Decision-1999-01
Version: coverage-002
Is Replaced By: coverage-003
Term Name: Coverage
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/coverage
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/
Name: Coverage
Label: Coverage
Definition: The spatial and/or temporal characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource. Spatial coverage refers to a physical region (e.g., celestial sector) using place names or coordinates (e.g., longitude and latitude). Temporal coverage refers to what the resource is about rather than when it was created or made available (the latter belonging in the Date element). Temporal coverage is typically specified using named time periods (e.g., Neolithic) or the same date/time format [W3CDTF] as recommended for the Date element.
References: [W3CDTF] http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1998-08-06
Decision: Decision-1998-01
Version: coverage-001
Is Replaced By:
Term Name: creator
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: 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: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2006-12-18
Decision: Decision-2006-03
Version: creator-005
Replaces: creator-004
Term Name: creator
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: creator
Label: Creator
Definition: An entity primarily responsible for making the content of the resource.
Comment: Examples of a Creator include a person, an organisation, or a service. Typically, the name of a Creator should be used to indicate the entity.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-10-04
Decision: Decision-2002-03
Version: creator-004
Replaces: creator-003
Is Replaced By: creator-005
Term Name: creator
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: creator
Label: Creator
Definition: An entity primarily responsible for making the content of the resource.
Comment: Examples of a Creator include a person, an organisation, or a service. Typically, the name of a Creator should be used to indicate the entity.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: creator-003
Replaces: creator-002
Is Replaced By: creator-004
Term Name: creator
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: creator
Label: Creator
Definition: An entity primarily responsible for making the content of the resource.
Comment: Examples of a Creator include a person, an organisation, or a service. Typically, the name of a Creator should be used to indicate the entity.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 1999-07-02
Decision: Decision-1999-01
Version: creator-002
Is Replaced By: creator-003
Term Name: creator
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/creator
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/
Name: creator
Label: Author or Creator
Definition: The person or organization primarily responsible for creating the intellectual content of the resource. For example, authors in the case of written documents, artists, photographers, or illustrators in the case of visual resources.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1998-08-06
Decision: Decision-1998-01
Version: creator-001
Is Replaced By:
Term Name: date
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: 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: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2006-12-18
Decision: Decision-2006-03
Version: date-005
Replaces: date-004
Term Name: date
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: date
Label: Date
Definition: A date associated with an event in the life cycle of the resource.
Comment: Typically, Date will be associated with the creation or availability of the resource. Recommended best practice for encoding the date value is defined in a profile of ISO 8601 [W3CDTF] and follows the YYYY-MM-DD format.
References: [W3CDTF] http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-10-04
Decision: Decision-2002-03
Version: date-004
Replaces: date-003
Is Replaced By: date-005
Term Name: date
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: date
Label: Date
Definition: A date associated with an event in the life cycle of the resource.
Comment: Typically, Date will be associated with the creation or availability of the resource. Recommended best practice for encoding the date value is defined in a profile of ISO 8601 [W3CDTF] and follows the YYYY-MM-DD format.
References: [W3CDTF] http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: date-003
Replaces: date-002
Is Replaced By: date-004
Term Name: date
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: date
Label: Date
Definition: A date associated with an event in the life cycle of the resource.
Comment: Typically, Date will be associated with the creation or availability of the resource. Recommended best practice for encoding the date value is defined in a profile of ISO 8601 [W3CDTF] and follows the YYYY-MM-DD format.
References: [W3CDTF] http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 1999-07-02
Decision: Decision-1999-01
Version: date-002
Is Replaced By: date-003
Term Name: date
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/date
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/
Name: date
Label: Date
Definition: A date associated with the creation or availability of the resource. Recommended best practice is defined in a profile of ISO 8601 [W3CDTF] that includes (among others) dates of the forms YYYY and YYYY-MM-DD. In this scheme, the date 1994-11-05 corresponds to November 5, 1994.
References: [W3CDTF] http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1998-08-06
Decision: Decision-1998-01
Version: date-001
Is Replaced By:
Term Name: description
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/description
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: 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: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2006-12-18
Decision: Decision-2006-03
Version: description-005
Replaces: description-004
Term Name: description
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/description
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: description
Label: Description
Definition: An account of the content of the resource.
Comment: Description may include but is not limited to: an abstract, table of contents, reference to a graphical representation of content or a free-text account of the content.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-10-04
Decision: Decision-2002-03
Version: description-004
Replaces: description-003
Is Replaced By: description-005
Term Name: description
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/description
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: description
Label: Description
Definition: An account of the content of the resource.
Comment: Description may include but is not limited to: an abstract, table of contents, reference to a graphical representation of content or a free-text account of the content.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: description-003
Replaces: description-002
Is Replaced By: description-004
Term Name: description
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/description
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: description
Label: Description
Definition: An account of the content of the resource.
Comment: Description may include but is not limited to: an abstract, table of contents, reference to a graphical representation of content or a free-text account of the content.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 1999-07-02
Decision: Decision-1999-01
Version: description-002
Is Replaced By: description-003
Term Name: description
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/description
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/
Name: description
Label: Description
Definition: A textual description of the content of the resource, including abstracts in the case of document-like objects or content descriptions in the case of visual resources.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1998-08-06
Decision: Decision-1998-01
Version: description-001
Is Replaced By:
Term Name: format
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/format
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: 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: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2006-12-18
Decision: Decision-2006-03
Version: format-006
Replaces: format-005
Term Name: format
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/format
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: format
Label: Format
Definition: The physical or digital manifestation of the resource.
Comment: Typically, Format may include the media-type or dimensions of the resource. Format may be used to determine the software, hardware or other equipment needed to display or operate the resource. Examples of dimensions include size and duration. Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the list of Internet Media Types [MIME] defining computer media formats).
References: [MIME] http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2004-12-17
Decision: Decision-2004-03
Version: format-005
Replaces: format-004
Is Replaced By: format-006
Term Name: format
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/format
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: format
Label: Format
Definition: The physical or digital manifestation of the resource.
Comment: Typically, Format may include the media-type or dimensions of the resource. Format may be used to determine the software, hardware or other equipment needed to display or operate the resource. Examples of dimensions include size and duration. Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the list of Internet Media Types [MIME] defining computer media formats).
References: [MIME] http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-10-04
Decision: Decision-2002-03
Version: format-004
Replaces: format-003
Is Replaced By: format-005
Term Name: Format
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/format
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: Format
Label: Format
Definition: The physical or digital manifestation of the resource.
Comment: Typically, Format may include the media-type or dimensions of the resource. Format may be used to determine the software, hardware or other equipment needed to display or operate the resource. Examples of dimensions include size and duration. Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the list of Internet Media Types [MIME] defining computer media formats).
References: [MIME] http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: format-003
Replaces: format-002
Is Replaced By: format-004
Term Name: Format
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/format
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: Format
Label: Format
Definition: The physical or digital manifestation of the resource.
Comment: Typically, Format may include the media-type or dimensions of the resource. Format may be used to determine the software, hardware or other equipment needed to display or operate the resource. Examples of dimensions include size and duration. Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the list of Internet Media Types [MIME] defining computer media formats).
References: [MIME] http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 1999-07-02
Decision: Decision-1999-01
Version: format-002
Is Replaced By: format-003
Term Name: Format
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/format
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/
Name: Format
Label: Format
Definition: The data format and, optionally, dimensions (e.g., size, duration) of the resource. The format is used to identify the software and possibly hardware that might be needed to display or operate the resource. For the sake of interoperability, the format should be selected from an enumerated list that is currently under development in the workshop series.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1998-08-06
Decision: Decision-1998-01
Version: format-001
Is Replaced By:
Term Name: identifier
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/identifier
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: 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: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2006-12-18
Decision: Decision-2006-03
Version: identifier-005
Replaces: identifier-004
Term Name: identifier
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/identifier
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: identifier
Label: Resource 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 or number conforming to a formal identification system. Example formal identification systems include the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) (including the Uniform Resource Locator (URL)), the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and the International Standard Book Number (ISBN).
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-10-04
Decision: Decision-2002-03
Version: identifier-004
Replaces: identifier-003
Is Replaced By: identifier-005
Term Name: Identifier
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/identifier
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: Identifier
Label: Resource 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 or number conforming to a formal identification system. Example formal identification systems include the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) (including the Uniform Resource Locator (URL)), the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and the International Standard Book Number (ISBN).
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: identifier-003
Replaces: identifier-002
Is Replaced By: identifier-004
Term Name: Identifier
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/identifier
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: Identifier
Label: Resource 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 or number conforming to a formal identification system. Example formal identification systems include the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) (including the Uniform Resource Locator (URL)), the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and the International Standard Book Number (ISBN).
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 1999-07-02
Decision: Decision-1999-01
Version: identifier-002
Is Replaced By: identifier-003
Term Name: Identifier
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/identifier
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/
Name: Identifier
Label: Resource Identifier
Definition: A string or number used to uniquely identify the resource. Examples for networked resources include URLs and URNs (when implemented). Other globally-unique identifiers, such as International Standard Book Numbers (ISBN) or other formal names would also be candidates for this element.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1998-08-06
Decision: Decision-1998-01
Version: identifier-001
Is Replaced By:
Term Name: language
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/language
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: language
Label: Language
Definition: A language of the resource.
Comment: Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 3066 [RFC3066].
References: [RFC3066] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3066.txt
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2006-12-18
Decision: Decision-2006-03
Version: language-006
Replaces: language-005
Term Name: language
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/language
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: language
Label: Language
Definition: A language of the intellectual content of the resource.
Comment: Recommended best practice is to use RFC 3066 [RFC3066], which, in conjunction with ISO 639 [ISO639], defines two- and three-letter primary language tags with optional subtags. Examples include "en" or "eng" for English, "akk" for Akkadian, and "en-GB" for English used in the United Kingdom.
References: [RFC3066] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3066.txt
References: [ISO639] http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-10-04
Decision: Decision-2002-03
Version: language-005
Replaces: language-004
Is Replaced By: format-006
Term Name: Language
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/language
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: Language
Label: Language
Definition: A language of the intellectual content of the resource.
Comment: Recommended best practice is to use RFC 3066 [RFC3066], which, in conjunction with ISO 639 [ISO639], defines two- and three-letter primary language tags with optional subtags. Examples include "en" or "eng" for English, "akk" for Akkadian, and "en-GB" for English used in the United Kingdom.
References: [RFC3066] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3066.txt
References: [ISO639] http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: language-004
Replaces: language-003
Is Replaced By: language-005
Term Name: Language
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/language
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: Language
Label: Language
Definition: A language of the intellectual content of the resource.
Comment: Recommended best practice is to use RFC 3066 [RFC3066], which, in conjunction with ISO 639 [ISO639], defines two- and three-letter primary language tags with optional subtags. Examples include "en" or "eng" for English, "akk" for Akkadian, and "en-GB" for English used in the United Kingdom.
References: [RFC3066] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3066.txt
References: [ISO639] http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2001-05-21
Decision: Decision-2001-04
Version: language-003
Replaces: language-002
Is Replaced By: language-004
Term Name: Language
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/language
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: Language
Label: Language
Definition: A language of the intellectual content of the resource.
Comment: Recommended best practice for the values of the Language element is defined by RFC 1766 [RFC1766] which includes a two-letter Language Code (taken from the ISO 639 standard [ISO639]), followed optionally, by a two-letter Country Code (taken from the ISO 3166 standard [ISO3166]). For example, 'en' for English, 'fr' for French, or 'en-uk' for English used in the United Kingdom.
References: [RFC1766] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1766.txt
References: [ISO639] http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/
References: [ISO3166] http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/index.html
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 1999-07-02
Decision: Decision-1999-01
Version: language-002
Is Replaced By: language-003
Term Name: Language
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/language
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/
Name: Language
Label: Language
Definition: The language of the intellectual content of the resource. Recommended best practice is defined in RFC 1766 [RFC1766].
References: [RFC1766] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1766.txt
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1998-08-06
Decision: Decision-1998-01
Version: language-001
Is Replaced By:
Term Name: publisher
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/publisher
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: publisher
Label: Publisher
Definition: An entity responsible for making the resource available.
Comment: Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2006-12-18
Decision: Decision-2006-03
Version: publisher-005
Replaces: publisher-004
Term Name: publisher
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/publisher
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: publisher
Label: Publisher
Definition: An entity responsible for making the resource available
Comment: Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organisation, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-10-04
Decision: Decision-2002-03
Version: publisher-004
Replaces: publisher-003
Is Replaced By: publisher-005
Term Name: publisher
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/publisher
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: publisher
Label: Publisher
Definition: An entity responsible for making the resource available
Comment: Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organisation, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: publisher-003
Replaces: publisher-002
Is Replaced By: publisher-004
Term Name: publisher
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/publisher
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: publisher
Label: Publisher
Definition: An entity responsible for making the resource available.
Comment: Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organisation, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 1999-07-02
Decision: Decision-1999-01
Version: publisher-002
Is Replaced By: publisher-003
Term Name: publisher
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/publisher
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/
Name: publisher
Label: Publisher
Definition: The entity responsible for making the resource available in its present form, such as a publishing house, a university department, or a corporate entity.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1998-08-06
Decision: Decision-1998-01
Version: publisher-001
Is Replaced By:
Term Name: relation
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: relation
Label: Relation
Definition: A related resource.
Comment: Recommended best practice is to identify the related resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2006-12-18
Decision: Decision-2006-03
Version: relation-005
Replaces: relation-004
Term Name: relation
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: relation
Label: Relation
Definition: A reference to a related resource.
Comment: Recommended best practice is to reference the resource by means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-10-04
Decision: Decision-2002-03
Version: relation-004
Replaces: relation-003
Is Replaced By: relation-005
Term Name: Relation
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: Relation
Label: Relation
Definition: A reference to a related resource.
Comment: Recommended best practice is to reference the resource by means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: relation-003
Replaces: relation-002
Is Replaced By: relation-004
Term Name: Relation
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: Relation
Label: Relation
Definition: A reference to a related resource.
Comment: Recommended best practice is to reference the resource by means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 1999-07-02
Decision: Decision-1999-01
Version: relation-002
Is Replaced By: relation-003
Term Name: Relation
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/relation
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/
Name: Relation
Label: Relation
Definition: An identifier of a second resource and its relationship to the present resource. This element is used to express linkages among related resources. For the sake of interoperability, relationships should be selected from an enumerated list that is currently under development in the workshop series.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1998-08-06
Decision: Decision-1998-01
Version: relation-001
Is Replaced By:
Term Name: rights
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/rights
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: rights
Label: Rights
Definition: Information about rights held in and over the resource.
Comment: Typically, rights information includes a statement about various property rights associated with the resource, including intellectual property rights.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2006-12-18
Decision: Decision-2006-03
Version: rights-005
Replaces: rights-004
Term Name: rights
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/rights
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: rights
Label: Rights Management
Definition: Information about rights held in and over the resource.
Comment: Typically, a Rights element will contain a rights management statement for the resource, or reference a service providing such information. Rights information often encompasses Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Copyright, and various Property Rights. If the Rights element is absent, no assumptions can be made about the status of these and other rights with respect to the resource.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-10-04
Decision: Decision-2002-03
Version: rights-004
Replaces: rights-003
Is Replaced By: rights-005
Term Name: Rights
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/rights
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: Rights
Label: Rights Management
Definition: Information about rights held in and over the resource.
Comment: Typically, a Rights element will contain a rights management statement for the resource, or reference a service providing such information. Rights information often encompasses Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Copyright, and various Property Rights. If the Rights element is absent, no assumptions can be made about the status of these and other rights with respect to the resource.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: rights-003
Replaces: rights-002
Is Replaced By: rights-004
Term Name: Rights
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/rights
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: Rights
Label: Rights Management
Definition: Information about rights held in and over the resource.
Comment: Typically, a Rights element will contain a rights management statement for the resource, or reference a service providing such information. Rights information often encompasses Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Copyright, and various Property Rights. If the Rights element is absent, no assumptions can be made about the status of these and other rights with respect to the resource.
Type of Term: element
Date Modified: 1999-07-02
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Decision: Decision-1999-01
Version: rights-002
Is Replaced By: rights-003
Term Name: Rights
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/rights
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/
Name: Rights
Label: Rights Management
Definition: A rights management statement, an identifier that links to a rights management statement, or an identifier that links to a service providing information about rights management for the resource.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1998-08-06
Decision: Decision-1998-01
Version: rights-001
Is Replaced By:
Term Name: source
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/source
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: source
Label: Source
Definition: The resource from which the described resource is derived.
Comment: The described resource may be derived from the related resource in whole or in part. Recommended best practice is to identify the related resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2006-12-18
Decision: Decision-2006-03
Version: source-005
Replaces: source-004
Term Name: source
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/source
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: source
Label: Source
Definition: A reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived.
Comment: The present resource may be derived from the Source resource in whole or in part. Recommended best practice is to reference the resource by means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-10-04
Decision: Decision-2002-03
Version: source-004
Replaces: source-003
Is Replaced By: source-005
Term Name: Source
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/source
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: Source
Label: Source
Definition: A reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived.
Comment: The present resource may be derived from the Source resource in whole or in part. Recommended best practice is to reference the resource by means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: source-003
Replaces: source-002
Is Replaced By: source-004
Term Name: Source
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/source
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: Source
Label: Source
Definition: A reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived.
Comment: The present resource may be derived from the Source resource in whole or in part. Recommended best practice is to reference the resource by means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 1999-07-02
Decision: Decision-1999-01
Version: source-002
Is Replaced By: source-003
Term Name: Source
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/source
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/
Name: Source
Label: Source
Definition: Information about a second resource from which the present resource is derived. While it is generally recommended that elements contain information about the present resource only, this element may contain metadata for the second resource when it is considered important for discovery of the present resource.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1998-08-06
Decision: Decision-1998-01
Version: source-001
Is Replaced By:
Term Name: subject
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/subject
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: subject
Label: Subject
Definition: The topic of the resource.
Comment: Typically, the topic will be represented using keywords, key phrases, or classification codes. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary. To describe the spatial or temporal topic of the resource, use the Coverage element.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2006-12-18
Decision: Decision-2006-03
Version: subject-005
Replaces: subject-004
Term Name: subject
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/subject
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: subject
Label: Subject and Keywords
Definition: The topic of the content of the resource.
Comment: 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.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-10-04
Decision: Decision-2002-03
Version: subject-004
Replaces: subject-003
Is Replaced By: subject-005
Term Name: subject
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/subject
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: subject
Label: Subject and Keywords
Definition: The topic of the content of the resource.
Comment: 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.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: subject-003
Replaces: subject-002
Is Replaced By: subject-004
Term Name: subject
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/subject
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: subject
Label: Subject and Keywords
Definition: The topic of the content of the resource.
Comment: 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.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 1999-07-02
Decision: Decision-1999-01
Version: subject-002
Is Replaced By: subject-003
Term Name: subject
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/subject
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/
Name: subject
Label: Subject and Keywords
Definition: The topic of the resource. Typically, subject will be expressed as keywords or phrases that describe the subject or content of the resource. The use of controlled vocabularies and formal classification schemas is encouraged.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1998-08-06
Decision: Decision-1998-01
Version: subject-001
Is Replaced By:
Term Name: title
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/title
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: title
Label: Title
Definition: A name given to the resource.
Comment: Typically, a Title will be a name by which the resource is formally known.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2006-12-18
Decision: Decision-2006-03
Version: title-005
Replaces: title-004
Term Name: title
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/title
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: title
Label: Title
Definition: A name given to the resource.
Comment: Typically, a Title will be a name by which the resource is formally known.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-10-04
Decision: Decision-2002-03
Version: title-004
Replaces: title-003
Is Replaced By: title-005
Term Name: title
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/title
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: title
Label: Title
Definition: A name given to the resource.
Comment: Typically, a Title will be a name by which the resource is formally known.
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: title-003
Replaces: title-002
Is Replaced By: title-004
Term Name: title
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/title
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: title
Label: Title
Definition: A name given to the resource.
Comment: Typically, a Title will be a name by which the resource is formally known.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 1999-07-02
Decision: Decision-1999-01
Version: title-002
Is Replaced By: title-003
Term Name: title
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/title
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/
Name: title
Label: Title
Definition: The name given to the resource, usually by the Creator or Publisher.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1998-08-06
Decision: Decision-1998-01
Version: title-001
Is Replaced By:
Term Name: type
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/type
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: type
Label: Type
Definition: The nature or genre of the resource.
Comment: Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the DCMI Type Vocabulary [DCMITYPE]. To describe the file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource, use the Format element.
References: [DCMITYPE] http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-type-vocabulary/
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2006-12-18
Decision: Decision-2006-03
Version: type-005
Replaces: type-004
Term Name: type
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/type
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: type
Label: Resource Type
Definition: The nature or genre of the content of the resource.
Comment: Type includes terms describing general categories, functions, genres, or aggregation levels for content. Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the DCMI Type Vocabulary [DCMITYPE]). To describe the physical or digital manifestation of the resource, use the Format element.
References: [DCMITYPE] http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-type-vocabulary/
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-10-04
Decision: Decision-2002-03
Version: type-004
Replaces: type-003
Is Replaced By: type-005
Term Name: type
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/type
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: type
Label: Resource Type
Definition: The nature or genre of the content of the resource.
Comment: Type includes terms describing general categories, functions, genres, or aggregation levels for content. Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the DCMI Type Vocabulary [DCMITYPE]). To describe the physical or digital manifestation of the resource, use the Format element.
References: [DCMITYPE] http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-type-vocabulary/
Type of Term: element
Status: recommended
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 2002-06-15
Decision: Decision-2002-01
Version: type-003
Replaces: type-002
Is Replaced By: type-004
Term Name: type
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/type
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Name: type
Label: Resource Type
Definition: The nature or genre of the content of the resource.
Comment: Type includes terms describing general categories, functions, genres, or aggregation levels for content. Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the working draft list of Dublin Core Types [DCT1]). To describe the physical or digital manifestation of the resource, use the FORMAT element.
References: [DCT1] http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-type-vocabulary/
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1999-07-02
Date Modified: 1999-07-02
Decision: Decision-1999-01
Version: type-002
Is Replaced By: type-003
Term Name: type
URI: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/type
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.0/
Name: type
Label: Resource Type
Definition: The category of the resource, such as home page, novel, poem, working paper, technical report, essay, dictionary. For the sake of interoperability, Type should be selected from an enumerated list that is under development in the workshop series.
Type of Term: element
Date Issued: 1998-08-06
Decision: Decision-1998-01
Version: type-001
Is Replaced By:

Other Elements and Element Refinements

Term Name: abstract
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/abstract
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name: abstract
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
Term Name: abstract
URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/abstract
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
Name: abstract
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: accessRights
Label: Access Rights
Definition: Information about who can acce