Dublin Core™ Collection Description Application Profile Summary
| Creator: | Dublin Core™ Collection Description Working Group |
|---|---|
| Date Issued: | 2004-08-20 |
| Identifier: | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/collection-description/collection-ap-summary/2004-08-20/ |
| Replaces: | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/collection-description/collection-ap-summary/2004-02-01/ |
| Is Replaced By: | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/collection-description/collection-ap-summary/2005-03-19/ |
| Latest Version: | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/collection-description/collection-ap-summary/ |
| Status of Document: | This is a Draft Dublin Core™ Application Profile. |
| Description of Document: | This document presents a summary view of the draft application profile for collection-level description developed by the Dublin Core™ Collection Description Working Group. |
Note
Where names are listed below as XML QNames, prefixes are assumed to be associated with Namespace Names as follows:
- dc:
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ - dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/ - marcrel: (MARC relator code properties)
http://www.loc.gov/marc.relators/ - cld: (collection-specific properties: URIs to be confirmed, temporary Namespace Name/URI
http://example.org/cld/terms#) - gen: (non-collection-specific properties, URIs to be confirmed, temporary Namespace Name/URI
http://example.org/gen/terms#) - cldtype: (collection type terms: URIs to be confirmed, temporary Namespace Name/URI
http://example.org/cld/type#)
i.e. where the QName of a term (property/class) appears against a shaded background in the table below, the term has not yet been assigned a persistent URI reference.
Proposed collection properties
|
Attribute/ Property label |
Property name (as QName) |
Definition |
Encoding Scheme(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Identifier | dc:identifier | A globally unique formal identifier for the collection. | dcterms:URI |
| Title | dc:title | The name of the collection. | |
| Alternative Title |
dcterms:alternative
(sub-property of dc:title) |
Any form of name used as a substitute or alternative to the formal name of the collection | |
| Description |
dcterms:abstract
(sub-property of dc:description) |
A summary description of the content of the collection. | |
| Physical Characteristics | dc:format | The physical or digital characteristics of the collection. | |
| Size |
dcterms:extent
(sub-property of dc:format) |
The size of the collection. | |
| Language | dc:language | A language of the content of the items in the collection. | dcterms:ISO639-2 |
| Type | dc:type | A type of the collection. | cld:CLDT |
| Rights | dc:rights | A statement of any rights held in/over the collection. | |
| Access Rights |
dcterms:accessRights
(sub-property of dc:rights) |
A statement of any access restrictions placed on the collection, including allowed users, charges, etc. | |
| Accrual Method | cld:accrualMethod | The method by which items are added to the collection. |
cld: DCCDAccrualMethod |
| Accrual Periodicity | cld:accrualPeriodicity | The frequency with which items are added to the collection. |
cld: DCCDAccrualPeriodicity |
| Accrual Policy | cld:accrualPolicy | The policy governing the addition of items to the collection. |
cld: DCCDAccrualPolicy |
| Custodial History | dcterms:provenance | A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the collection that are significant for its authenticity, integrity and interpretation. | |
| Audience | dcterms:audience | A class of entity for whom the collection is intended or useful. | |
| Logo |
cld:logo
(sub-property of dc:description) |
An image or logo associated with the collection. | |
| Subject | dc:subject | A subject or topic associated with the items in the collection. |
dcterms:DDC dcterms:LCC dcterms:LCSH dcterms:MESH dcterms:UDC |
| Spatial Coverage |
dcterms:spatial
(sub-property of dc:coverage) |
The spatial coverage of the content of the items in the collection. | |
| Temporal Coverage |
dcterms:temporal
(sub-property of dc:coverage) |
The temporal coverage of the content of the items in the collection. | |
| Accumulation Date Range |
dcterms:created
(sub-property of dc:date) |
The range of dates over which the collection was accumulated. | dcterms:ISO8601 |
| Contents Date Range |
cld:dateContentsCreated
(sub-property of dc:date) |
The range of dates over which the individual items within the collection were created | dcterms:ISO8601 |
| Relationships between the Collection and Agents | |||
| Collector | dc:creator | An entity who gathers (or gathered) the items in a collection together. | |
| Owner | marcrel:own | An entity who has legal possession of the collection. | |
| Relationships between the Collection and Location, Collection and Service | |||
| Is Located At |
gen:isLocatedAt
(sub-property of dc:relation) |
The location of the collection. | |
| Is Accessed Via |
gen:isAccessedVia
(sub-property of dc:relation) |
A service that provides access to the collection. | |
| Relationships between Collections | |||
| Sub-collection |
dcterms:hasPart
(sub-property of dc:relation) |
A second collection contained within the current collection. | |
| Super-collection |
dcterms:isPartOf
(sub-property of dc:relation) |
A second collection that contains the current collection. | |
| Catalogue or collection description | dc:description | A second collection that describes the current collection (for example, the catalogue for the current collection). | |
| Associated collection | dc:relation | A second collection that is associated with the current collection. | |
| Relationships between the Collection and other resources | |||
| Associated publication |
dcterms:isReferencedBy
(sub-property of dc:relation) |
A publication that is based on the use, study, or analysis of the collection. | |
Changes made in this version
- Added highlighting for unstable terms with no persistent URI reference.
- Added encoding schemes column.
- Added hyperlinks to full description of property usage in application profile.
- For Language, changed description from "The language of the items in the collection" to "A language of the content of the items in the collection".
- For Type, changed description from "The type of the collection" to "A type of the collection".
- For Custodial History, used property dcterms:provenance (rather than gen:provenance) as term added to DCMI Namespace by Usage Board, March 2004. Also amend definition to remove "since its creation".
- Replaced property cld:accrualStatus by three properties cld:accrualMethod, cld:accrualPeriodicity, cld:accrualPolicy
- For Accumulation Date Range, replaced property cld:accumulationDateRange with property dcterms:created
- For Contents Date Range, replaced property cld:contentsDateRange with property cld:dateContentsCreated
- Replaced property gen:isAvailableAt with two (provisional) properties gen:isLocatedAt and gen:isAccessedVia.