Dublin Core™ Collection Description Application Profile Summary
| Creator: | Dublin Core™ Collection Description Working Group |
|---|---|
| Date Issued: | 2005-03-19 |
| Identifier: | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/collection-description/collection-ap-summary/2005-03-19/ |
| Replaces: | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/collection-description/collection-ap-summary/2004-08-20/ |
| Is Replaced By: | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/collection-description/collection-ap-summary/2005-08-13/ |
| 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 Qualified Names, 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#)
Please note that where the Qualified Name of a term (property/class) appears against a shaded background in the table below (i.e. all terms with the prefixes gen, cld and cldtype), this indicates that those terms have not yet been assigned persistent URIs. Until such persistent URIs are assigned, by DCMI or by some other naming authority, these terms should be considered to be unstable and should not be referenced in metadata descriptions, except as part of the evaluation/testing of this profile.
Proposed collection properties
|
Attribute/ Property label |
Property name (as Qualified Name) |
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:CLDType |
| 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 | dcterms:accrualMethod | The method by which items are added to the collection. |
cld: DCCDAccrualMethod |
| Accrual Periodicity | dcterms:accrualPeriodicity | The frequency with which items are added to the collection. |
cld: DCCDAccrualPeriodicity |
| Accrual Policy | dcterms: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. | gen: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 | gen: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
- For Accrual Method, used property dcterms:accrualMethod (rather than cld:accrualMethod) as term added to DCMI Namespace by Usage Board, October 2004.
- For Accrual Periodicity, used property dcterms:accrualPeriodicity (rather than cld:accrualPeriodicity) as term added to DCMI Namespace by Usage Board, October 2004.
- For Accrual Periodicity, used property dcterms:accrualPeriodicity (rather than cld:accrualPolicy) as term added to DCMI Namespace by Usage Board, October 2004.
- Altered name of date range encoding scheme from dcterms:ISO8601 to gen:ISO8601, as still under discussion by DC Date WG and DC Usage Board
- Altered name of Collection Type Vocabulary from cld:CLDT to cld:CLDType