Dublin Core™ Collection Description Terms
| Creators: |
Dublin Core Collection Description Task Group
|
| Date Issued: | 2013-06-26 |
| Latest Version: | https://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/collection-description/collection-terms/ |
| Release History: | https://dublincore.org |
| Description: | This document describes the properties, vocabulary encoding schemes and symtax encoding schemes defined for use by the application profile for collection-level description developed by the Dublin Core Collection Description Working Group. |
Introduction
This document describes the new properties, classes, vocabulary encoding schemes and syntax encoding schemes created for use by the application profile for collection-level description developed by the Dublin Core™ Collection Description Task Group.
A representation of the terms in this vocabulary is also available as an RDF/XML document.
Note
Where the 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/ - dcmitype:
http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/ - cld:
http://purl.org/cld/terms/
Properties
- Item Type [cld:itemType]
- Item Format [cld:itemFormat]
- Date Items Created [cld:dateItemsCreated]
- Is Located At [cld:isLocatedAt]
- Is Accessed Via [cld:isAccessedVia]
- Catalogue or Index [cld:catalogueOrIndex]
- Described collection [cld:describedCollection]
- Associated collection [cld:associatedCollection]
Item Type (Property cld:itemType)
| Property URI | http://purl.org/cld/terms/itemType |
|---|---|
| Qualified Name | cld:itemType |
| Defined By |
Collection Description Terms http://purl.org/cld/terms/ |
| Type of Term | Property |
| Domain | dcmitype:Collection |
| Range | rdfs:Class |
| Has Inverse Property | [n/a] |
| Subproperty Of | [n/a] |
| Label | Item Type |
| Definition |
The nature or genre of the content of one or more items within the collection. |
Item Format (Property cld:itemFormat)
| Property URI | http://purl.org/cld/terms/itemFormat |
|---|---|
| Qualified Name | cld:itemFormat |
| Defined By |
Collection Description Terms http://purl.org/cld/terms/ |
| Type of Term | Property |
| Domain | dcmitype:Collection |
| Range | |
| Has Inverse Property | [n/a] |
| Subproperty Of | [n/a] |
| Label | Item Format |
| Definition |
A media type, physical or digital, of one or more items within the collection. |
Date Items Created (Property cld:dateItemsCreated)
| Property URI | http://purl.org/cld/terms/dateItemsCreated |
|---|---|
| Qualified Name | cld:dateItemsCreated |
| Defined By |
Collection Description Terms http://purl.org/cld/terms/ |
| Type of Term | Property |
| Domain | dcmitype:Collection |
| Range | |
| Has Inverse Property | [n/a] |
| Subproperty Of |
dc:date, Dublin Core™ Metadata Element Set, v1.1 http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date |
| Label | Date Items Created |
| Definition |
A range of dates over which the individual items within the collection were created. |
Is Located At (Property cld:isLocatedAt)
| Property URI | http://purl.org/cld/terms/isLocatedAt |
|---|---|
| Qualified Name | cld:isLocatedAt |
| Defined By |
Collection Description Terms http://purl.org/cld/terms/ |
| Type of Term | Property |
| Domain | dcmitype:Collection |
| Range | |
| Has Inverse Property | [n/a] |
| Subproperty Of |
dc:relation, Dublin Core™ Metadata Element Set, v1.1 http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation |
| Label | Is Located At |
| Definition |
A location where the collection is held. |
| Comments |
A location may be physical or digital. A location is distinct from an agency that administers the location. |
| See Also |
An Analytical Model of Collections and their Catalogues http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/rslp/model/ |
Is Accessed Via (Property cld:isAccessedVia)
| Property URI | http://purl.org/cld/terms/isAccessedVia |
|---|---|
| Qualified Name | cld:isAccessedVia |
| Defined By |
Collection Description Terms http://purl.org/cld/terms/ |
| Type of Term | Property |
| Domain | dcmitype:Collection |
| Range | dcmitype:Service |
| Has Inverse Property | [n/a] |
| Subproperty Of |
dc:relation, Dublin Core™ Metadata Element Set, v1.1 http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation |
| Label | Is Accessed Via |
| Definition |
A service that provides access to the items within the collection. |
| Comments |
A service may be provided physically or digitally. |
Catalogue or Index (Property cld:catalogueOrIndex)
| Property URI | http://purl.org/cld/terms/catalogueOrIndex |
|---|---|
| Qualified Name | cld:catalogueOrIndex |
| Defined By |
Collection Description Terms http://purl.org/cld/terms/ |
| Type of Term | Property |
| Domain | dcmitype:Collection |
| Range | cdtype:CatalogueOrIndex |
| Range | dcmitype:Collection |
| Has Inverse Property |
cld:describedCollection, Collection Description Terms http://purl.org/cld/terms/ |
| Subproperty Of |
dc:description, Dublin Core™ Metadata Element Set, v1.1 http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/description |
| Label | Catalogue or Index |
| Definition |
A catalogue for, or index of, the collection |
| See Also |
An Analytical Model of Collections and their Catalogues http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/rslp/model/ |
Described Collection (Property cld:describedCollection)
| Property URI | http://purl.org/cld/terms/describedCollection |
|---|---|
| Qualified Name | cld:describedCollection |
| Defined By |
Collection Description Terms http://purl.org/cld/terms/ |
| Type of Term | Property |
| Domain | cdtype:CatalogueOrIndex |
| Domain | dcmitype:Collection |
| Range | dcmitype:Collection |
| Has Inverse Property |
cld:collectionDescription, Collection Description Terms http://purl.org/cld/terms/ |
| Subproperty Of |
dc:relation, Dublin Core™ Metadata Element Set, v1.1 http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation |
| Label | Described Collection |
| Definition |
A collection that is described by the current collection. |
| See Also |
An Analytical Model of Collections and their Catalogues http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/rslp/model/ |
Associated Collection (Property cld:associatedCollection)
| Property URI | http://purl.org/cld/terms/associatedCollection |
|---|---|
| Qualified Name | cld:associatedCollection |
| Defined By |
Collection Description Terms http://purl.org/cld/terms/ |
| Type of Term | Property |
| Domain | dcmitype:Collection |
| Range | dcmitype:Collection |
| Has Inverse Property | [n/a] |
| Subproperty Of |
dc:relation, Dublin Core™ Metadata Element Set, v1.1 http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation |
| Label | Associated Collection |
| Definition |
A second collection that is associated with the current collection. |
| Comments |
The nature of the association between the collections is unspecified. The property may be used to reference any collection related in some way to the current collection. |
Vocabulary Encoding Schemes
- Collection Description Accrual Method Vocabulary [cld:AccrualMethod]
- Collection Description Frequency Vocabulary [cld:Frequency]
- Collection Description Accrual Policy Vocabulary [cld:AccrualPolicy]
Collection Description Accrual Method Vocabulary [cld:AccrualMethod]
| Vocabulary Encoding Scheme URI | http://purl.org/cld/terms/AccrualMethod |
|---|---|
| Qualified Name | cld:AccrualMethod |
| Defined By |
Collection Description Terms http://purl.org/cld/terms/ |
| Type of Term | Vocabulary Encoding Scheme |
| Label | Collection Description Accrual Method Vocabulary |
| Definition |
A set of methods by which items are added to a collection. |
| Comments | [n/a] |
| See Also | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/collection-description/accrual-method/ |
| See Also | http://purl.org/cld/accmeth/ |
Collection Description Frequency Vocabulary [cld:Frequency]
| Vocabulary Encoding Scheme URI | http://purl.org/cld/terms/Frequency |
|---|---|
| Qualified Name | cld:Frequency |
| Defined By |
Collection Description Terms http://purl.org/cld/terms/ |
| Type of Term | Vocabulary Encoding Scheme |
| Label | Collection Description Frequency Vocabulary |
| Definition |
A set of frequencies with which a repeatable event occurs. |
| Comments |
The Collection Description Frequency Vocabulary is based on the set of codes used for publication frequency in the MARC 21 Concise Format for Holdings Data. |
| See Also | http://www.loc.gov/marc/holdings/echdcapt.html |
| See Also | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/collection-description/frequency/ |
| See Also | http://purl.org/cld/freq/ |
Collection Description Accrual Policy Vocabulary [cld:AccrualPolicy]
| Vocabulary Encoding Scheme URI | http://purl.org/cld/terms/AccrualPolicy |
|---|---|
| Qualified Name | cld:AccrualPolicy |
| Defined By |
Collection Description Terms http://purl.org/cld/terms/ |
| Type of Term | Vocabulary Encoding Scheme |
| Label | Collection Description Accrual Policy Vocabulary |
| Definition |
A set of policies governing the addition of items are added to a collection. |
| Comments | [n/a] |
| See Also | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/collection-description/accrual-policy/ |
| See Also | http://purl.org/cld/accpol/ |
Syntax Encoding Schemes
- Recordkeeping Metadata Schema Extension to ISO8601 [cld:RKMS-ISO8601]
Recordkeeping Metadata Schema Extension to ISO8601 [cld:RKMS-ISO8601]
| Syntax Encoding Scheme URI | http://purl.org/cld/terms/RKMS-ISO8601 |
|---|---|
| Qualified Name | cld:RKMS-ISO8601 |
| Defined By |
Collection Description Terms http://purl.org/cld/terms/ |
| Type of Term | Syntax Encoding Scheme |
| Label | Recordkeeping Metadata Schema Extension to ISO8601 |
| Definition |
Instances of this datatype are dates or periods of time represented as literals according to the rules specified in Recordkeeping Metadata Schema Extension to ISO8601. |
| Comments | [n/a] |
| See Also | http://www.sims.monash.edu.au/research/rcrg/research/spirt/deliver/schemes.html#rkmsextension |
Changes made in this version
- cld:collectionDescription changed to cld:catalogueOrIndex
- Changed definition of cld:itemType from The nature or genre of the content of one or more items within the collection. to The nature or genre of one or more items within the collection.