DCMI Metadata Terms
| Title: | DCMI Metadata Terms |
|---|---|
| Creator: | DCMI Usage Board |
| Identifier: | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/2005-06-13/ |
| Date Issued: | 2005-06-13 |
| Latest Version: | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/ |
| Replaces: | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/2005-01-10/ |
| Translations: | http://dublincore.org/resources/translations/ |
| Document Status: | This is a DCMI Recommendation. |
| Description: | This document is an up-to-date specification of all metadata terms maintained by the Dublin Core™ Metadata Initiative, including elements, element refinements, encoding schemes, and vocabulary terms (the DCMI Type Vocabulary). |
| Date Valid: | 2005-06-13 |
Table of Contents
- Introduction and Definitions
- The Dublin Core™ Metadata Element Set
- Other Elements and Element Refinements
- Encoding Schemes
- The DCMI Type Vocabulary
- DCMI Terms Overview
Section 1: Introduction and Definitions
This document is an up-to-date, authoritative specification
of all metadata terms maintained by the Dublin Core™ Metadata
Initiative -- elements, element refinements, encoding schemes,
and vocabulary terms (the DCMI Type Vocabulary). Links to
other relevant documentation may be found on the "Overview
of Documentation for DCMI Metadata Terms" [OVERVIEW].
Legacy documents covering subsets of this document are
in the public domain, including the IETF
RFC 2413 [RFC2413], the CEN Workshop Agreement CWA 13874
[CWA13874], NISO Standard Z39.85-2001 [Z3985], and a variety
of national standards that include some or all of the Dublin
Core Metadata Set.
Each term is specified with the following minimal set of attributes:
| Name: | The unique token assigned to the term. |
|---|---|
| URI: | The Uniform Resource Identifier used to uniquely identify a term. |
| Label: | The human-readable label assigned to the term. |
| Definition: | A statement that represents the concept and essential nature of the term. |
| Type of Term: | The type of term, such as Element or Encoding Scheme, as described in the DCMI Grammatical Principles. |
| Status: | Status assigned to term by the DCMI Usage Board, as described in the DCMI Usage Board Process. |
| Date issued: | Date on which a term was first declared. |
Where applicable, the following attributes provide additional information about a term:
| Comment: | Additional information about the term or its application. |
|---|---|
| See: | A link to authoritative documentation. |
| References: | A citation or URL of a resource referenced in the Definition or Comment. |
| Refines: | A reference to a term refined by an Element Refinement. |
| Qualifies: | A reference to a term qualified by an Encoding Scheme. |
| Broader Than: | A reference from a more general to a more specific Vocabulary Term. |
| Narrower Than: | A reference from a more specific to a more general Vocabulary Term. |
Anchors have been embedded in this document so
that users may cite a particular entry with the form
"http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#term-name"
(e.g., "http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#title").
While this form of citation is supported for documentary
convenience, note that the URI assigned to each term in
accordance with the DCMI Namespace Policy serves as its unique
identifier (e.g., "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/title")
[NAMESPACE].
Readers desiring further information about the change history
or Usage Board decisions that support these terms should
consult the document "DCMI Metadata Terms -- A Complete
Historical Record" [HISTORY].
This documentation is maintained by the DCMI Usage
Board. Although DCMI is committed to ensuring a high degree
of stability of the specifications it maintains, changes may
occur as a result of the work of the Usage Board. The policies
and processes governing the identification and maintenance
of metadata terms are described in "DCMI Namespace Policy"
[NAMESPACE], "DCMI Grammatical Principles" [PRINCIPLES],
and "DCMI Usage Board Administrative Processes" [PROCESS].
Usage Board decisions with respect to DCMI metadata terms
are summarized on the Web page "DCMI Usage Board Decisions"
[DECISIONS].
Three attributes of terms -- Label, Definition, and Comment
-- have natural-language values which may be translated into
Japanese, Norwegian, or other languages. Although there is
currently no mechanism in place to validate or certify such
translations in an official sense, DCMI maintains a Web page
with pointers to known translations of semantic specifications
and related DCMI documents [TRANSLATIONS]
References
| [RFC2413] | http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2413.txt |
| [Z3985] | http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-85.pdf |
| [CWA13874] | CEN Workshop Agreement CWA 13874. March 2000 (no longer available). |
| [NAMESPACE] | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-namespace/ |
| [HISTORY] | http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/ |
| [OVERVIEW] | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/ |
| [PRINCIPLES] | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/grammatical-principles/ |
| [PROCESS] | http://dublincore.org/legacy/usage-board-process/ |
| [DECISIONS] | http://dublincore.org/usage/decisions/ |
| [TRANSLATIONS] | http://dublincore.org/resources/translations/ |
| Term Name: contributor | |
|---|---|
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/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 |
| Term Name: coverage | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/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 |
| Term Name: creator | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/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 |
| Term Name: date | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/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 |
| Term Name: description | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/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 |
| Term Name: format | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/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 |
| Term Name: identifier | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/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 |
| Term Name: language | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/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 |
| Term Name: publisher | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/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 |
| Term Name: relation | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/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 |
| Term Name: rights | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/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 |
| Term Name: source | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/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 |
| Term Name: subject | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/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 |
| Term Name: title | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/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 |
| Term Name: type | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/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/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/ |
| Type of Term: | element |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 1999-07-02 |
| Term Name: abstract | |
|---|---|
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/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 |
| Term Name: accessRights | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/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 regulations. |
| Type of Term: | element-refinement |
| Refines: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/rights |
| Status: | conforming |
| Date Issued: | 2003-02-15 |
| Term Name: accrualMethod | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/accrualMethod |
| 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 |
| Term Name: accrualPeriodicity | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/accrualPeriodicity |
| 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 |
| Term Name: accrualPolicy | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/accrualPolicy |
| 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 |
| Term Name: alternative | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/alternative |
| 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 |
| Term Name: audience | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/audience |
| 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 |
| Term Name: available | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/available |
| 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 |
| Term Name: bibliographicCitation | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/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, 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 |
| Term Name: conformsTo | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/conformsTo |
| 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 |
| Term Name: created | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/created |
| 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 |
| Term Name: dateAccepted | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/dateAccepted |
| 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 |
| Term Name: dateCopyrighted | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/dateCopyrighted |
| 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 |
| Term Name: dateSubmitted | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/dateSubmitted |
| 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 |
| Term Name: educationLevel | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/educationLevel |
| 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 |
| Term Name: extent | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/extent |
| 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 |
| Term Name: hasFormat | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasFormat |
| 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 |
| Term Name: hasPart | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasPart |
| 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 |
| Term Name: hasVersion | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion |
| 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 |
| Term Name: instructionalMethod | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/instructionalMethod |
| 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 |
| Term Name: isFormatOf | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/isFormatOf |
| 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 |
| Term Name: isPartOf | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/isPartOf |
| 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 |
| Term Name: isReferencedBy | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/isReferencedBy |
| 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 |
| Term Name: isReplacedBy | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/isReplacedBy |
| 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 |
| Term Name: isRequiredBy | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/isRequiredBy |
| 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 |
| Term Name: issued | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/issued |
| 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 |
| Term Name: isVersionOf | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/isVersionOf |
| 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 |
| Term Name: license | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/license |
| Label: | License |
| Definition: | A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource. |
| Comment: | Recommended best practice is to identify the license using a URI. Examples of such licenses can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/. |
| Type of Term: | element-refinement |
| Refines: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/rights |
| Status: | conforming |
| Date Issued: | 2004-06-14 |
| Term Name: mediator | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/mediator |
| Label: | Mediator |
| Definition: | A class of entity that mediates access to the resource and for whom the resource is intended or useful. |
| Comment: | The audiences for a resource are of two basic classes: (1) an ultimate beneficiary of the resource, and (2) frequently, an entity that mediates access to the resource. The mediator element refinement represents the second of these two classes. |
| Type of Term: | element-refinement |
| Refines: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/audience |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2001-05-21 |
| Term Name: medium | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/medium |
| Label: | Medium |
| Definition: | The material or physical carrier of the resource. |
| Type of Term: | element-refinement |
| Refines: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/format |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: modified | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/modified |
| Label: | Modified |
| Definition: | Date on which the resource was changed. |
| Type of Term: | element-refinement |
| Refines: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: provenance | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/provenance |
| Label: | Provenance |
| Definition: | A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity and interpretation. |
| Comment: | The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource. |
| Type of Term: | element |
| Status: | conforming |
| Date Issued: | 2004-09-20 |
| Term Name: references | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/references |
| Label: | References |
| Definition: | The described resource references, cites, or otherwise points to the referenced resource. |
| Type of Term: | element-refinement |
| Refines: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: replaces | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/replaces |
| Label: | Replaces |
| Definition: | The described resource supplants, displaces, or supersedes the referenced resource. |
| Type of Term: | element-refinement |
| Refines: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: requires | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/requires |
| Label: | Requires |
| Definition: | The described resource requires the referenced resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence of content. |
| Type of Term: | element-refinement |
| Refines: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: rightsHolder | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/rightsHolder |
| Label: | Rights Holder |
| Definition: | A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. |
| Comment: | Recommended best practice is to use the URI or name of the Rights Holder to indicate the entity. |
| Type of Term: | element |
| Status: | conforming |
| Date Issued: | 2004-06-14 |
| Term Name: spatial | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/spatial |
| Label: | Spatial |
| Definition: | Spatial characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource. |
| Type of Term: | element-refinement |
| Refines: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/coverage |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: tableOfContents | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/tableOfContents |
| Label: | Table Of Contents |
| Definition: | A list of subunits 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 |
| Term Name: temporal | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/temporal |
| Label: | Temporal |
| Definition: | Temporal characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource. |
| Type of Term: | element-refinement |
| Refines: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/coverage |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: valid | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/valid |
| Label: | Valid |
| Definition: | Date (often a range) of validity of a resource. |
| Type of Term: | element-refinement |
| Refines: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: Box | |
|---|---|
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/Box |
| Label: | DCMI Box |
| Definition: | The DCMI Box identifies a region of space using its geographic limits. |
| See: | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-box/ |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/spatial |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: DCMIType | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType |
| Label: | DCMI Type Vocabulary |
| Definition: | A list of types used to categorize the nature or genre of the content of the resource. |
| See: | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/ |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/type |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: DDC | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/DDC |
| Label: | DDC |
| Definition: | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| See: | http://www.oclc.org/dewey/index.htm |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/subject |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: IMT | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/IMT |
| Label: | IMT |
| Definition: | The Internet media type of the resource. |
| See: | http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/ |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/format |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: ISO3166 | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/ISO3166 |
| Label: | ISO 3166 |
| Definition: | ISO 3166 Codes for the representation of names of countries |
| See: | http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/list-en1.html |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/spatial |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: ISO639-2 | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/ISO639-2 |
| Label: | ISO 639-2 |
| Definition: | ISO 639-2: Codes for the representation of names of languages. |
| See: | http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/language |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: LCC | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/LCC |
| Label: | LCC |
| Definition: | Library of Congress Classification |
| See: | http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/subject |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: LCSH | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/LCSH |
| Label: | LCSH |
| Definition: | Library of Congress Subject Headings |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/subject |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: MESH | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/MESH |
| Label: | MeSH |
| Definition: | Medical Subject Headings |
| See: | http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/subject |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: NLM | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/NLM |
| Label: | NLM |
| Definition: | National Library of Medicine Classification |
| See: | http://wwwcf.nlm.nih.gov/class/ |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/subject |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2005-06-13 |
| Term Name: Period | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/Period |
| Label: | DCMI Period |
| Definition: | A specification of the limits of a time interval. |
| See: | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-period/ |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/temporal |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: Point | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/Point |
| Label: | DCMI Point |
| Definition: | The DCMI Point identifies a point in space using its geographic coordinates. |
| See: | http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-point/ |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/spatial |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: RFC1766 | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/RFC1766 |
| Label: | RFC 1766 |
| Definition: | Internet RFC 1766 'Tags for the identification of Language' specifies a two letter code taken from ISO 639, followed optionally by a two letter country code taken from ISO 3166. |
| See: | http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1766.txt |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/language |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: RFC3066 | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/RFC3066 |
| Label: | RFC 3066 |
| Definition: | Internet RFC 3066 'Tags for the Identification of Languages' specifies a primary subtag which is a two-letter code taken from ISO 639 part 1 or a three-letter code taken from ISO 639 part 2, followed optionally by a two-letter country code taken from ISO 3166. When a language in ISO 639 has both a two-letter and three-letter code, use the two-letter code; when it has only a three-letter code, use the three-letter code. This RFC replaces RFC 1766. |
| See: | http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3066.txt |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/language |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2002-07-13 |
| Term Name: TGN | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/TGN |
| Label: | TGN |
| Definition: | The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names |
| See: | http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/spatial |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: UDC | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/UDC |
| Label: | UDC |
| Definition: | Universal Decimal Classification |
| See: | http://www.udcc.org/ |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/subject |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: URI | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/URI |
| Label: | URI |
| Definition: | A URI Uniform Resource Identifier |
| See: | http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/identifier |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/source |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/relation |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: W3CDTF | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/W3CDTF |
| Label: | W3C-DTF |
| Definition: | W3C Encoding rules for dates and times - a profile based on ISO 8601 |
| See: | http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime |
| Type of Term: | encoding-scheme |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/date |
| Qualifies: | http://purl.org/dc/terms/temporal |
| Status: | registered |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: Collection | |
|---|---|
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Collection |
| Label: | Collection |
| Definition: | A collection is an aggregation of items. The term collection means that the resource is described as a group; its parts may be separately described and navigated. |
| Type of Term: | vocabulary-term |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: Dataset | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Dataset |
| Label: | Dataset |
| Definition: | A dataset is information encoded in a defined structure (for example, lists, tables, and databases), intended to be useful for direct machine processing. |
| Type of Term: | vocabulary-term |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: Event | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Event |
| Label: | Event |
| Definition: | An event is a non-persistent, time-based occurrence. Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, responsible agents, and links to related events and resources. The resource of type event may not be retrievable if the described instantiation has expired or is yet to occur. Examples - exhibition, web-cast, conference, workshop, open-day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea-party, conflagration. |
| Type of Term: | vocabulary-term |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: Image | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image |
| Label: | Image |
| Definition: | An image is a primarily symbolic visual representation other than text. For example - images and photographs of physical objects, paintings, prints, drawings, other images and graphics, animations and moving pictures, film, diagrams, maps, musical notation. Note that image may include both electronic and physical representations. |
| Type of Term: | vocabulary-term |
| Broader Than: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage |
| Broader Than: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: InteractiveResource | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/InteractiveResource |
| Label: | Interactive Resource |
| Definition: | An interactive resource is a resource which requires interaction from the user to be understood, executed, or experienced. For example - forms on web pages, applets, multimedia learning objects, chat services, virtual reality. |
| Type of Term: | vocabulary-term |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: MovingImage | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage |
| Label: | Moving Image |
| Definition: | A series of visual representations that, when shown in succession, impart an impression of motion. Examples of moving images are: animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. |
| Comment: | Instances of the type "Moving Image" must also be describable as instances of the broader type "Image". |
| Type of Term: | vocabulary-term |
| Narrower Than: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2003-11-18 |
| Term Name: PhysicalObject | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/PhysicalObject |
| Label: | Physical Object |
| Definition: | An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. For example -- a computer, the great pyramid, a sculpture. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these things should use Image, Text or one of the other types. |
| Type of Term: | vocabulary-term |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2002-07-13 |
| Term Name: Service | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Service |
| Label: | Service |
| Definition: | A service is a system that provides one or more functions of value to the end-user. Examples include: a photocopying service, a banking service, an authentication service, interlibrary loans, a Z39.50 or Web server. |
| Type of Term: | vocabulary-term |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: Software | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Software |
| Label: | Software |
| Definition: | Software is a computer program in source or compiled form which may be available for installation non-transiently on another machine. For software which exists only to create an interactive environment, use interactive instead. |
| Type of Term: | vocabulary-term |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: Sound | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound |
| Label: | Sound |
| Definition: | A sound is a resource whose content is primarily intended to be rendered as audio. For example - a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. |
| Type of Term: | vocabulary-term |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |
| Term Name: StillImage | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage |
| Label: | Still Image |
| Definition: | A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. |
| Comment: | Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Instances of the type "Still Image" must also be describable as instances of the broader type "Image". |
| Type of Term: | vocabulary-term |
| Narrower Than: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2003-11-18 |
| Term Name: Text | |
| URI: | http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text |
| Label: | Text |
| Definition: | A text is a resource whose content is primarily words for reading. For example - books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text. |
| Type of Term: | vocabulary-term |
| Status: | recommended |
| Date Issued: | 2000-07-11 |