Audience
Audience
A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful.
A class of entity may be determined by the creator or the publisher or by a third party.
2001-05-21
References
References
The described resource references, cites, or otherwise points to the referenced resource.
2000-07-11
Subject and Keywords
The topic of the content of the resource.
Subject and Keywords
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.
1999-07-02
Resource Type
[DCMITYPE] http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-type-vocabulary/
1999-07-02
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.
Resource Type
The nature or genre of the content of the resource.
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status.
2003-02-16
Access Rights
Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security or other regulations.
recommended
Elements, Element Refinements, and DCMI-maintained Vocabulary Terms (e.g., member terms of the DCMI Type Vocabulary) that conform to the DCMI Abstract Model and do not semantically overlap with other terms in DCMI namespaces (i.e., http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ and http://purl.org/dc/terms/) may be assigned the status of Recommended.
Has Version
Has Version
The described resource has a version, edition, or adaptation, namely, the referenced resource.
2000-07-11
Description
An account of the content of the resource.
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.
1999-07-02
Description
Relation
Relation
Recommended best practice is to reference the resource by means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system.
1999-07-02
A reference to a related resource.
Medium
2000-07-11
The material or physical carrier of the resource.
Medium
Element Refinement
An Element Refinement is a property of a resource which
shares the meaning of a particular DCMI Element but with
narrower semantics. In some application environments (notably
HTML-based encodings), Element Refinements are used together
with Elements in the manner of natural-language "qualifiers"
(i.e., adjectives). However, since Element Refinements are
properties of a resource (like Elements), Element Refinements
can alternatively be used in metadata records independently
of the properties they refine. In DCMI practice, an
Element Refinement refines just one parent DCMI property.
Is Part Of
The described resource is a physical or logical part of the referenced resource.
2000-07-11
Is Part Of
Rights Holder
Recommended best practice is to use the URI or name of the Rights Holder to indicate the entity.
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
2004-06-14
Rights Holder
Date Submitted
Date of submission of the resource (e.g. thesis, articles, etc.).
Date Submitted
2002-07-13
Other Element
Conforms To
A reference to an established standard to which the resource conforms.
2001-05-21
Conforms To
Is Format Of
2000-07-11
The described resource is the same intellectual content of the referenced resource, but presented in another format.
Is Format Of
Accrual Policy
2005-06-13
Accrual Periodicity
The policy governing the addition of items to a collection.
Recommended best practice is to use a value from a controlled vocabulary.
Issued
2000-07-11
Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource.
Issued
Available
Available
2000-07-11
Date (often a range) that the resource will become or did become available.
Is Replaced By
2000-07-11
Is Replaced By
The described resource is supplanted, displaced, or superseded by the referenced resource.
status
Alternative
Any form of the title used as a substitute or alternative to the formal title of the resource.
This qualifier can include Title abbreviations as well as translations.
Alternative
2000-07-11
Modified
Date on which the resource was changed.
2000-07-11
Modified
Instructional Method
Instructional Method
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.
A process, used to engender knowledge, attitudes and skills, that the resource is designed to support.
2005-06-13
Valid
Valid
Date (often a range) of validity of a resource.
2000-07-11
Is Required By
The described resource is required by the referenced resource, either physically or logically.
Is Required By
2000-07-11
Has Format
2000-07-11
Has Format
The described resource pre-existed the referenced resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content presented in another format.
Resource Identifier
Resource Identifier
1999-07-02
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.
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).
Dublin Core Metadata Terms
[DCMI] http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/
This topic map is the representation of all normative DCMI Metadata Terms [DCMI]. This topic map should be used if Dublin Core terms are used within another topic map. In this case merging the other topic map with this given DCMI Metadata Terms Topic Map will add all given Semantics to the used Dublin Core Terms in the other topic map. In fact, merging in this topic map increases the readability of the other topic map.
Requires
Requires
The described resource requires the referenced resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence of content.
2000-07-11
Format
The physical or digital manifestation of the resource.
[MIME] http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/
1999-07-02
Format
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).
Date Copyrighted
Date Copyrighted
2002-07-13
Date of a statement of copyright.
Contributor
1999-07-02
An entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the resource.
Contributor
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.
Title
1999-07-02
A name given to the resource.
Typically, a Title will be a name by which the resource is formally known.
Title
Accrual Method
The method by which items are added to a collection.
2005-06-13
Recommended best practice is to use a value from a controlled vocabulary.
Accrual Method
Has Part
Has Part
2000-07-11
The described resource includes the referenced resource either physically or logically.
Accrual Periodicity
Accrual Periodicity
The frequency with which items are added to a collection.
Recommended best practice is to use a value from a controlled vocabulary.
2005-06-13
Date Issued
Audience Education Level
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.
2002-07-13
Audience Education Level
Replaces
2000-07-11
Replaces
The described resource supplants, displaces, or supersedes the referenced resource.
Element
An Element is a property of a resource. As intended here,
"properties" are attributes of resources -- characteristics
that a resource may "have", such as a Title, Publisher,
or Subject."
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource.
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.
2003-02-15
Bibliographic Citation
Rights Management
Rights Management
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.
1999-07-02
Information about rights held in and over the resource.
Date Accepted
2002-07-13
Date of acceptance of the resource (e.g. of thesis by university department, of article by journal, etc.).
Date Accepted
Spatial
Spatial characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource.
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Spatial
Mediator
Mediator
A class of entity that mediates access to the resource and for whom the resource is intended or useful.
2001-05-21
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.
Language
[ISO639] http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/
1999-07-02
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.
[RFC3066] http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3066.txt
A language of the intellectual content of the resource.
Language
Extent
2000-07-11
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
Creator
Creator
An entity primarily responsible for making the content of the resource.
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.
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Narrower Concept
Refines
Broader Concept
Abstract
Abstract
A summary of the content of the resource.
2000-07-11
conforming
Elements, Element Refinements, and Application Profiles may be assigned a status of conforming. Elements and Element Refinements assigned a status of conforming are those for which an implementation community has a demonstrated need and which conform to the DCMI Abstract Model.
Label
Temporal
Temporal
Temporal characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource.
2000-07-11
resource
Table Of Contents
2000-07-11
A list of subunits of the content of the resource.
Table Of Contents
Definition
Publisher
1999-07-02
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.
An entity responsible for making the resource available.
Publisher
Source
Source
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.
A reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived.
1999-07-02
Created
Date of creation of the resource.
2000-07-11
Created
Normative Definition
Is Version Of
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.
2000-07-11
Is Version Of
Is Referenced Of
Is Referenced Of
2000-07-11
The described resource is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the referenced resource.
Date
[W3CDTF] http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime
A date associated with an event in the life cycle of the resource.
Date
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.
1999-07-02
License
2004-06-14
License
Recommended best practice is to identify the license using a URI. Examples of such licenses can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/.
A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource.
Provenance
The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity and interpretation.
Provenance
2004-09-20
Coverage
The extent or scope of the content of the resource.
[TGN] http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html
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.
Coverage
1999-07-02