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Default Dublin Core Metadata Registry (DC)
The default DSpace Dublin Core Metadata Registry was originally derived from the 15 Dublin Core elements. This registry initializes the default schema, where dc is used to identify the namespace.
element | qualifier | scope note |
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contributor |
| A person, organization, or service responsible for the content of the resource. Catch-all for unspecified contributors. |
contributor | advisor | Use primarily for thesis advisor. |
contributor | author¹ | Author(s) of the work (used by default) |
contributor | editor |
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contributor | illustrator |
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contributor | other |
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coverage | spatial | Spatial characteristics of content. |
coverage | temporal | Temporal characteristics of content. |
creator |
| May be used as an alternative to "contributor.author" |
date |
| Use qualified form if possible. |
date | accessioned¹ | Date DSpace takes possession of item. |
date | available¹ | Date or date range item became available to the public. |
date | copyright | Date of copyright. |
date | created | Date of creation or manufacture of intellectual content if different from date.issued. |
date | issued¹ | Date of publication or distribution. |
date | submitted | Recommend for theses/dissertations. |
identifier |
| Catch-all for unambiguous identifiers not defined by qualified form; use identifier.other for a known identifier common to a local collection instead of unqualified form. |
identifier | citation² | Human-readable, standard bibliographic citation of non-DSpace format of this item |
identifier | govdoc² | A government document number |
identifier | isbn² | International Standard Book Number |
identifier | issn² | International Standard Serial Number |
identifier | sici | Serial Item and Contribution Identifier |
identifier | ismn² | International Standard Music Number |
identifier | other² | A known identifier type common to a local collection. |
identifier | uri¹ | Uniform Resource Identifier |
description¹ |
| Catch-all for any description not defined by qualifiers. |
description | abstract¹ | Abstract or summary. |
description | provenance¹ | The history of custody of the item since its creation, including any changes successive custodians made to it. |
description | sponsorship² | Information about sponsoring agencies, individuals, or contractual arrangements for the item. |
description | statementofresponsibility | To preserve statement of responsibility from MARC records. |
description | tableofcontents | A table of contents for a given item. |
description | uri | Uniform Resource Identifier pointing to description of this item. |
format² |
| Catch-all for any format information not defined by qualifiers. |
format | extent² | Size or duration. |
format | medium² | Physical medium. |
format | mimetype² | Registered MIME type identifiers. |
language |
| Catch-all for non-ISO forms of the language of the item, accommodating harvested values. |
language | iso² | Current ISO standard for language of intellectual content, including country codes (e.g. "en_US"). |
publisher² |
| Entity responsible for publication, distribution, or imprint. |
relation |
| Catch-all for references to other related items. |
relation | isformatof | References additional physical form. |
relation | ispartof | References physically or logically containing item. |
relation¹ | ispartofseries | Series name and number within that series, if available. |
relation | haspart | References physically or logically contained item. |
relation | isversionof | References earlier version. |
relation | hasversion | References later version. |
relation | isbasedon | References source. |
relation | isreferencedby | Pointed to by referenced resource. |
relation | requires | Referenced resource is required to support function, delivery, or coherence of item. |
relation | replaces | References preceeding item. |
relation | isreplacedby | References succeeding item. |
relation | uri | References Uniform Resource Identifier for related item |
rights |
| Terms governing use and reproduction. |
rights | uri | References terms governing use and reproduction. |
source |
| Do not use; only for harvested metadata. |
source | uri | Do not use; only for harvested metadata. |
subject² |
| Uncontrolled index term. |
subject | classification | Catch-all for value from local classification system. Global classification systems will receive specific qualifier |
subject | ddc | Dewey Decimal Classification Number |
subject | lcc | Library of Congress Classification Number |
subject | lcsh | Library of Congress Subject Headings |
subject | mesh | MEdical Subject Headings |
subject | other | Local controlled vocabulary; global vocabularies will receive specific qualifier. |
title¹ |
| Title statement/title proper. |
title | alternative² | Varying (or substitute) form of title proper appearing in item, e.g. abbreviation or translation |
type¹ |
| Nature or genre of content. |
¹ Used by several functional areas of DSpace. DO NOT REMOVE WITHOUT INVESTIGATING THE CONSEQUENCES
² This field is included in the default DSpace Submission User Interface. Removing this field from your registry will break the default DSpace submission form.
Dublin Core Terms Registry (DCTERMS)
The Dublin Core Terms (DCTERMS) registry was introduced in DSpace 4. This registry initializes an optional metadata schema, where dcterms is used to identify the namespace. In DSpace 4, none of these fields are used by any of the system functionality out of the box. The registry and schema were added as a first step to facilitate the future migration of the DSpace specific DC schema, to this schema that complies to current Dublin Core standards.
The main advantage of the DCTERMS schema is that no field name details gets lost during harvesting, as opposed to harvesting of so called "simple" dublin core, where the qualifiers from the above schema are omitted during harvesting.
term | scope note |
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abstract | A summary of the resource. |
accessRights | Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. May include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. |
accrualMethod | The method by which items are added to a collection. |
accrualPeriodicity | The frequency with which items are added to a collection. |
accrualPolicy | The policy governing the addition of items to a collection. |
alternative | An alternative name for the resource. |
audience | A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. |
available | Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available. |
bibliographicCitation | Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. |
comformsTo | An established standard to which the described resource conforms. |
contributor | An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource. Examples of a Contributor include a person, an organization, or a service. |
coverage | The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant. |
created | Date of creation of the resource. |
creator | An entity primarily responsible for making the resource. |
date | A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource. |
dateAccepted | Date of acceptance of the resource. |
dateCopyrighted | Date of copyright. |
dateSubmitted | Date of submission of the resource. |
description | An account of the resource. |
educationLevel | A class of entity, defined in terms of progression through an educational or training context, for which the described resource is intended. |
extent | The size or duration of the resource. |
format | The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource. |
hasFormat | A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format. |
hasPart | A related resource that is included either physically or logically in the described resource. |
hasVersion | A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource. |
identifier | An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context. |
instructionalMethod | A process, used to engender knowledge, attitudes and skills, that the described resource is designed to support. |
isFormatOf | A related resource that is substantially the same as the described resource, but in another format. |
isPartOf | A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. |
isReferencedBy | A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource. |
isReplacedBy | A related resource that supplants, displaces, or supersedes the described resource. |
isRequiredBy | A related resource that requires the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence. |
issued | Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource. |
isVersionOf | A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation. |
language | A language of the resource. |
license | A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource. |
mediator | An entity that mediates access to the resource and for whom the resource is intended or useful. |
medium | The material or physical carrier of the resource. |
modified | Date on which the resource was changed. |
provenance | A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation. |
publisher | An entity responsible for making the resource available. |
references | A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. |
relation | A related resource. |
replaces | A related resource that is supplanted, displaced, or superseded by the described resource. |
requires | A related resource that is required by the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence. |
rights | Information about rights held in and over the resource. |
rightsHolder | A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. |
source | A related resource from which the described resource is derived. |
spatial | Spatial characteristics of the resource. |
subject | The topic of the resource. |
tableOfContents | A list of subunits of the resource. |
temporal | Temporal characteristics of the resource. |
title | A name given to the resource. |
type | The nature or genre of the resource. |
valid | Date (often a range) of validity of a resource. |
Default Bitstream Format Registry
Mimetype | Short Description | Description | Support Level | Internal | Extensions |
application/octet-stream¹ | Unknown | Unknown data format | Unknown | false |
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text/plain¹ | License | Item-specific license agreed upon to submission | Known | true |
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application/marc | MARC | Machine-Readable Cataloging records | Known | false |
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application/mathematica | Mathematica | Mathematica Notebook | Known | false | ma |
application/msword | Microsoft Word | Microsoft Word | Known | false | doc |
application/pdf | Adobe PDF | Adobe Portable Document Format | Known | false | |
application/postscript | Postscript | Postscript Files | Known | false | ai, eps, ps |
application/sgml | SGML | SGML application (RFC 1874) | Known | false | sgm, sgml |
application/vnd.ms-excel | Microsoft Excel | Microsoft Excel | Known | false | xls |
application/vnd.ms-powerpoint | Microsoft Powerpoint | Microsoft Powerpoint | Known | false | ppt |
application/vnd.ms-project | Microsoft Project | Microsoft Project | Known | false | mpd, mpp, mpx |
application/vnd.visio | Microsoft Visio | Microsoft Visio | Known | false | vsd |
application/wordperfect5.1 | WordPerfect | WordPerfect 5.1 document | Known | false | wpd |
application/x-dvi | TeX dvi | TeX dvi format | Known | false | dvi |
application/x-filemaker | FMP3 | Filemaker Pro | Known | false | fm |
application/x-latex | LateX | LaTeX document | Known | false | latex |
application/x-photoshop | Photoshop | Photoshop | Known | false | pdd, psd |
application/x-tex | TeX | Tex/LateX document | Known | false | tex |
audio/basic | audio/basic | Basic Audio | Known | false | au, snd |
audio/x-aiff | AIFF | Audio Interchange File Format | Known | false | aif, aifc, aiff |
audio/x-mpeg | MPEG Audio | MPEG Audio | Known | false | abs, mpa, mpega |
audio/x-pn-realaudio | RealAudio | RealAudio file | Known | false | ra, ram |
audio/x-wav | WAV | Broadcase Wave Format | Known | false | wav |
image/gif | GIF | Graphics Interchange Format | Known | false | gif |
image/jpeg | JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group/JPEG File Interchange Format (JFIF) | Known | false | jpeg, jpg |
image/png | image/png | Portable Network Graphics | Known | false | png |
image/tiff | TIFF | Tag Image File Format | Known | false | tif, tiff |
image/x-ms-bmp | BMP | Microsoft Windows bitmap | Known | false | bmp |
image/x-photo-cd | Photo CD | Kodak Photo CD image | Known | false | pcd |
text/css | CSS | Cascading Style Sheets | Known | false | css |
text/html | HTML | Hypertext Markup Language | Known | false | htm, html |
text/plain | Text | Plain Text | Known | false | asc, txt |
text/richtext | RTF | Rich Text Format | Known | false | rtf |
text/xml | XML | Extensible Markup Language | Known | false | xml |
video/mpeg | MPEG | Moving Picture Experts Group | Known | false | mpe, mpeg, mpg |
video/quicktime | Video Quicktime | Video Quicktime | Known | false | mov, qt |
¹ Used by several functional areas of DSpace. DO NOT REMOVE WITHOUT INVESTIGATING THE CONSEQUENCES