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If other new standards or applications will require the use of the dcterms: namespace instead of the dc: namespace, DSpace won't be able to comply.

Implementing/Verify range for properties that require this - Needed for both New and Existing properties

Range defines the vocabulary or syntax which must be followed by a property. For example, the coverage property has following range:

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Examples: Format has the range MediaTypeorExtent and it's recommended to use the MIME types there.

Implementing/Verify domain for properties that require this - Only needed for New Properties

If a dcterm property specifies a domain, it means that the property can only be applied to a specific type of item it describes.

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• Contributor
  • Domain: none
  • Range: Agent Class
• Coverage
  • Domain: none
  • Range: LocationPeriodOrJurisdiction (recommended controlled vocabulary like Thesaurus of Geographic Names (TGN))
• Creator
  • Domain: none
  • Range: Agent Class
• Date
  • Domain: none
  • Range: Literal (recommended W3CDTF profile of ISO 8601)
• Description
  • Domain: none
  • Range: none
• Format
  • Domain: none
  • Range: MediaTypeOrExtent (Recommended list of internet media types (MIME)).
• Identifier
  • Domain: none
  • Range: Literal
• Language
  • Domain: none
  • Range: LinguisticSystem (Recommended RFC 4646 IETF standard)
• Publisher
  • Domain: none
  • Range: Agent
• Relation
  • Domain: none
  • Range: none (YET)
  • Note: This term is intended to be used with NON-LITERAL values. As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage board is seeking a way to express this intention with a formal range declaration.
• Rights
  • Domain: none
  • Range: RightsStatement
• Source
  • Domain: none
  • Range: none (YET)
  • Note: This term is intended to be used with NON-LITERAL values. As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage board is seeking a way to express this intention with a formal range declaration.
• Subject
  • Domain: none
  • Range: none (YET) For spatial or temporal topic of the resource, use the Coverage element instead.
  • Note: This term is intended to be used with NON-LITERAL values. As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage board is seeking a way to express this intention with a formal range declaration.
• Title
  • Domain: none
  • Range: Literal
• Type
  • Domain:none
  • Range: Any Class? (reference needed) (Recommended usage is the DCMI Type Vocabulary (DCMIType). For file format, physical medium or dimensions: use format!

Possible Approaches

Adding a new schema dcterms that lives next to the standard dc schema

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