contributor  contributor

A person, organization, or service responsible for the content of the resource. Catch-all for unspecified contributors.  

contributor  contributor

advisor  advisor

Use primarily for thesis advisor.  

contributor¹

author  author

contributor  contributor

editor  editor

contributor  contributor

illustrator  illustrator

contributor  contributor

other  other

coverage  coverage

spatial  spatial

Spatial characteristics of content.  

coverage  coverage

temporal  temporal

Temporal characteristics of content.  

creator  creator

Do not use; only for harvested metadata.  

date  date

Use qualified form if possible.  

date¹

accessioned  accessioned

Date DSpace takes possession of item.  

date¹

available  available

Date or date range item became available to the public.  

date  date

copyright  copyright

Date of copyright.  

date  date

created  created

Date of creation or manufacture of intellectual content if different from date.issued.  

date¹

issued  issued

Date of publication or distribution.  

date  date

submitted  submitted

Recommend for theses/dissertations.  

identifier  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.  

identifier¹

citation  citation

Human-readable, standard bibliographic citation of non-DSpace format of this item item

identifier¹

govdoc  govdoc

A government document number number

identifier¹

isbn  isbn

International Standard Book Number Number

identifier¹

issn  issn

International Standard Serial Number Number

identifier  identifier

sici  sici

Serial Item and Contribution Identifier Identifier

identifier¹

ismn  ismn

International Standard Music Number Number

identifier¹

other  other

A known identifier type common to a local collection.  

identifier¹

uri  uri

Uniform Resource Identifier Identifier

description¹

Catch-all for any description not defined by qualifiers.  

description¹

abstract  abstract

Abstract or summary.  

description¹

provenance  provenance

The history of custody of the item since its creation, including any changes successive custodians made to it.  

description¹

sponsorship  sponsorship

Information about sponsoring agencies, individuals, or contractual arrangements for the item.  

description  description

statementofresponsibility  statementofresponsibility

To preserve statement of responsibility from MARC records.  

description  description

tableofcontents  tableofcontents

A table of contents for a given item.  

description  description

uri  uri

Uniform Resource Identifier pointing to description of this item.  

format¹

Catch-all for any format information not defined by qualifiers.  

format¹

extent  extent

Size or duration.  

format  format

medium  medium

Physical medium.  

format¹

mimetype  mimetype

Registered MIME type identifiers.  

language  language

Catch-all for non-ISO forms of the language of the item, accommodating harvested values.  

language¹

iso  iso

Current ISO standard for language of intellectual content, including country codes (e.g. "en_US").  

publisher¹

Entity responsible for publication, distribution, or imprint.  

relation  relation

Catch-all for references to other related items.  

relation  relation

isformatof  isformatof

References additional physical form.  

relation  relation

ispartof  ispartof

References physically or logically containing item.  

relation¹

ispartofseries  ispartofseries

Series name and number within that series, if available.  

relation  relation

haspart  haspart

References physically or logically contained item.  

relation  relation

isversionof  isversionof

References earlier version.  

relation  relation

hasversion  hasversion

References later version.  

relation  relation

isbasedon  isbasedon

References source.  

relation  relation

isreferencedby  isreferencedby

Pointed to by referenced resource.  

relation  relation

requires  requires

Referenced resource is required to support function, delivery, or coherence of item.  

relation  relation

replaces  replaces

References preceeding item.  

relation  relation

isreplacedby  isreplacedby

References succeeding item.  

relation  relation

uri  uri

References Uniform Resource Identifier for related item item

rights  rights

Terms governing use and reproduction.  

rights  rights

uri  uri

References terms governing use and reproduction.  

source  source

Do not use; only for harvested metadata.  

source  source

uri  uri

Do not use; only for harvested metadata.  

subject¹

Uncontrolled index term.  

subject  subject

classification  classification

Catch-all for value from local classification system. Global classification systems will receive specific qualifier qualifier

subject  subject

ddc  ddc

Dewey Decimal Classification Number Number

subject  subject

lcc  lcc

Library of Congress Classification Number Number

subject  subject

lcsh  lcsh

Library of Congress Subject Headings Headings

subject  subject

mesh  mesh

MEdical Subject Headings Headings

subject  subject

other  other

Local controlled vocabulary; global vocabularies will receive specific qualifier.  

title¹

Title statement/title proper.  

title¹

alternative  alternative

Varying (or substitute) form of title proper appearing in item, e.g. abbreviation or translation translation

type¹

Nature or genre of content.  

Mimetype

Short Description

Description

Support Level

Internal

Extensions

application/octet-stream¹

Unknown  Unknown

Unknown data format format

Unknown  Unknown

false  false

text/plain¹

License  License

Item-specific license agreed upon to submission submission

Known  Known

true  true

application/marc marc

MARC  MARC

Machine-Readable Cataloging records records

Known  Known

false  false

application/mathematica mathematica

Mathematica  Mathematica

Mathematica Notebook Notebook

Known  Known

false  false

ma  ma

application/msword msword

Microsoft Word Word

Microsoft Word Word

Known  Known

false  false

doc  doc

application/pdf pdf

Adobe PDF PDF

Adobe Portable Document Format Format

Known  Known

false  false

pdf  pdf

application/postscript postscript

Postscript  Postscript

Postscript Files Files

Known  Known

false  false

ai, eps, ps ps

application/sgml sgml

SGML  SGML

SGML application (RFC 1874)  

Known  Known

false  false

sgm, sgml sgml

application/vnd.ms-excel excel

Microsoft Excel Excel

Microsoft Excel Excel

Known  Known

false  false

xls  xls

application/vnd.ms-powerpoint powerpoint

Microsoft Powerpoint Powerpoint

Microsoft Powerpoint Powerpoint

Known  Known

false  false

ppt  ppt

application/vnd.ms-project project

Microsoft Project Project

Microsoft Project Project

Known  Known

false  false

mpd, mpp, mpx mpx

application/vnd.visio visio

Microsoft Visio Visio

Microsoft Visio Visio

Known  Known

false  false

vsd  vsd

application/wordperfect5.1 1

WordPerfect  WordPerfect

WordPerfect 5.1 document document

Known  Known

false  false

wpd  wpd

application/x-dvi dvi

TeX dvi dvi

TeX dvi format format

Known  Known

false  false

dvi  dvi

application/x-filemaker filemaker

FMP3  FMP3

Filemaker Pro Pro

Known  Known

false  false

fm  fm

application/x-latex latex

LateX  LateX

LaTeX document document

Known  Known

false  false

latex  latex

application/x-photoshop photoshop

Photoshop  Photoshop Photoshop 

Photoshop

Known  Known

false  false

pdd, psd psd

application/x-tex tex

TeX  TeX

Tex/LateX document document

Known  Known

false  false

tex  tex

audio/basic basic

audio/basic basic

Basic Audio Audio

Known  Known

false  false

au, snd snd

audio/x-aiff aiff

AIFF  AIFF

Audio Interchange File Format Format

Known  Known

false  false

aif, aifc, aiff aiff

audio/x-mpeg mpeg

MPEG Audio Audio

MPEG Audio Audio

Known  Known

false  false

abs, mpa, mpega mpega

audio/x-pn-realaudio realaudio

RealAudio  RealAudio

RealAudio file file

Known  Known

false  false

ra, ram ram

audio/x-wav wav

WAV  WAV

Broadcase Wave Format Format

Known  Known

false  false

wav  wav

image/gif gif

GIF  GIF

Graphics Interchange Format Format

Known  Known

false  false

gif  gif

image/jpeg jpeg

JPEG  JPEG

Joint Photographic Experts Group/JPEG File Interchange Format (JFIF)  

Known  Known

false  false

jpeg, jpg jpg

image/png png

image/png png

Portable Network Graphics Graphics

Known  Known

false  false

png  png

image/tiff tiff

TIFF  TIFF

Tag Image File Format Format

Known  Known

false  false

tif, tiff tiff

image/x-ms-bmp bmp

BMP  BMP

Microsoft Windows bitmap bitmap

Known  Known

false  false

bmp  bmp

image/x-photo-cd cd

Photo CD CD

Kodak Photo CD image image

Known  Known

false  false

pcd  pcd

text/css css

CSS  CSS

Cascading Style Sheets Sheets

Known  Known

false  false

css  css

text/html html

HTML  HTML

Hypertext Markup Language Language

Known  Known

false  false

htm, html html

text/plain plain

Text  Text

Plain Text Text

Known  Known

false  false

asc, txt txt

text/richtext richtext

RTF  RTF

Rich Text Format Format

Known  Known

false  false

rtf  rtf

text/xml xml

XML  XML

Extensible Markup Language Language

Known  Known

false  false

xml  xml

video/mpeg mpeg

MPEG  MPEG

Moving Picture Experts Group Group

Known  Known

false  false

mpe, mpeg, mpg mpg

video/quicktime quicktime

Video Quicktime Quicktime

Video Quicktime Quicktime

Known  Known

false  false

mov, qt qt