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| properties in the /terms/ namespace, DCMI | DSpace terms from registry (1.8) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| syntax-encoding | vocabulary-encoding | ID | Field | Scope Note | 2005 QDC user guide | Pure DC Recommendation | Tentative Recommendation | Further information | ||
| matches | accrualMethod | n/a | n/a | dc.accrualMethod | dc.accrualMethod | ? | ||||
| matches | accrualPeriodicity | n/a | n/a | dc.accrualPeriodicity | dc.accrualPeriodicity | ? | ||||
| matches | accrualPolicy | n/a | n/a | dc.accrualPolicy | dc.accrualPolicy | ? | ||||
| matches | educationLevel | n/a | n/a | dc.audience.educationLevel | dc.audience.educationLevel | ? | ||||
| matches | mediator | n/a | n/a | dc.audience.mediator | dc.audience.mediator | ? | ||||
| matches | audience | n/a | n/a | dc.audience | dc.audience | ? | Should perhaps add | |||
| refines | contributor | 2 | dc.contributor.advisor | Use primarily for thesis advisor. | dc.contributor | dc.contributor | retain or migrate to dc.contributor (to be used with MARC relator terms) | On the DC refinement with MARC Relator Terms: http://dublincore.org/usage/documents/relators/ | ||
| refines | creator or contributor | 3 | dc.contributor.author | dc.contributor | dc.creator | migrate to dc.creator | Miller notes of the role refinements discussed in the above lnks: "But this possibility has not been widely adoped in practice or implemented in most digitial resource content management systems such as CONTENTdm, and the examples are given only in XML ad RDF formats" (81). He notes the option of including the role defining terms as part of the value (e.g., "dc.contributor: Carle, Eric, illustrator"). | |||
| refines | contributor | 4 | dc.contributor.editor | dc.contributor | dc.contributor | retain or migrate to dc.contributor (to be used with MARC relator terms) | May be optimal to migrate to dc.contributor, with recommendation of using MARC relator terms as part of value, to ease eventual migration to dcterms | |||
| refines | contributor | 5 | dc.contributor.illustrator | dc.contributor | dc.contributor | retain or migrate to dc.contributor (to be used with MARC relator terms) | ||||
| refines | contributor | 6 | dc.contributor.other | dc.contributor | dc.contributor | migrate to dc.contributor | ||||
| matches | contributor | 1 | dc.contributor | A person, organization, or service responsible for the content of the resource. Catch-all for unspecified contributors. | dc.contributor | retain as is. | retain as is. | |||
| matches | coverage | n/a | n/a | dc.coverage | dc.coverage | ? | Should perhaps add | |||
| matches; refines | spatial; coverage | 7 | dc.coverage.spatial | Spatial characteristics of content. | dc.coverage.spatial | retain as is. | retain as is. | Note: alterred mapping to DCTERMS | ||
| matches; refines | temporal; coverage | 8 | dc.coverage.temporal | Temporal characteristics of content. | dc.coverage.temporal | retain as is. | retain as is. | Note: alterred mapping to DCTERMS | ||
| matches | creator | 9 | dc.creator | Do not use; only for harvested metadata. | dc.creator [do not qualify] | retain as is. | retain as is. | |||
| refines or matches | date or dateAccepted | 11 | dc.date.accessioned | Date DSpace takes possession of item. | dc.date.accepted? | dc.date.accepted | dc.date.accepted or dim.date.accessioned | Note: alterred mapping to DCTERMS | ||
| matches | available | 12 | dc.date.available | Date or date range item became available to the public. | dc.date.available | retain as is. | retain as is. | |||
| matches | dateCopyrighted | 13 | dc.date.copyright | Date of copyright. | dc.date.copyrighted | dc.date.copyrighted | dc.date.copyrighted | |||
| matches | created | 14 | dc.date.created | Date of creation or manufacture of intellectual content if different from date.issued. | dc.date.created | retain as is. | retain as is. | |||
| matches | issued | 15 | dc.date.issued | Date of publication or distribution. | dc.date.issued | retain as is. | retain as is. | |||
| matches | dateSubmitted | 16 | dc.date.submitted | Recommend for theses/dissertations. | dc.date.submitted | retain as is. | retain as is. | |||
| matches | modified | 67 | dc.date.updated | The last time the item was updated via the SWORD interface | dc.date.modified | dc.date.modified | dc.date.modified | Note: alterred mapping to DCTERMS | ||
| matches | valid | n/a | n/a | dc.date.valid | dc.date.valid | ? | Unclear what the use case is for this element in Dspace. | |||
| matches | date | 10 | dc.date | Use qualified form if possible. | dc.date | retain as is. | retain as is. | |||
| matches | abstract | 27 | dc.description.abstract | Abstract or summary. | dc.description.abstract | retain as is. | retain as is. | |||
| matches | provenance | 28 | dc.description.provenance | The history of custody of the item since its creation, including any changes successive custodians made to it. | dc.description | dc.provenance (see 2006 Dspace Terms List ) | ||||
| refines | description | 29 | dc.description.sponsorship | Information about sponsoring agencies, individuals, or contractual arrangements for the item. | dc.description | retain or migrate to dim.description.sponsorship or dc.description | what does Dspace use this for? | |||
| refines | description | 30 | dc.description.statementofresponsibility | To preserve statement of responsibility from MARC records. | dc.description | retain or migrate to dc.description or dim.description.statementofresponsibility | ||||
| matches | tableOfContents | 31 | dc.description.tableofcontents | A table of contents for a given item. | dc.description.tableOfContents | retain as is. | retain as is. | |||
| matches | description | URI | 32 | dc.description.uri | Uniform Resource Identifier pointing to description of this item. | dc.description | retain or migrate to dc.description? | |||
| refines | description | 68 | dc.description.version | The Peer Reviewed status of an item | dc.description | retain or migrate to dc.description | ||||
| matches | description | 26 | dc.description | Catch-all for any description not defined by qualifiers. | dc.description | retain as is. | retain as is. | |||
| matches | format | 34 | dc.format.extent | Size or duration. | dc.format.extent | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | format | 35 | dc.format.medium | Physical medium. | dc.format.medium | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | format | IMT | 36 | dc.format.mimetype | Registered MIME type identifiers. | dc.format | migrate to dc.format | |||
| matches | format | 33 | dc.format | Catch-all for any format information not defined by qualifiers. | dc.format | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | bibliographicCitation | 18 | dc.identifier.citation | Human-readable, standard bibliographic citation of non-DSpace format of this item | dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | retain as is | migrate to dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation | |||
| refines | identifier | 19 | dc.identifier.govdoc | A government document number | dc.identifier | retain as is | ||||
| refines | identifier | 20 | dc.identifier.isbn | International Standard Book Number | dc.identifier | retain as is | ||||
| refines | identifier | 23 | dc.identifier.ismn | International Standard Music Number | dc.identifier | retain as is | ||||
| refines | identifier | 21 | dc.identifier.issn | International Standard Serial Number | dc.identifier | retain as is | ||||
| refines | identifier | 24 | dc.identifier.other | A known identifier type common to a local collection. | dc.identifier | migrate to dc.identifier | ||||
| refines | identifier | 22 | dc.identifier.sici | Serial Item and Contribution Identifier | dc.identifier | migrate to dc.identifier | ||||
| refines | identifier | 69 | dc.identifier.slug | a uri supplied via the sword slug header, as a suggested uri for the item | dc.identifier | retain as is | ||||
| matches | identifier | URI | 25 | dc.identifier.uri | Uniform Resource Identifier | dc.identifier | dc.identifier | retain as is | ||
| matches | identifier | 17 | dc.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. | dc.identifier | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | InstructionalMethod | n/a | n/a | dc.InstructionalMethod | dc.InstructionalMethod | ? | ||||
| refines | language | 38 | dc.language.iso | Current ISO standard for language of intellectual content, including country codes (e.g. "en_US"). | dc.language | retain as is | ||||
| refines | language | RFC3066 | 70 | dc.language.rfc3066 | The rfc3066 form of the language for the item | dc.language | migrate to dc.language.rfc3066? | |||
| matches | language | 37 | dc.language | Catch-all for non-ISO forms of the language of the item, accommodating harvested values. | dc.language | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | publisher | 39 | dc.publisher | Entity responsible for publication, distribution, or imprint. | dc.publisher | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | hasPart | 44 | dc.relation.haspart | References physically or logically contained item. | dc.relation.haspart | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | hasVersion | 46 | dc.relation.hasversion | References later version. | dc.relation.hasversion | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | isFormatOf | 41 | dc.relation.isformatof | References additional physical form. | dc.relation.isformatof | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | isPartOf | 42 | dc.relation.ispartof | References physically or logically containing item. | dc.relation.ispartof | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| refines | isPartOf | 43 | dc.relation.ispartofseries | Series name and number within that series, if available. | dc.relation.ispartof | retain as is | ||||
| matches | isReferencedBy | 48 | dc.relation.isreferencedby | Pointed to by referenced resource. | dc.relation.isreferencedby | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | isReplacedBy | 51 | dc.relation.isreplacedby | References succeeding item. | dc.relation.isreplacedby | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | isVersionOf | 45 | dc.relation.isversionof | References earlier version. | dc.relation.isversionof | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | replaces | 50 | dc.relation.replaces | References preceeding item. | dc.relation.replaces | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | requires | 49 | dc.relation.requires | Referenced resource is required to support function, delivery, or coherence of item. | dc.relation.requires | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | relation | URI | 52 | dc.relation.uri | References Uniform Resource Identifier for related item. | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | relation | 40 | dc.relation | Catch-all for references to other related items. | dc.relation | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | conformsto | n/a | n/a | dc.relation.conformsto | retain as is | add dc.relation.conformsTo | ||||
| matches | isRequiredBy | n/a | n/a | dc.relation.isrequiredby | retain as is | do not add | ||||
| matches | references | n/a | n/a | dc.relation.references | retain as is | add dc.relation.references | ||||
| matches | hasFormat | n/a | n/a | dc.relation.hasFormat | retain as is | do not add | ||||
| matches | accessRights | n/a | n/a | dc.rights.accessRights | dc.rights.accessRights | ? | ||||
| matches | rightsHolder | 71 | dc.rights.holder | The owner of the copyright | dc.rights | dc.rights.rightsHolder | ||||
| matches | license | n/a | n/a | dc.rights.license | ||||||
| matches | rights | URI | 54 | dc.rights.uri | References terms governing use and reproduction. | dc.rights | dc.rights.uri | |||
| matches | rights | 53 | dc.rights | Terms governing use and reproduction. | dc.rights | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | source | URI | 56 | dc.source.uri | Do not use; only for harvested metadata. | dc.source.uri | retain as is | retain as is | This field is harvested | |
| matches | source | 55 | dc.source | Do not use; only for harvested metadata. | dc.source | retain as is | retain as is | This field is harvested | ||
| refines | subject | 58 | dc.subject.classification | Catch-all for value from local classification system; global classification systems will receive specific qualifier | dc.subject | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | subject | DDC | 59 | dc.subject.ddc | Dewey Decimal Classification Number | dc.subject.ddc | retain as is | retain as is | These four use vocabulary encoding schemes rather than properties. | |
| matches | subject | LCC | 60 | dc.subject.lcc | Library of Congress Classification Number | dc.subject.lcc | retain as is | retain as is | These four use vocabulary encoding schemes rather than properties. | |
| matches | subject | LCSH | 61 | dc.subject.lcsh | Library of Congress Subject Headings | dc.subject.lcsh | retain as is | retain as is | These four use vocabulary encoding schemes rather than properties. | |
| matches | subject | MESH | 62 | dc.subject.mesh | Medical Subject Headings | dc.subject.mesh | retain as is | retain as is | These four use vocabulary encoding schemes rather than properties. | |
| refines | subject | 63 | dc.subject.other | Local controlled vocabulary; global vocabularies will receive specific qualifier. | dc.subject | dc.subject | ||||
| matches | subject | 57 | dc.subject | Uncontrolled index term. | dc.subject | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | alternative | 65 | dc.title.alternative | Varying (or substitute) form of title proper appearing in item, e.g. abbreviation or translation | dc.title.alternative | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | title | 64 | dc.title | Title statement/title proper. | dc.title | retain as is | retain as is | |||
| matches | type | 66 | dc.type | Nature or genre of content. | dc.type | retain as is | retain as is |
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