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 described resource is designed to support.
Instructional Method
Lesser Copyleft
derivative works must be licensed under specified terms, with at least the same conditions as the original work; combinations with the work may be licensed under different terms
A contextual popup that displays a description for an element.
Date of acceptance of the resource.
Date Accepted
Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal).
Access Rights
Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status.
Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
An element that displays the progress status for tasks that take a long time.
A heading for a section of the page.
A type of list that may contain sub-level nested groups that can be collapsed and expanded.
A process that is used to engender knowledge, attitudes, and skills.
Method of Instruction
The set of conceptual resources specified by the Universal Decimal Classification.
UDC
The set of conceptual resources specified by the Library of Congress Classification.
LCC
A region declared as a web application, as opposed to a web document.
Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
A bibliographic reference for the resource.
Bibliographic Citation
A grouping label providing a mechanism for selecting the tab content that is to be rendered to the user.
has license
License
a set of requests/permissions to users of a Work, e.g. a copyright license, the public domain, information for distributors
The set of codes listed in ISO 3166-1 for the representation of names of countries.
ISO 3166
The set of dates and times constructed according to the W3C Date and Time Formats Specification.
W3C-DTF
index
index refers to a resource providing an index.
A list of references to members of a group, such as a static table of contents.
A type of live region where non-essential information changes frequently. Also see log.
A type of live region where new information is added in meaningful order and old information may disappear. Also see marquee.
Attribution
credit be given to copyright holder and/or author
A statement about the intellectual property rights (IPR) held in or over a Resource, a legal document giving official permission to do something with a resource, or a statement about access rights.
Rights Statement
A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful.
Audience
A large perceivable section of a web page or document, that the author feels is important enough to be included in a page summary or table of contents, for example, an area of the page containing live sporting event statistics.
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Rights Holder
Examples include written, spoken, sign, and computer languages.
A system of signs, symbols, sounds, gestures, or rules used in communication.
Linguistic System
A group containing one or more row elements in a grid.
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.
In an educational context, a mediator might be a parent, teacher, teaching assistant, or care-giver.
Prohibition
something you may be asked not to do
Source Code
source code (the preferred form for making modifications) must be provided when exercising some rights granted by the license.
An interactive reference to an internal or external resource that, when activated, causes the user agent to navigate to that resource. Also see button.
Has Version
A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource.
This term is intended to be used with non-literal values as defined in the DCMI Abstract Model (http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/). As of December 2007, the DCMI Usage Board is seeking a way to express this intention with a formal range declaration.
indicates the content is parenthetic or ancillary to the main content of the resource.
The set of conceptual resources specified by the National Library of Medicine Classification.
NLM
Work
a potentially copyrightable work
Examples of Agent Class include groups seen as classes, such as students, women, charities, lecturers.
A group of agents.
Agent Class
contains meta information about the content on the page or the page as a whole.
A container whose content is advisory information for the user but is not important enough to justify an alert. Also see alert.
A plan or course of action by an authority, intended to influence and determine decisions, actions, and other matters.
Policy
Date (often a range) of validity of a resource.
Date Valid
A method by which resources are added to a collection.
Method of Accrual
requires
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of a resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation.
Provenance Statement
A related resource that is required by the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence.
Requires
A single item in a list or directory.
A related resource that is supplanted, displaced, or superseded by the described resource.
Replaces
The set of labeled concepts specified by the Medical Subject Headings.
MeSH
Is Version Of
A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation.
Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format.
A class of entity, defined in terms of progression through an educational or training context, for which the described resource is intended.
Audience Education Level
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant.
Spatial topic and spatial applicability may be a named place or a location specified by its geographic coordinates. Temporal topic may be a named period, date, or date range. A jurisdiction may be a named administrative entity or a geographic place to which the resource applies. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Thesaurus of Geographic Names [TGN]. Where appropriate, named places or time periods can be used in preference to numeric identifiers such as sets of coordinates or date ranges.
Coverage
An interval of time that is named or defined by its start and end dates.
Period of Time
The set of points in space defined by their geographic coordinates according to the DCMI Point Encoding Scheme.
DCMI Point
A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated.
Standard
Identifier
Recommended best practice is to identify the resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system.
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.
Date of creation of the resource.
Date Created
A section of a page that consists of a composition that forms an independent part of a document, page, or site.
p3pv1
p3pv1 refers to a P3P Policy Reference File [P3P].
deprecated on
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
DCMI Metadata Terms - other
An input that allows for user-triggered actions when clicked or pressed. Also see link.
itsRules
itsRules indicates that the designated resource is an [ITS] rule set.
A spatial region or named place.
Location
Copyleft
derivative and combined works must be licensed under specified terms, similar to those on the original work
help
help refers to a resource offering help.
A book, article, or other documentary resource.
Bibliographic Resource
role
role indicates the purpose of the resource. See the XHTML Role Vocabulary for roles in this vocabulary space, and XHTMLROLE for information on extending the collection of roles.
Examples of dimensions include size and duration. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the list of Internet Media Types [MIME].
The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.
Format
chapter
chapter refers to a resource serving as a chapter in a collection.
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Spatial Coverage
The three-letter alphabetic codes listed in ISO639-2 for the representation of names of languages.
ISO 639-2
A selectable item in a select list.
up refers to a resource "above" in a hierarchically structured set.
license
license refers to a resource that defines the associated license.
Examples include paper, canvas, or DVD.
A physical material or carrier.
Physical Medium
Is Format Of
A related resource that is substantially the same as the described resource, but in another format.
Alternative Title
The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific.
An alternative name for the resource.
Content that represents a mathematical expression.
Language
Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646 [RFC4646].
A language of the resource.
A checkable input in a group of radio roles, only one of which can be checked at a time.
A presentation of menu that usually remains visible and is usually presented horizontally.
A media type or extent.
Media Type or Extent
The described resource may be derived from the related resource in whole or in part. Recommended best practice is to identify the related resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system.
A related resource from which the described resource is derived.
Source
cite
cite refers to a resource that defines a citation.
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource.
Date may be used to express temporal information at any level of granularity. Recommended best practice is to use an encoding scheme, such as the W3CDTF profile of ISO 8601 [W3CDTF].
Date
jurisdiction
A graphical object that controls the scrolling of content within a viewing area, regardless of whether the content is fully displayed within the viewing area.
A divider that separates and distinguishes sections of content or groups of menuitems.
A container for a collection of elements that form an image.
A region containing related information that is declared as document content, as opposed to a web application.
A widget that allows the user to select one or more items from a list of choices. Also see combobox and list.
indicates that the section supports but is separable from the main content of resource.
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
Temporal Coverage
A summary of the resource.
Abstract
subsection
subsection refers to a resource serving as a subsection in a collection.
Is Part Of
A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
RFC 5646 obsoletes RFC 4646.
The set of tags constructed according to RFC 5646 for the identification of languages.
RFC 5646
last
last refers to the last resource in a collection of resources.
A checkable menuitem in a group of menuitemradio roles, only one of which can be checked at a time.
indicates that the section provides a search facility.
contains the prime heading or internal title of a page.
alternate
alternate designates alternate versions for a resource.
The set of tags, constructed according to RFC 1766, for the identification of languages.
RFC 1766
The extent or range of judicial, law enforcement, or other authority.
Jurisdiction
start
start refers to the first resource in a collection of resources.
A legal document giving official permission to do something with a Resource.
License Document
A form of range that expects a user to select from amongst discrete choices.
contents
contents refers to a resource serving as a table of contents.
bookmark
bookmark refers to a bookmark - a link to a key entry point within an extended document.
A checkable menuitem that has three possible values: true, false, or mixed.
Date Submitted
Date of submission of the resource.
Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal).
Requirement
an action that may or may not be requested of you
Derivative Works
distribution of derivative works
The set of labeled concepts specified by the Library of Congress Subject Headings.
LCSH
A related resource.
Recommended best practice is to identify the related resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system.
Relation
The set of media types specified by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.
IMT
A name given to the resource.
Title
Examples of Agent include person, organization, and software agent.
A resource that acts or has the power to act.
Agent
The set of regions in space defined by their geographic coordinates according to the DCMI Box Encoding Scheme.
DCMI Box
indicates a collection of items suitable for navigating the document or related documents.
A checkable input that has three possible values: true, false, or mixed.
A type of widget that offers a list of choices to the user.
Examples include the formats defined by the list of Internet Media Types.
A digital resource format.
File Format
Commercial Use
exercising rights for commercial purposes
The material or physical carrier of the resource.
Medium
Typically, the subject will be represented using keywords, key phrases, or classification codes. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary.
The topic of the resource.
Subject
icon
icon refers to a resource that represents an icon.
Type
Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the DCMI Type Vocabulary [DCMITYPE]. To describe the file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource, use the Format element.
The nature or genre of the resource.
Examples include a number of pages, a specification of length, width, and breadth, or a period in hours, minutes, and seconds.
A dimension or extent, or a time taken to play or execute.
Size or Duration
Input that allows free-form text as its value.
Reproduction
making multiple copies
Date Modified
Date on which the resource was changed.
prohibits
Distribution
distribution, public display, and publicly performance
A group of non-interactive list items. Also see listbox.
The set of identifiers constructed according to the generic syntax for Uniform Resource Identifiers as specified by the Internet Engineering Task Force.
URI
The set of places specified by the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names.
TGN
An established standard to which the described resource conforms.
Conforms To
Rights
Typically, rights information includes a statement about various property rights associated with the resource, including intellectual property rights.
Information about rights held in and over the resource.
RFC 3066 has been obsoleted by RFC 4646.
The set of tags constructed according to RFC 3066 for the identification of languages.
RFC 3066
An element whose implicit native role semantics will not be mapped to the accessibility API.
permits
Share Alike
derivative works be licensed under the same terms or compatible terms as the original work
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource.
Creator
Examples of a Creator include a person, an organization, or a service.
Permission
an action that may or may not be allowed or desired
The policy governing the addition of items to a collection.
Accrual Policy
The set of time intervals defined by their limits according to the DCMI Period Encoding Scheme.
DCMI Period
A list of tab elements, which are references to tabpanel elements.
An option item of a tree. This is an element within a tree that may be expanded or collapsed if it contains a sub-level group of treeitems.
A presentation of a select; usually similar to a textbox where users can type ahead to select an option, or type to enter arbitrary text as a new item in the list. Also see listbox.
The set of conceptual resources specified by the Dewey Decimal Classification.
DDC
A grid whose rows can be expanded and collapsed in the same manner as for a tree.
A related resource that is included either physically or logically in the described resource.
Has Part
An option in a group of choices contained by a menu or menubar.
A dialog is an application window that is designed to interrupt the current processing of an application in order to prompt the user to enter information or require a response. Also see alertdialog.
The frequency with which items are added to a collection.
Accrual Periodicity
top
Notice
copyright and license notices be kept intact
The set of three-letter codes listed in ISO 639-3 for the representation of names of languages.
ISO 639-3
A related resource that requires the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence.
Is Required By
stylesheet
stylesheet refers to a resource serving as a stylesheet for a resource.
A container for the resources associated with a tab, where each tab is contained in a tablist.
Description may include but is not limited to: an abstract, a table of contents, a graphical representation, or a free-text account of the resource.
An account of the resource.
Description
acts as the main content of the document.
A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format.
Has Format
meta
meta refers to a resource that provides metadata.
Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available.
Date Available
A cell containing header information for a row in a grid.
Is Replaced By
A related resource that supplants, displaces, or supersedes the described resource.
RFC 4646 obsoletes RFC 3066.
The set of tags constructed according to RFC 4646 for the identification of languages.
RFC 4646
copyright
copyright refers to a copyright statement for the resource.
A file format or physical medium.
Media Type
A list of subunits of the resource.
Table Of Contents
section
section refers to a resource serving as a section in a collection.
High Income Nation Use
use in a non-developing country
glossary
glossary refers to a resource providing a glossary of terms.
An entity responsible for making the resource available.
Publisher
Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service.
The set of classes specified by the DCMI Type Vocabulary, used to categorize the nature or genre of the resource.
DCMI Type Vocabulary
The size or duration of the resource.
Extent
appendix
appendix refers to a resource serving as an appendix in a collection.
next
next refers to the next resource (after the current one) in an ordered collection of resources.
A cell containing header information for a column.
prev
prev refers to a previous resource (before the current one) in an ordered collection of resources.
The method by which items are added to a collection.
Accrual Method
A location, period of time, or jurisdiction.
Location, Period, or Jurisdiction
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
first
first refers the first item in a collection (see also start and top).
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.
Examples of a Contributor include a person, an organization, or a service.
Contributor
A landmark region that contains a collection of items and objects that, as a whole, combine to create a form. Also see search.
A material thing.
Physical Resource
Sharing
permits commercial derivatives, but only non-commercial distribution
A grid is an interactive control which contains cells of tabular data arranged in rows and columns, like a table.
A collection of commonly used function buttons represented in compact visual form.
A user input where the user selects a value from within a given range.
Date Copyrighted
Date of copyright.
Date Issued
Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource.
A message with important, and usually time-sensitive, information. Also see alertdialog and status.
A rate at which something recurs.
Frequency
indicates the definition of a term or concept.
A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource.
Is Referenced By
A set of user interface objects which are not intended to be included in a page summary or table of contents by assistive technologies.
the legal jurisdiction of a license
A type of dialog that contains an alert message, where initial focus goes an element within the dialog. Also see alert and dialog.
A type of live region containing a numerical counter which indicates an amount of elapsed time from a start point, or the time remaining until an end point.