The Dublin Core Terms Namespace providing access to its content by means of an OWL Lite.
type: Ontology
publisher: The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
description: The Dublin Core Terms namespace provides URIs for the Dublin Core Element Set Qualifier Vocabulary. Vocabulary terms are declared using the OWL Lite language to support OWL or RDF applications. The Dublin Core qualifiers form a richer vocabulary, which is intended to facilitate discovery of resources. It will be updated according to dc-usage decisions.
language: English
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-05-24
source: dcmes-qualifiers
source: decisions
Requires: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
References: dcmitype
imports: elements.owl

Audience
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful.
description: A class of entity may be determined by the creator or the publisher or by a third party.
issued: 2001-05-21
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element
Has Version: audience-002

Alternative
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: Any form of the title used as a substitute or alternative to the formal title of the resource.
description: This qualifier can include Title abbreviations as well as translations.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: alternative-002

Table Of Contents
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: A list of subunits of the content of the resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: tableOfContents-002

Abstract
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: A summary of the content of the resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: abstract-002

Created
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: Date of creation of the resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: created-002

Valid
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: Date (often a range) of validity of a resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: valid-002

Available
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: Date (often a range) that the resource will become or did become available.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: available-002

Issued
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: issued-002

Modified
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: Date on which the resource was changed.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: modified-002

Extent
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The size or duration of the resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: extent-002

Medium
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The material or physical carrier of the resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: medium-002

Is Version Of
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation of the referenced resource. Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: isVersionOf-002

Has Version
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The described resource has a version, edition, or adaptation, namely, the referenced resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: hasVersion-002

Is Replaced By
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The described resource is supplanted, displaced, or superseded by the referenced resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: isReplacedBy-002

Replaces
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The described resource supplants, displaces, or supersedes the referenced resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: replaces-002

Is Required By
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The described resource is required by the referenced resource, either physically or logically.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: isRequiredBy-002

Requires
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The described resource requires the referenced resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence of content.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: requires-002

Is Part Of
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The described resource is a physical or logical part of the referenced resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: isPartOf-002

Has Part
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The described resource includes the referenced resource either physically or logically.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: hasPart-002

Is Referenced By
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The described resource is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the referenced resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: isReferencedBy-002

References
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The described resource references, cites, or otherwise points to the referenced resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: references-002

Is Format Of
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The described resource is the same intellectual content of the referenced resource, but presented in another format.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: isFormatOf-002

Has Format
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The described resource pre-existed the referenced resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content presented in another format.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: hasFormat-002

Conforms To
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: A reference to an established standard to which the resource conforms.
issued: 2001-05-21
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: conformsTo-002

Spatial
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: Spatial characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: spatial-002

Temporal
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: Temporal characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: temporal-002

Mediator
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: A class of entity that mediates access to the resource and for whom the resource is intended or useful.
description: The audiences for a resource are of two basic classes: (1) an ultimate beneficiary of the resource, and (2) frequently, an entity that mediates access to the resource. The mediator element refinement represents the second of these two classes.
issued: 2001-05-21
Modified: 2002-07-13
type: element-refinement
Has Version: mediator-002

Date Accepted
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: Date of acceptance of the resource (e.g. of thesis by university department, of article by journal, etc.).
issued: 2002-07-13
type: element-refinement
Has Version: dateAccepted-001

Date Copyrighted
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: Date of a statement of copyright.
issued: 2002-07-13
type: element-refinement
Has Version: dateCopyrighted-001

Date Submitted
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: Date of submission of the resource (e.g. thesis, articles, etc.).
issued: 2002-07-13
type: element-refinement
Has Version: dateSubmitted-001

Audience Education Level
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: A general statement describing the education or training context. Alternatively, a more specific statement of the location of the audience in terms of its progression through an education or training context.
issued: 2002-07-13
type: element-refinement
Has Version: educationLevel-001

Access Rights
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status.
description: Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security or other regulations.
issued: 2003-02-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: accessRights-001

Bibliographic Citation
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: A bibliographic reference for the resource.
description: Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible, whether or not the citation is in a standard form.
issued: 2003-02-15
type: element-refinement
Has Version: bibliographicCitation-001

License
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource.
description: Recommended best practice is to identify the license using a URI. Examples of such licenses can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/.
issued: 2004-06-14
type: element-refinement
Has Version: license-001

Rights Holder
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
description: Recommended best practice is to use the URI or name of the Rights Holder to indicate the entity.
issued: 2004-06-14
type: element
Has Version: rightsHolder-001

Provenance
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity and interpretation.
description: The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
issued: 2004-09-20
type: element
Has Version: provenance-001

Instructional Method
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: A process, used to engender knowledge, attitudes and skills, that the resource is designed to support.
description: 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.
issued: 2005-06-13
type: element
Has Version: instructionalMethod-001

Accrual Method
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The method by which items are added to a collection.
description: Recommended best practice is to use a value from a controlled vocabulary.
issued: 2005-06-13
type: element
Has Version: accrualMethod-001

Accrual Periodicity
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The frequency with which items are added to a collection.
description: Recommended best practice is to use a value from a controlled vocabulary.
issued: 2005-06-13
type: element
Has Version: accrualPeriodicity-001

Accrual Policy
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: The policy governing the addition of items to a collection.
description: Recommended best practice is to use a value from a controlled vocabulary.
issued: 2005-06-13
type: element
Has Version: accrualPolicy-001

Subject Encoding Schemes
type: Class
comment: A set of subject encoding schemes and/or formats
References: subject
issued: 2000-07-11

Date Encoding Schemes
type: Class
comment: A set of date encoding schemes and/or formats
References: date
References: Temporal
issued: 2000-07-11

Format Encoding Schemes
type: Class
comment: A set of format encoding schemes.
References: format
issued: 2000-07-11

Language Encoding Schemes
type: Class
comment: A set of language encoding schemes and/or formats.
References: language
issued: 2000-07-11

Place Encoding Schemes
type: Class
comment: A set of geographic place encoding schemes and/or formats
References: Spatial
issued: 2000-07-11

Encoding Schemes for temporal characteristics
type: Class
comment: A set of encoding schemes for the coverage qualifier "temporal"
issued: 2000-07-11
References: Temporal

Resource Type Encoding Schemes
type: Class
comment: A set of resource type encoding schemes and/or formats
issued: 2000-07-11
References: type

Resource Identifier Encoding Schemes
type: Class
comment: A set of resource identifier encoding schemes and/or formats
issued: 2000-07-11
References: identifier

Resource Relation Encoding Schemes
type: Class
comment: A set of resource relation encoding schemes and/or formats
issued: 2000-07-11
References: relation

Source Encoding Schemes
type: Class
comment: A set of source encoding schemes and/or formats
issued: 2000-07-11
References: source

LCSH
type: Subject Encoding Schemes
comment: Library of Congress Subject Headings
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: LCSH-002

MeSH
type: Subject Encoding Schemes
comment: Medical Subject Headings
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: MESH-002

DDC
type: Subject Encoding Schemes
comment: Dewey Decimal Classification
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: DDC-002

LCC
type: Subject Encoding Schemes
comment: Library of Congress Classification
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: LCC-002

UDC
type: Subject Encoding Schemes
comment: Universal Decimal Classification
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: UDC-002

DCMI Type Vocabulary
type: Resource Type Encoding Schemes
comment: A list of types used to categorize the nature or genre of the content of the resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: DCMIType-002

IMT
type: Format Encoding Schemes
comment: The Internet media type of the resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2004-12-17
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: IMT-003

ISO 639-2
type: Language Encoding Schemes
comment: ISO 639-2: Codes for the representation of names of languages.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: ISO639-2-002

RFC 1766
type: Language Encoding Schemes
comment: Internet RFC 1766 'Tags for the identification of Language' specifies a two letter code taken from ISO 639, followed optionally by a two letter country code taken from ISO 3166.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: RFC1766-002

URI
type: Resource Identifier Encoding Schemes
comment: A URI Uniform Resource Identifier
type: Source Encoding Schemes
type: Resource Relation Encoding Schemes
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: URI-002

DCMI Point
type: Place Encoding Schemes
comment: The DCMI Point identifies a point in space using its geographic coordinates.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: Point-002

ISO 3166
type: Place Encoding Schemes
comment: ISO 3166 Codes for the representation of names of countries
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2004-12-17
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: ISO3166-003

DCMI Box
type: Place Encoding Schemes
comment: The DCMI Box identifies a region of space using its geographic limits.
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: Box-002

TGN
type: Place Encoding Schemes
comment: The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: TGN-002

DCMI Period
type: Date Encoding Schemes
comment: A specification of the limits of a time interval.
type: Encoding Schemes for temporal characteristics
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: Period-002

W3C-DTF
type: Date Encoding Schemes
comment: W3C Encoding rules for dates and times - a profile based on ISO 8601
type: Encoding Schemes for temporal characteristics
issued: 2000-07-11
Modified: 2002-06-15
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: W3CDTF-002

RFC 3066
type: Language Encoding Schemes
comment: Internet RFC 3066 'Tags for the Identification of Languages' specifies a primary subtag which is a two-letter code taken from ISO 639 part 1 or a three-letter code taken from ISO 639 part 2, followed optionally by a two-letter country code taken from ISO 3166. When a language in ISO 639 has both a two-letter and three-letter code, use the two-letter code; when it has only a three-letter code, use the three-letter code. This RFC replaces RFC 1766.
issued: 2002-07-13
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: RFC3066-001

NLM
type: Subject Encoding Schemes
comment: National Library of Medicine Classification
issued: 2005-06-13
type: encoding-scheme
Has Version: NLM-001