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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.
English
Audience
A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful.
A class of entity may be determined by the creator or the publisher or by a third party.
Alternative
Any form of the title used as a substitute or alternative to the formal title of the resource.
This qualifier can include Title abbreviations as well as translations.
Table Of Contents
A list of subunits of the content of the resource.
Abstract
A summary of the content of the resource.
Created
Date of creation of the resource.
Valid
Date (often a range) of validity of a resource.
Available
Date (often a range) that the resource will become or did become available.
Issued
Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource.
Modified
Date on which the resource was changed.
Extent
The size or duration of the resource.
Medium
The material or physical carrier of the resource.
Is Version Of
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.
Has Version
The described resource has a version, edition, or adaptation, namely, the referenced resource.
Is Replaced By
The described resource is supplanted, displaced, or superseded by the referenced resource.
Replaces
The described resource supplants, displaces, or supersedes the referenced resource.
Is Required By
The described resource is required by the referenced resource, either physically or logically.
Requires
The described resource requires the referenced resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence of content.
Is Part Of
The described resource is a physical or logical part of the referenced resource.
Has Part
The described resource includes the referenced resource either physically or logically.
Is Referenced By
The described resource is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the referenced resource.
References
The described resource references, cites, or otherwise points to the referenced resource.
Is Format Of
The described resource is the same intellectual content of the referenced resource, but presented in another format.
Has Format
The described resource pre-existed the referenced resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content presented in another format.
Conforms To
A reference to an established standard to which the resource conforms.
Spatial
Spatial characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource.
Temporal
Temporal characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource.
Mediator
A class of entity that mediates access to the resource and for whom the resource is intended or useful.
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.
Date Accepted
Date of acceptance of the resource (e.g. of thesis by university department, of article by journal, etc.).
Date Copyrighted
Date of a statement of copyright.
Date Submitted
Date of submission of the resource (e.g. thesis, articles, etc.).
Audience Education Level
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.
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 regulations.
Bibliographic Citation
A bibliographic reference for the resource.
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.
License
A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource.
Recommended best practice is to identify the license using a URI. Examples of such licenses can be found at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/.
Rights Holder
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Recommended best practice is to use the URI or name of the Rights Holder to indicate the entity.
Provenance
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity and interpretation.
The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
Instructional Method
A process, used to engender knowledge, attitudes and skills, that the resource is designed to support.
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.
Accrual Method
The method by which items are added to a collection.
Recommended best practice is to use a value from a controlled vocabulary.
Accrual Periodicity
The frequency with which items are added to a collection.
Accrual Policy
The policy governing the addition of items to a collection.
Subject Encoding Schemes
A set of subject encoding schemes and/or formats
Date Encoding Schemes
A set of date encoding schemes and/or formats
Format Encoding Schemes
A set of format encoding schemes.
Language Encoding Schemes
A set of language encoding schemes and/or formats.
Place Encoding Schemes
A set of geographic place encoding schemes and/or formats
Encoding Schemes for temporal characteristics
A set of encoding schemes for the coverage qualifier "temporal"
Resource Type Encoding Schemes
A set of resource type encoding schemes and/or formats
Resource Identifier Encoding Schemes
A set of resource identifier encoding schemes and/or formats
Resource Relation Encoding Schemes
A set of resource relation encoding schemes and/or formats
Source Encoding Schemes
A set of source encoding schemes and/or formats
LCSH
Library of Congress Subject Headings
MeSH
Medical Subject Headings
DDC
Dewey Decimal Classification
LCC
Library of Congress Classification
UDC
Universal Decimal Classification
DCMI Type Vocabulary
A list of types used to categorize the nature or genre of the content of the resource.
IMT
The Internet media type of the resource.
ISO 639-2
ISO 639-2: Codes for the representation of names of languages.
RFC 1766
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.
URI
A URI Uniform Resource Identifier
DCMI Point
The DCMI Point identifies a point in space using its geographic coordinates.
ISO 3166
ISO 3166 Codes for the representation of names of countries
DCMI Box
The DCMI Box identifies a region of space using its geographic limits.
TGN
The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
DCMI Period
A specification of the limits of a time interval.
W3C-DTF
W3C Encoding rules for dates and times - a profile based on ISO 8601
RFC 3066
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.
NLM
National Library of Medicine Classification