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
The absolute path sort of request URI.
Absolute path
The name of a parameter in a part of a deconstructed HTTP header value.
Parameter name
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.
A process that is used to engender knowledge, attitudes, and skills.
Method of Instruction
A part of a deconstructed header value.
Header Element
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
The HTTP response sent in answer to an HTTP request.
Response
Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
A bibliographic reference for the resource.
Bibliographic Citation
The status code of an HTTP response.
Status code
XML character encoding
The character encoding declared in the XML declaration.
The set of codes listed in ISO 3166-1 for the representation of names of countries.
ISO 3166
XML standalone document declaration
The standalone declaration in the XML declaration.
Public ID
The document type declarations's public identifier.
Base64 encoded byte sequence
The Base64 encoded byte sequence of the content.
The set of dates and times constructed according to the W3C Date and Time Formats Specification.
W3C-DTF
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 header in an HTTP message.
Message Header
Examples include written, spoken, sign, and computer languages.
A system of signs, symbols, sounds, gestures, or rules used in communication.
Linguistic System
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Rights Holder
A connection used for HTTP transfer.
Connection
The status code number.
The authority of a connection used for the HTTP transfer.
Connection authority
The deconstructed parts of an HTTP header value.
Header elements
Document type declaration
The document type declaration.
A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource.
License
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.
The value of a parameter in a part of a deconstructed HTTP header value.
Parameter value
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.
The set of conceptual resources specified by the National Library of Medicine Classification.
NLM
Examples of Agent Class include groups seen as classes, such as students, women, charities, lecturers.
A group of agents.
Agent Class
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
The parameters in a part of a deconstructed HTTP header value.
Header parameters
The status code value of an HTTP response.
A method by which resources are added to a collection.
Method of Accrual
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
The HTTP method used for the HTTP request.
Method
A related resource that is required by the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence.
Requires
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 header in an HTTP request message.
Request Header
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
Document type name
The document type name.
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
A spatial region or named place.
Location
Internal DTD subset
The internal document type definition subset within the document type declarations.
A book, article, or other documentary resource.
Bibliographic Resource
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
The value of an HTTP header field.
Field value
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
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.
The value of a header element.
Header element value
Language
Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646 [RFC4646].
A language of the resource.
XML rest
The XML content following the document type declaration.
A media type or extent.
Media Type or Extent
XML content
The XML content (can only be used for XML-wellformed content).
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
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
The reason phrase (status text) of an HTTP response.
Reason phrase
The headers in an HTTP message.
Headers
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
Temporal Coverage
A summary of the resource.
Abstract
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
System ID
The document type declarations's system identifier (typed: xsd:anyURI)
The set of tags, constructed according to RFC 1766, for the identification of languages.
RFC 1766
A namespace for describing HTTP messages (http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616.html)
HTTP in RDF
Working Draft 29 April 2011
The extent or range of judicial, law enforcement, or other authority.
Jurisdiction
A legal document giving official permission to do something with a Resource.
License Document
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).
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
An HTTP request.
Request
Examples include the formats defined by the list of Internet Media Types.
A digital resource format.
File Format
The material or physical carrier of the resource.
Medium
Text content
The text content (can be used for text content).
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
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
Base64 content
The base64 encoded content (can be used for binary content).
Content
The content.
XML version
The XML version declared in the XML declaration.
A parameter for a part of a header value.
Parameter
Date Modified
Date on which the resource was changed.
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 HTTP response.
An entity primarily responsible for making the resource.
Creator
Examples of a Creator include a person, an organization, or a service.
The policy governing the addition of items to a collection.
Accrual Policy
A header name.
Header Name
The set of time intervals defined by their limits according to the DCMI Period Encoding Scheme.
DCMI Period
The HTTP method name used for the HTTP request.
Method name
The entity body of an HTTP message.
Entity Body
The set of conceptual resources specified by the Dewey Decimal Classification.
DDC
A related resource that is included either physically or logically in the described resource.
Has Part
The frequency with which items are added to a collection.
Accrual Periodicity
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
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
A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format.
Has Format
The authority sort of request URI.
Authority
Character sequence
The character sequence of the text content.
Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available.
Date Available
The absolute request URI.
Absolute URI
RFC 4646 obsoletes RFC 3066.
The set of tags constructed according to RFC 4646 for the identification of languages.
RFC 4646
Is Replaced By
A related resource that supplants, displaces, or supersedes the described resource.
A file format or physical medium.
Media Type
A list of subunits of the resource.
Table Of Contents
XML leading misc
The XML content preceding the document type declaration.
The HTTP version of an HTTP message.
HTTP version
A header in an HTTP response message.
Response Header
The name of a header element.
Header element name
An entity responsible for making the resource available.
Publisher
Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service.
A general header in an HTTP message.
General Header
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
The method by which items are added to a collection.
Accrual Method
A location, period of time, or jurisdiction.
Location, Period, or Jurisdiction
The HTTP requests made via a connection.
Requests
An HTTP message.
Message
The name of an HTTP header.
Header name
References
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
The HTTP method used for the request.
An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.
Examples of a Contributor include a person, an organization, or a service.
Contributor
Representing Content in RDF
Representing Content in RDF as defined by http://www.w3.org/TR/Content-in-RDF/
A material thing.
Physical Resource
Date Copyrighted
Date of copyright.
Date Issued
Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource.
Character encoding
The character encoding used to create a character sequence from a byte sequence or vice versa.
A rate at which something recurs.
Frequency
A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource.
Is Referenced By
The name of an HTTP header field.
Field name
The request URI of an HTTP request.
Request URI
An entity header in an HTTP message.
Entity Header