Metadata
Version 0.1
| Field | Description | Entered By | Field Type | Required Field | DC | Controlled Vocabulary | NSDL | Multiple Entries | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Description | A longer, free-text account of the content | Contributor | String | X | X | X | General | ||
| ID | Identification number, of a particular format | Cataloguer | TYPE_ID | X | X | X | General | ||
| Item Language | The language of the underlying item, such as the text in a document. Controlled list: ISO639-1 or -2 | Cataloguer | String | X | X | X | X | General | |
| Resource Type | A classification of the general category of the item (e.g., Collection, Dataset, or Still Image). Controlled List: DCMI Type Vocabulary [DCT1], possibly with extensions | Cataloguer | String | X | X | X | X | General | |
| Subject | One or more keywords, key phrases, or classification codes from a controlled vocabulary, such as FIREDOC's vocabulary list or the LCC | Cataloguer | String | X | X | X | X | X | General |
| Title | Short descriptive title of the item; the name by which the item is known | Contributor | String | X | X | X | General | ||
| Item Copyright | A description of the rights of the users as provided by the owner of the item | Contributor | String | X | X | General | |||
| Keyword | One or more keywords that are freeform, to enable the contributor to define the object and provide more depth regarding its nature | Contributor | String | X | General | ||||
| Relationship | A link to another item in the FABERC collection. Possible relationships: current resource is a part of a collection of items (in which case this would point to an item of Resouce Type "Collection"); current resource references another item; or current item is a different format of another item with identical content (i.e., in the case where a movie clip is available in both AVI and mpeg formats) | Cataloguer | TYPE_ RELATIONSHIP | X | X | General | |||
| Validation Date | Date the item was made available to the public, after verification by Cataloguer | Cataloguer | Date | X | X | Dates | |||
| Creation Date | Date the item came into being (e.g., test date for dataset, publication date for article) | Contributor | Date | X | X | Dates | |||
| Metadata Modification Date | Date the metadata entry for the item was last changed | Cataloguer | Date | Dates | |||||
| Status | the level of acceptance of a metadata record within its collection (e.g. accessioned, holding, working) | Cataloguer | String | X | X | MetaMetadata | |||
| Metadata Copyright | A free-text statement regarding ownership of the metadata, including conditions detailing how the metadata may be used, transferred or shared | Cataloguer | String | MetaMetadata | |||||
| Metadata Language | The language of the metadata, generally english. Controlled list: ISO639-1 or -2. | Cataloguer | String | X | MetaMetadata | ||||
| Audience | Contributor | String | Educational | ||||||
| Detailed Resource Type | A description of the category of item, with greater detail than is available in the DC resource types. The controlled list should be similar to that for DLESE, as seen in http://www.dlese.org/Metadata/adn-item/0.6.50/vocabs/resourceTypeDLESE.xsd | Cataloguer | String | X | Educational | ||||
| Educational Level | One or more terms that indicate the intended audience for the item. Controlled List would include terms such as Undergraduate; Graduate; Professional; Upperclassmen | Contributor | String | X | X | Educational | |||
| Educational Purpose | A description of the educational purpose of the item; i.e., what the student can learn from using/viewing the content | Contributor | String | Educational | |||||
| Interactivity Level | A subjective level of interaction with the resource. Controlled List: Very High, High, Medium, Low, Very Low | Contributor | String | X | Educational | ||||
| Interactivity Type | A description of the class of interactivity required or possible for the item. Controlled List: Active, Expositive, Mixed, Undefined | Cataloguer | String | X | Educational | ||||
| Cataloguer | The entity that is responsible for verifying the veracity of the metadata information and insuring that controlled fields conform to respected lists | Cataloguer | TYPE_ENTITY | X | X | Entity | |||
| Contact | The entity to be contacted in case of problems with the item or resource | Contributor | TYPE_ENTITY | X | Entity | ||||
| Creator | The entity (person, organization, or service) or entities that authored or otherwise originated the item | Contributor | TYPE_ENTITY | X | X | X | X | Entity | |
| Assistant | An entity or entities that aided in the completion of the metadata information, but which is not responsible for verifying the accuracy of the controlled fields | Cataloguer | TYPE_ENTITY | X | Entity | ||||
| Contributor | The entity that provided the metadata for the content | Contributor | TYPE_ENTITY | X | Entity | ||||
| Item Modification Date | Date the underlying item was changed | Contributor | Date | X | Entity | ||||
| Metadata Modifier | Entity that modified the metadata for the item | Cataloguer | TYPE_ENTITY | Entity | |||||
| Owner | The entity or entities that retain the rights (copyright and otherwise) to the item | Contributor | TYPE_ENTITY | X | X | Entity | |||
| Publisher | The entity (person, organization, or service) that made the item available to FABERC | Contributor | TYPE_ENTITY | X | X | Entity | |||
| Access | information on how to order or access the physical object | Contributor | String | Physical | |||||
| Physical Description | A description of the original, physical object, if any, from which the digital form is derived | Contributor | String | Physical | |||||
| Media | A description of the digital media, if any, of the item. Controlled List: MIME | Cataloguer | String | X | X | X | X | Technical | |
| Duration | The length of an audio or video item | Cataloguer | String | Technical | |||||
| Horizontal Resolution | The horizontal resolution (width), in pixels, of the digital content | Cataloguer | Integer | Technical | |||||
| Mirror URL | One or more URLs that are on sites that mirror the content of the primary URL site | Contributor | TYPE_URL | X | Technical | ||||
| Primary URL | A Uniform Resource Locator that points to the item. | Contributor | TYPE_URL | Technical | |||||
| Requirement | Controlled list of plugins and other software, with minimum and maximum versions | Cataloguer | TYPE_ REQUIREMENT | X | Technical | ||||
| Requirement Description | Additional requirements, in free-text | Contributor | String | Technical | |||||
| Size | The size of the resource (e.g., 1.3 MB) | Cataloguer | String | Technical | |||||
| Vertical Resolution | The vertical resolution (height), in pixels, of the digital content | Cataloguer | Integer | Technical |