Dublin Core Collection Description Application Profile Summary

Note

Where names are listed below as XML QNames, prefixes are assumed to be associated with Namespace Names as follows:

dc: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
dcterms: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
marcrel: (MARC relator code properties) http://www.loc.gov/marc.relators/
cld: (collection-specific properties: URIs to be confirmed, temporary Namespace Name/URI http://example.org/cld/terms#)
gen: (non-collection-specific properties, URIs to be confirmed, temporary Namespace Name/URI http://example.org/gen/terms#)
cldtype: (collection type terms: URIs to be confirmed, temporary Namespace Name/URI http://example.org/cld/type#)

i.e. where the QName of a term (property/class) appears against a shaded background in the table below, the term has not yet been assigned a persistent URI reference.

Proposed collection properties

Attribute/ Property label	Property name (as QName)	Definition	Encoding Scheme(s)
Identifier	dc:identifier	A globally unique formal identifier for the collection.	dcterms:URI
Title	dc:title	The name of the collection.
Alternative Title	dcterms:alternative (sub-property of dc:title)	Any form of name used as a substitute or alternative to the formal name of the collection
Description	dcterms:abstract (sub-property of dc:description)	A summary description of the content of the collection.
Physical Characteristics	dc:format	The physical or digital characteristics of the collection.
Size	dcterms:extent (sub-property of dc:format)	The size of the collection.
Language	dc:language	A language of the content of the items in the collection.	dcterms:ISO639-2
Type	dc:type	A type of the collection.	cld:CLDT
Rights	dc:rights	A statement of any rights held in/over the collection.
Access Rights	dcterms:accessRights (sub-property of dc:rights)	A statement of any access restrictions placed on the collection, including allowed users, charges, etc.
Accrual Method	cld:accrualMethod	The method by which items are added to the collection.	cld: DCCDAccrualMethod
Accrual Periodicity	cld:accrualPeriodicity	The frequency with which items are added to the collection.	cld: DCCDAccrualPeriodicity
Accrual Policy	cld:accrualPolicy	The policy governing the addition of items to the collection.	cld: DCCDAccrualPolicy
Custodial History	dcterms:provenance	A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the collection that are significant for its authenticity, integrity and interpretation.
Audience	dcterms:audience	A class of entity for whom the collection is intended or useful.
Logo	cld:logo (sub-property of dc:description)	An image or logo associated with the collection.
Subject	dc:subject	A subject or topic associated with the items in the collection.	dcterms:DDC dcterms:LCC dcterms:LCSH dcterms:MESH dcterms:UDC
Spatial Coverage	dcterms:spatial (sub-property of dc:coverage)	The spatial coverage of the content of the items in the collection.
Temporal Coverage	dcterms:temporal (sub-property of dc:coverage)	The temporal coverage of the content of the items in the collection.
Accumulation Date Range	dcterms:created (sub-property of dc:date)	The range of dates over which the collection was accumulated.	dcterms:ISO8601
Contents Date Range	cld:dateContentsCreated (sub-property of dc:date)	The range of dates over which the individual items within the collection were created	dcterms:ISO8601
Relationships between the Collection and Agents
Collector	dc:creator	An entity who gathers (or gathered) the items in a collection together.
Owner	marcrel:own	An entity who has legal possession of the collection.
Relationships between the Collection and Location, Collection and Service
Is Located At	gen:isLocatedAt (sub-property of dc:relation)	The location of the collection.
Is Accessed Via	gen:isAccessedVia (sub-property of dc:relation)	A service that provides access to the collection.
Relationships between Collections
Sub-collection	dcterms:hasPart (sub-property of dc:relation)	A second collection contained within the current collection.
Super-collection	dcterms:isPartOf (sub-property of dc:relation)	A second collection that contains the current collection.
Catalogue or collection description	dc:description	A second collection that describes the current collection (for example, the catalogue for the current collection).
Associated collection	dc:relation	A second collection that is associated with the current collection.
Relationships between the Collection and other resources
Associated publication	dcterms:isReferencedBy (sub-property of dc:relation)	A publication that is based on the use, study, or analysis of the collection.

Changes made in this version

Added highlighting for unstable terms with no persistent URI reference.
Added encoding schemes column.
Added hyperlinks to full description of property usage in application profile.
For Language, changed description from "The language of the items in the collection" to "A language of the content of the items in the collection".
For Type, changed description from "The type of the collection" to "A type of the collection".
For Custodial History, used property dcterms:provenance (rather than gen:provenance) as term added to DCMI Namespace by Usage Board, March 2004. Also amend definition to remove "since its creation".
Replaced property cld:accrualStatus by three properties cld:accrualMethod, cld:accrualPeriodicity, cld:accrualPolicy
For Accumulation Date Range, replaced property cld:accumulationDateRange with property dcterms:created
For Contents Date Range, replaced property cld:contentsDateRange with property cld:dateContentsCreated
Replaced property gen:isAvailableAt with two (provisional) properties gen:isLocatedAt and gen:isAccessedVia.

Title:	Dublin Core Collection Description Application Profile Summary
Creator:	Dublin Core Collection Description Working Group
Date Issued:	2004-08-20
Identifier:	http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcmi/collection-ap-summary/2004-08-20/
Replaces:	http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcmi/collection-ap-summary/2004-02-01/
Is Replaced By:	http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcmi/collection-ap-summary/2005-03-19/
Latest Version:	http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcmi/collection-ap-summary/
Status of Document:	This is a DCMI Working Draft.
Description of Document:	This document describes the draft application profile for collection-level description developed by the Dublin Core Collection Description Working Group.