Collection Type (CLDType) Vocabulary

A list of types that categorize a collection according to the nature of the content of the items in the collection and/or according to whether the collection is a catalogue, finding-aid or index for a second collection.

A collection of individual records describing the items, and the intellectual content of those items, of a second collection. There may, in the individual records, be information about collections but that is not the focus of the catalogue. Catalogues are typically created with significant human input.

A collection of records describing the individual items, and the intellectual content of thos items, of a second collection. The records are firmly grounded within the overall arrangement of the collection, e.g. grouping together all the letters, account books etc. in an ordered sequence or sequences. Items are often not uniquely identifiable when considered in isolation, so the context of the collection is an essential element in compiling the hierarchic finding-aid. Hierarchic finding-aids are typically created with significant human input.

A collection of records consisting of information derived from items in a second collection, regardless of the content of those items. By this is meant that an index - for example a robotic search engine - will index the words in a document (or catalogue record) regardless of their context and without trying to identify the discrete elements of intellectual content contained therein. Indexes are typically generated automatically by a software robot or other harvesting technology.

A collection of items that are of type Collection, where a Collection is an aggregation of items; i.e. a collection of collections.

A collection of items of type Dataset where a Dataset is information encoded in a defined structure (for example, lists, tables, and databases), intended to be useful for direct machine processing.

A collection of items of type Event where an Event is is a non-persistent, time-based occurrence.

A collection of items of type Image, where an Image is a primarily symbolic visual representation other than text. For example - images and photographs of physical objects, paintings, prints, drawings, other images and graphics, animations and moving pictures, film, diagrams, maps, musical notation. Note that image may include both electronic and physical representations.

A collection of items of type Moving Image, where a Moving Image is a series of visual representations that, when shown in succession, impart an impression of motion. For example, an animation, movie, television, video, zoetrope, or visual output from a simulation.

A collection of items of type Still Image, where a Still Image is a a static visual representation other than text. For example, a picture, photograph, painting, drawing, graphic design, plan, map, or musical score. Note that a Still Image may be manifested in physical and electronic forms.

A collection of items of type Interactive Resource, where an an interactive resource is a resource which requires interaction from the user to be understood, executed, or experienced. For example, forms on web pages, applets, multimedia learning objects, chat services, virtual reality.

A collection of items of type Physical Object, where a Physical Object is an inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. For example, a computer, the great pyramid, a sculpture.

A collection of items of type Service, where a Service is a system that provides one or more functions of value to the end-user. Examples of Services include: a photocopying service, a banking service, an authentication service, interlibrary loans, a Z39.50 or Web server.

A collection of items of type Software, where Software is a computer program in source or compiled form which may be available for installation non-transiently on another machine.

A collection of items of type Sound, where a Sound is a resource whose content is primarily intended to be rendered as audio. For example - a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds.

A collection of items of type Text, where a Text is a resource whose content is primarily words for reading. For example - books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.