DCPC Dublin Core Data Dictionary

DCPC uses qualified Dublin Core metadata with some local modifications. The qualifiers created locally are used for the collections that need additional data fields. We use Greenstone Digital Library software to provide standard user interface with Search and Browse functions.

The Search function provides the following options:

The Browser function allows users to view a list of terms from each Dublin Core field. The browse options may vary from collection to collection.

The display labels used in the Greenstone user interface vary from collection to collection depending on the content of each collection.

* Local qualifier

Display Label Dublin Core Field Description Keyword Index Browse Field Search
Title Title A name given to the resource. Yes Titles Title
Other Title Title.alternative Other name(s) by which the resource is known such as abbreviated title or translated title, etc. Yes No Keyword
No display *Title.enumeration A local qualifier for volume and issue number in the Silent Worker collection. No No volume and issue numbers
No display *Title.periodical A local qualifier for the name of the journal in the Silent Worker collection. No No No
No display *Title.parent A local qualifier for the book title in the Staughton collection. Yes No Keyword
No display *Title.section A local qualifier for the chapter title in the Staughton collection and other purposes in other collections. Yes No Keyword
Creator or Author Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the content of the resource. Yes Creators or Authors Creator or Author
Subject Subject A topic of the content of the resource. We use the controlled vocabulary sources in the order of 1) LCSH; 2) LCTGM; 3) AAT. Yes Subjects Subject
Organization *Subject.corporatenames A local qualifier for a corporate name as a subject of the resource. Yes Organizations Corporate name
Person *Subject.personalnames A local qualifier for a personal name as a subject of the resource. Yes People Personal name
Description or Contents Description An account of the content of the resource. Yes No Keyword
Notes *Description.notes A local qualifier for information that needs to be separated from the Description. Yes No Keyword
Publisher Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available. Yes No Keyword
Contributor Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the resource. Yes No Keyword
Date Available Date.available A date when the digital object is available. No No No
Date Date.created A date when the original item was created. Yes Dates Date
Date *Date.text A local qualifier for displaying an approximate date in free-text format. Yes Dates Date
Resource Type Type The nature or genre of the content of the resource. Yes No Type
Original Format.extent The physical manifestation of the resource. Yes No Keyword
Digital Format Format.medium The digital manifestation of the resource. No No No
Language Language A language of the intellectual content of the resource. No No No
Collection Relation.IsPartOf A reference to a related resource. No No No
Place Name Coverage.spatial The extent or scope of the content of the resource, i.e. a place name depicted in the resource. Yes Places Place
Rights Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource. No No No
Repository Source A Reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived. No No No
Series Source.series A local qualifier for series titles. Yes Series Series
  Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context. No No No
Transcription *Source.textfile A local qualifier for displaying transcriptions and other purposes. No No Transcription

Administrative Metadata
No display bitdepth Bit depth of master image. No No No
No display compression Compression ratios of master and display images. No No No
No display datescanned Date of the item is digitized. No No No
No display dimensions Dimensions of display image. No No No
No display displayfile Directory and file name of display file. No No No
No display filecount Number of display files. No No No
No display masterfile Directory and file name of master file. No No No
Location materiallocation Physical location of the original material. No No No
No display resolution Scanning resolution of mater image.  No No No
No display scandevice Scanning device name. No No No
No display scanlocation Scanning location. No No No