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NTL Metadata Element Table

 

Descriptive Metadata

NTL Display Name

Dublin Core Term Name

Repeatable?

Type of Term

XML Element Name *

Notes

Title

title

No

element

<dc:title>

 

Alternate Title

title.alternative

Yes

element-refinement

<dcterms:alternative>

 

Creator

creator.creatorPersonal

Yes

NTL-extended

<dcterms:creatorPersonal>

 

Corporate Creator

creator.creatorGroup

Yes

NTL-extended

<dcterms: creatorGroup>

 

Classification

subject

Yes

element

<dc:subject xsi:type=”dcterms:NTL”>

Encoding scheme - NTL classification scheme

TRT Keywords

subject

Yes

element

<dc:subject xsi:type=”dcterms:TRT”>

Encoding scheme - TRT

Subject Keywords

subject

Yes

element

<dc:subject>

 

Abstract

description.abstract

No

element-refinement

<dcterms:abstract>

 

Table of Contents

description.tableofContents

No

element-refinement

<dcterms:tableofContents>

 

Publisher

publisher.publisherPersonal

Yes

NTL-extended

<dcterms: publisherPersonal>

 

Corporate Publisher

publisher.publisherCorporate

Yes

NTL-extended

<dcterms: publisherCorporate>

 

Contributor

contributor.contributorPersonal

Yes

NTL-extended

<dcterms: contributorPersonal>

 

Corporate Contributor

contributor.contributorCorporate

Yes

NTL-extended

<dcterms: contributorCorporate>

 

Date

date.created

No

element-refinement

<dcterms:created xsi: type="dcterms:ISO8601">

Document creation /production date –

Encoding scheme - ISO 8601

Copyright

date.copyrighted

No

element-refinement

<dcterms:copyrighted xsi: type="dcterms:ISO8061" >

Encoding scheme - ISO 8601

Resource Type

type

Yes

element

<dc:type xsi:type="dcterms:DCMIType">

Encoding scheme - DCMI Type Vocabulary

Format

format

Yes

element

<dc:format xsi:type="dcterms:IMT" >

Encoding scheme - IMT (DCMI Media Types)

Physical Description

format.extent

Yes

element-refinement

<dcterms:extent>

Includes file size, number of pages, volume information, map information

Resource Identifier

identifier

Yes

element

<dc:identifier xsi: type=”dcterms:URL”>

Encoding Scheme - URL

Report Number

identifier

Yes

element

<dc:identifier xsi: type=”dcterms:REPORT”>

Encoding Scheme - REPORT

TRIS Accession Number

identifier

No

element

<dc:identifier xsi: type=”dcterms:TRIS>

Encoding Scheme - TRIS

OCLC Number

identifier

No

element

<dc:identifier xsi: type=”dcterms:OCLC>

Encoding Scheme - OCLC

ISBN

identifier

No

element

<dc:identifier xsi:type=”dcterms:ISBN>

Encoding Scheme - ISBN

ISSN

identifier

No

element

<dc:identifier xsi:type=”dcterms:ISSN>

Encoding Scheme - ISSN

Digital Object Identifier

identifier

No

element

<dc:identifier xsi:type=”dcterms:DOI>

Encoding Scheme - DOI

Source

source

Yes

element

<dc:source>

Follow same order as URL.

Make sure indexers know when a paper copy exists of the document.

Language

language

Yes

element

<dc:lanauage xsi:type

="dcterms:ISO639-2">

Encoding Scheme - ISO 639-2/B

is Version of

relation.isVersionOf

Yes

element-refinement

<dcterms:isRelationOf>

incl. version, edition, or adaptation

is Part of

relation.isPartOf

Yes

element-refinement

<dcterms:isPartOf>

 

Contains

relation.hasPart

Yes

element-refinement

<dcterms:hasPart>

 

is Format Of

relation.isFormatOf

Yes

element-refinement

<dcterms:isFormatOf>

 

has Format

relation.hasFormat

Yes

element-refinement

<dcterms:hasFormat>

 

Requires

relation.requires

Yes

element-refinement

<dcterms:requires>

 

is Required By

relation.isRequiredBy

Yes

element-refinement

<dcterms:isRequiredBy>

 

References

relation.references

Yes

element-refinement

<dcterms: references>

 

Succeeding Title

relation.isReplacedBy

Yes

element-refinement

<dcterms:isReplacedBy>

 

Preceding Entry

relation.replaces

Yes

element-refinement

<dcterms:replaces>

 

Geographical Coverage

coverage.spatial

Yes

element-refinement

<dcterms:spatial>

Use controlled geographical list

Period Covered

coverage.temporal

Yes

element-refinement

<dcterms:temporal>

 

Copyright Info

rights

No

element

<dc:rights>

copyright info, etc.

Edition

edition

No

MODS-element

<dc:edition>

 

* - the information given is the starting xml tag. The ending xml tag would have a ‘/' after the ‘<'



Administrative Metadata

NTL Display Name

Dublin Core Term Name

Repeatable?

Type of Term

Notes

Record number

record.id

No

NTL-extended

Autonumber for new entries

Record creation date

record.createdDate

No

NTL-extended

Add -Time-stamp of record creation

Encoding scheme - ISO 8601

Date item captured

date.captured

No

MODS-element-refinement

Add for portal records, ingested sites, etc.

Encoding scheme - ISO 8601

Date of last modification

date.modified

No

element-refinement

Add -Time-stamp of most recent edit

Encoding scheme - ISO 8601

Supplier

supplier

No

NTL-extended

Record source of digital doc

Notes

notes

No

NTL-extended

Notes by/for indexers, tech services staff