Digital Collections Metadata Fields

Iowa State University librarians utilize the following metadata fields to describe digital collections resources:

Label URI Definition
Title http://purl.org/dc/terms/title A name given to the resource.
Creator (Person) http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator A person primarily responsible for making the resource.
Creator (Organization) http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator An organization primarily responsible for making the resource.
Interviewee http://purl.org/dc/terms/contributor An entity who was interviewed.
Interviewer http://purl.org/dc/terms/contributor An entity responsible for conducting the interview which the resource records.
Date Created http://purl.org/dc/terms/date The date of creation of the original resource, not the digital surrogate.
Time Period http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject Temporal characteristics of the resource.
Description http://purl.org/dc/terms/description An account of the resource.
Subject (Topic) http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject The topic of the resource.
Subject (Person) http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject Person(s) discussed or portrayed in a resource.
Subject (Organization) http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject Organization(s) discussed or portrayed in a resource.
Contributor (Person) http://purl.org/dc/terms/contributor A person responsible for making contributions to the resource.
Contributor (Organization) http://purl.org/dc/terms/contributor An organization responsible for making contributions to the resource.
Location http://purl.org/dc/terms/coverage Spatial topic of a resource.
Latitude http://purl.org/dc/terms/spatial The north-south geographic coordinate of the resource's spatial coverage.
Longitude http://purl.org/dc/terms/spatial The east-west geographic coordinate of the resource's spatial coverage.
Language http://purl.org/dc/terms/language A language of the resource.
Source http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation Archival collection or other resource from which the described resource is derived.
Call Number http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation Call number for the source from which the described resource is derived.
Archival Series http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation Title of the archival series to which the original resource belongs.
Box http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation Number of the archival box in which the original resource is contained.
Folder Title http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation Title of the archival folder in which the original resource is contained.
Folder Number http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation Number of the archival folder in which the original resource is contained.
Finding Aid Permalink http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation The Archival Resource Key for the finding aid for the archival collection that contains the original resource.
Contributing Institution http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher An organization responsible for making the resource available.
Publisher http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher An entity responsible for the publication of the original resource (not the digital surrogate).
Extent http://purl.org/dc/terms/extent The size or duration of the resource.
Medium http://purl.org/dc/terms/medium The material or physical carrier of the resource.
Genre http://purl.org/dc/terms/type The nature, style, or function of a resource, not its physical characteristics.
Type http://purl.org/dc/terms/type The fundamental form of the content.
Format http://purl.org/dc/terms/format The file format of the resource.
Digital Collection Title http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation The digital collection(s) the resource is a member of.
Digital Collection Permalink http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation The Archival Resource Key for the digital collection the resource is part of.
Related Resource http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation Link to a related digital exhibit or collection.
Avian Identifier http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier The ID number used to identify the resource in the avIAn database.
Identifier http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier Value that CollectionBuilder uses to identify each resource and to form the item's URL.
Filename http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier Names of the file(s) that constitute the digital object.
Item Permalink http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier The Archival Resource Key for the digital object.
Rights http://purl.org/dc/terms/rights Information about rights held in and over the resource.
Standardized Rights http://purl.org/dc/terms/rights A URL link to a standard rights statement or license deed for the resource.
Disclaimer http://purl.org/dc/terms/description A note applied to a resource which may contain offensive content.