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. |