DCMI Metadata Terms
type: Ontology
date modified: 2010-10-11
comment: This version of the DCMI Terms vocabulary has been heavily trimmed for LV2.

Agent
type: Agent Class
type: Class
description: Examples of Agent include person, organization, and software agent.
comment: A resource that acts or has the power to act.

Agent Class
type: Class
description: Examples of Agent Class include groups seen as classes, such as students, women, charities, lecturers.
comment: A group of agents.

License Document
type: Class
comment: A legal document giving official permission to do something with a Resource.
subclass of: Rights Statement

Linguistic System
type: Class
description: Examples include written, spoken, sign, and computer languages.
comment: A system of signs, symbols, sounds, gestures, or rules used in communication.

Media Type
type: Class
comment: A file format or physical medium.
subclass of: Media Type or Extent

Media Type or Extent
type: Class
comment: A media type or extent.

Rights Statement
type: Class
comment: A statement about the intellectual property rights (IPR) held in or over a Resource, a legal document giving official permission to do something with a resource, or a statement about access rights.

Standard
type: Class
comment: A basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated.

URI
type: Datatype
comment: The set of identifiers constructed according to the generic syntax for Uniform Resource Identifiers as specified by the Internet Engineering Task Force.

W3C-DTF
type: Datatype
comment: The set of dates and times constructed according to the W3C Date and Time Formats Specification.

Abstract
type: Property
comment: A summary of the resource.
sub property of: description

alternative title
type: Property
description: The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific.
comment: An alternative name for the resource.
range: Literal
sub property of: title

date available
type: Property
comment: Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available.
range: Literal
sub property of: date

conforms to
type: Property
comment: An established standard to which the described resource conforms.
range: Standard
sub property of: relation

contributor
type: Property
description: Examples of a Contributor include a person, an organization, or a service.
comment: An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.
range: Agent

date created
type: Property
comment: Date of creation of the resource.
range: Literal
sub property of: date

creator
type: Property
description: Examples of a Creator include a person, an organization, or a service.
comment: An entity primarily responsible for making the resource.
range: Agent
sub property of: contributor
equivalent property: maker

date
type: Property
description: Date may be used to express temporal information at any level of granularity. Recommended best practice is to use an encoding scheme, such as the W3CDTF profile of ISO 8601 [W3CDTF].
comment: A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource.
range: Literal

date accepted
type: Property
description: Examples of resources to which a Date Accepted may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal).
comment: Date of acceptance of the resource.
range: Literal
sub property of: date

date copyrighted
type: Property
comment: Date of copyright.
range: Literal
sub property of: date

date submitted
type: Property
description: Examples of resources to which a Date Submitted may be relevant are a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal).
comment: Date of submission of the resource.
range: Literal
sub property of: date

description
type: Property
description: Description may include but is not limited to: an abstract, a table of contents, a graphical representation, or a free-text account of the resource.
comment: An account of the resource.

format
type: Property
description: Examples of dimensions include size and duration. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the list of Internet Media Types [MIME].
comment: The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.
range: Media Type or Extent

has format
type: Property
comment: A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format.
sub property of: relation

has part
type: Property
comment: A related resource that is included either physically or logically in the described resource.
sub property of: relation

has version
type: Property
comment: A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource.
sub property of: relation

is format of
type: Property
comment: A related resource that is substantially the same as the described resource, but in another format.
sub property of: relation

is part of
type: Property
comment: A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
sub property of: relation

is referenced by
type: Property
comment: A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource.
sub property of: relation

is replaced by
type: Property
comment: A related resource that supplants, displaces, or supersedes the described resource.
sub property of: relation

is required by
type: Property
comment: A related resource that requires the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence.
sub property of: relation

is version of
type: Property
description: Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format.
comment: A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation.
sub property of: relation

date issued
type: Property
comment: Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource.
range: Literal
sub property of: date

language
type: Property
description: Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646.
comment: A language of the resource.
range: Linguistic System

license
type: Property
comment: A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource.
range: License Document
sub property of: rights

date modified
type: Property
comment: Date on which the resource was changed.
range: Literal
sub property of: date

publisher
type: Property
description: Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service.
comment: An entity responsible for making the resource available.
range: Agent

references
type: Property
comment: A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
sub property of: relation

relation
type: Property
description: Recommended best practice is to identify the related resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system.
comment: A related resource.

replaces
type: Property
comment: A related resource that is supplanted, displaced, or superseded by the described resource.
sub property of: relation

requires
type: Property
comment: A related resource that is required by the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence.
sub property of: relation

rights
type: Property
description: Typically, rights information includes a statement about various property rights associated with the resource, including intellectual property rights.
comment: Information about rights held in and over the resource.
range: Rights Statement

rights holder
type: Property
comment: A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
range: Agent

title
type: Property
comment: A name given to the resource.
range: Literal