DCMI Type Working Group
Standard Type Encoding Schemes
Dublin Core™ Metadata Initiative - Type Working Group
22 August 2002
Editor: Ann Apps < [email protected]>
MIMAS, University of Manchester, UK
**Status of this document:***Working Draft_
Description: This document contains an annotated list of standard type encoding schemes.
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1. Standard Type Encoding Schemes
The table below lists standard encoding schemes or vocabularies which could be used to indicate the Type of a resource. The entries will be annotated with guidelines on which to choose for a particular use.
These encoding schemes will be registered with DCMI when a mechanism becomes available.
| Identifer | Vocabulary Name | URL | Guidelines |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAT | Art & Architechture Thesaurus | [U1] | |
| MARCGenre | MARC Genre Terms | [U2] | General genre list that may be applied to various types of information resources, compiled from controlled lists of values in various data elements in the MARC 21 bibliographic format. |
| MIG | The Moving Image Genre-Form Guide | [U3] | Motion pictures, broadcasting, recorded sound |
| TGMII | Thesaurus for Graphic Materials II: Genre & Physical Characteristic Terms | [U4] | Graphical materials |
| UNESCO | UNESCO Thesaurus | [U5] | General thesaurus which contains some type terms |
2. Other Type Encoding Schemes
The table below lists other significant type encoding schemes. Because these are not standard identifiers, it will be necessary to encode them within Dublin Core™ records using application-specific schemes.
| Identifer | Vocabulary Name | URL | Guidelines |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISMeF | CISMeF Resource Types | [U6] | Medical: publication types and MeSH terms. [R1], [R2] |
| CLDT | RSLP Collection Description Schema Types | [U7] | Collection types |
| IPTC | International Press Telecommunications Council Subject Reference System: Genre | [U8] | News items |
| RBMS | Rare Books and Manuscripts Thesaurus | [U9] (List not online) | Rare books and manuscripts |
| RIS | Reference Manager, RIS Format Specfiications: Reference type field names | [U10] | |
| UKGovTalk | UK e-Government Metadata Standard - Type Encoding Scheme (Draft) | [U11] (Appendix B) |
URLs
- [U1] AAT: http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/aat/
- [U2] MARCGenre: http://www.loc.gov/marc/sourcecode/genre/genrelist.html
- [U3] MIG: http://www.loc.gov/rr/mopic/migintro.html
- [U4] TGMII: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/tgm2/
- [U5] UNESCO: http://www.ulcc.ac.uk/unesco/
- [U6] CISMeF: http://www.chu-rouen.fr/documed/typeeng.html
- [U7] CLDT: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/rslp/types/
- [U8] IPTC: http://www.iptc.org/site/subject-codes/genre.html
- [U9] RBMS: http://libweb.uoregon.edu/catdept/home/genreterms/main.html (List not online)
- [U10] RIS: http://www.refman.com/support/risformat_reftypes.asp
- [U11] UKGovTalk: http://www.govtalk.gov.uk/documents/e-Government_Metadata_Standard_v1.pdf (Appendix B)
References
- [R1] Darmoni SJ, Thirion B. - A Standard Metadata Scheme for Health Resources - JAMIA Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association 2000; Jan-Feb;7(1):108-109
- [R2] Darmoni SJ, Thirion B, Leroy JP, Douyère M, Piot J. - The use of Dublin Core™ metadata in a structured health resource guide on the Internet - Bulletin of the Medical Library Association 2001; July;89(3) 297-301