| Vocabulary: |
DCMI Metadata Terms |
| URI: |
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/coverage |
| Label: |
Coverage |
| Definition: |
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant. |
| Comment: |
Spatial topic and spatial applicability may be a named place or a location specified by its geographic coordinates. Temporal topic may be a named period, date, or date range. A jurisdiction may be a named administrative entity or a geographic place to which the resource applies. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Thesaurus of Geographic Names [TGN]. Where appropriate, named places or time periods can be used in preference to numeric identifiers such as sets of coordinates or date ranges. |
| References: |
[TGN] http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html |
| Type of Term: |
http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#Property |
| Note: |
A second property with the same name as this property has been declared in the dcterms: namespace (http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document "DCMI Metadata Terms" (/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation. |
