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Dublin Core™ Metadata Type Vocabulary

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DCMI Type Vocabulary

Title:	DCMI Type Vocabulary
Creator:	DCMI Usage Board
Identifier:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2008-01-14/
Date Issued:	2008-01-14
Latest Version:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/
Replaces:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2006-08-28/
Replaced By:	Not applicable
Translations:	http://dublincore.org/resources/translations/
Document Status:	This is a DCMI Recommendation.
Description:	The DCMI Type Vocabulary provides a general, cross-domain list of approved terms that may be used as values for the Resource Type element to identify the genre of a resource. The terms documented here are also included in the more comprehensive document "DCMI Metadata Terms" at http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/.

Term Name: Collection
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Collection
Label:	Collection
Definition:	An aggregation of resources.
Comment:	A collection is described as a group; its parts may also be separately described.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Collection-003
Term Name: Dataset
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Dataset
Label:	Dataset
Definition:	Data encoded in a defined structure.
Comment:	Examples include lists, tables, and databases. A dataset may be useful for direct machine processing.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Dataset-003
Term Name: Event
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Event
Label:	Event
Definition:	A non-persistent, time-based occurrence.
Comment:	Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, and responsible agents associated with an event. Examples include an exhibition, webcast, conference, workshop, open day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea party, conflagration.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Event-003
Term Name: Image
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
Label:	Image
Definition:	A visual representation other than text.
Comment:	Examples include images and photographs of physical objects, paintings, prints, drawings, other images and graphics, animations and moving pictures, film, diagrams, maps, musical notation. Note that Image may include both electronic and physical representations.
Type of Term:	Class
Broader Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
Broader Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Image-004
Term Name: InteractiveResource
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/InteractiveResource
Label:	Interactive Resource
Definition:	A resource requiring interaction from the user to be understood, executed, or experienced.
Comment:	Examples include forms on Web pages, applets, multimedia learning objects, chat services, or virtual reality environments.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#InteractiveResource-003
Term Name: MovingImage
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage
Label:	Moving Image
Definition:	A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession.
Comment:	Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Instances of the type Moving Image must also be describable as instances of the broader type Image.
Type of Term:	Class
Narrower Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#MovingImage-003
Term Name: PhysicalObject
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/PhysicalObject
Label:	Physical Object
Definition:	An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance.
Comment:	Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Image, Text or one of the other types.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#PhysicalObject-003
Term Name: Service
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Service
Label:	Service
Definition:	A system that provides one or more functions.
Comment:	Examples include a photocopying service, a banking service, an authentication service, interlibrary loans, a Z39.50 or Web server.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Service-003
Term Name: Software
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Software
Label:	Software
Definition:	A computer program in source or compiled form.
Comment:	Examples include a C source file, MS-Windows .exe executable, or Perl script.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Software-003
Term Name: Sound
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound
Label:	Sound
Definition:	A resource primarily intended to be heard.
Comment:	Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Sound-003
Term Name: StillImage
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
Label:	Still Image
Definition:	A static visual representation.
Comment:	Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Instances of the type Still Image must also be describable as instances of the broader type Image.
Type of Term:	Class
Narrower Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#StillImage-003
Term Name: Text
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
Label:	Text
Definition:	A resource consisting primarily of words for reading.
Comment:	Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Text-003

Dublin Core™ Metadata Type Vocabulary

Fri, 01 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

DCMI Type Vocabulary

Title:	DCMI Type Vocabulary
Creator:	DCMI Usage Board
Identifier:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2006-08-28/
Date Issued:	2006-08-28
Latest Version:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/
Replaces:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2004-06-14/
Translations:	http://dublincore.org/resources/translations/
Document Status:	This is a DCMI Recommendation.
Description:	The DCMI Type Vocabulary provides a general, cross-domain list of approved terms that may be used as values for the Resource Type element to identify the genre of a resource. The terms documented here are also included in the more comprehensive document "DCMI Metadata Terms" at http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/.
Date Valid:	2006-08-28

Term Name: Collection
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Collection
Label:	Collection
Definition:	An aggregation of resources.
Comment:	A collection is described as a group; its parts may also be separately described.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Collection-002
Term Name: Dataset
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Dataset
Label:	Dataset
Definition:	Data encoded in a defined structure.
Comment:	Examples include lists, tables, and databases. A dataset may be useful for direct machine processing.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Dataset-002
Term Name: Event
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Event
Label:	Event
Definition:	A non-persistent, time-based occurrence.
Comment:	Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, and responsible agents associated with an event. Examples include an exhibition, webcast, conference, workshop, open day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea party, conflagration.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Event-002
Term Name: Image
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
Label:	Image
Definition:	A visual representation other than text.
Comment:	Examples include images and photographs of physical objects, paintings, prints, drawings, other images and graphics, animations and moving pictures, film, diagrams, maps, musical notation. Note that Image may include both electronic and physical representations.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Broader Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
Broader Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Image-003
Term Name: InteractiveResource
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/InteractiveResource
Label:	Interactive Resource
Definition:	A resource requiring interaction from the user to be understood, executed, or experienced.
Comment:	Examples include forms on Web pages, applets, multimedia learning objects, chat services, or virtual reality environments.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	InteractiveResource-002
Term Name: MovingImage
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage
Label:	Moving Image
Definition:	A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession.
Comment:	Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Instances of the type Moving Image must also be describable as instances of the broader type Image.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Narrower Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2003-11-18
Version:	MovingImage-002
Term Name: PhysicalObject
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/PhysicalObject
Label:	Physical Object
Definition:	An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance.
Comment:	Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Image, Text or one of the other types.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2002-07-13
Version:	PhysicalObject-002
Term Name: Service
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Service
Label:	Service
Definition:	A system that provides one or more functions.
Comment:	Examples include a photocopying service, a banking service, an authentication service, interlibrary loans, a Z39.50 or Web server.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Service-002
Term Name: Software
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Software
Label:	Software
Definition:	A computer program in source or compiled form.
Comment:	Examples include a C source file, MS-Windows .exe executable, or Perl script.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Software-002
Term Name: Sound
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound
Label:	Sound
Definition:	A resource primarily intended to be heard.
Comment:	Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Sound-002
Term Name: StillImage
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
Label:	Still Image
Definition:	A static visual representation.
Comment:	Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Instances of the type Still Image must also be describable as instances of the broader type Image.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Narrower Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2003-11-18
Version:	StillImage-002
Term Name: Text
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
Label:	Text
Definition:	A resource consisting primarily of words for reading.
Comment:	Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Text-002

Dublin Core™ Metadata Type Vocabulary

Fri, 01 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

DCMI Type Vocabulary

Title:	DCMI Type Vocabulary
Creator:	DCMI Usage Board
Identifier:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2004-06-14/
Date Issued:	2004-06-14
Latest Version:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/
Replaces:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2003-11-19/
Replaced By:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2006-08-28/
Translations:	http://dublincore.org/resources/translations/
Document Status:	This is a DCMI Recommendation.
Description:	The DCMI Type Vocabulary provides a general, cross-domain list of approved terms that may be used as values for the Resource Type element to identify the genre of a resource. The terms documented here are also included in the more comprehensive document "DCMI Metadata Terms" at http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/.
Date Valid:	2004-06-14

Term Name: Collection
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Collection
Label:	Collection
Definition:	A collection is an aggregation of items. The term collection means that the resource is described as a group; its parts may be separately described and navigated.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Collection-001
Term Name: Dataset
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Dataset
Label:	Dataset
Definition:	A dataset is information encoded in a defined structure (for example, lists, tables, and databases), intended to be useful for direct machine processing.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Dataset-001
Term Name: Event
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Event
Label:	Event
Definition:	An event is a non-persistent, time-based occurrence. Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, responsible agents, and links to related events and resources. The resource of type event may not be retrievable if the described instantiation has expired or is yet to occur. Examples - exhibition, web-cast, conference, workshop, open-day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea-party, conflagration.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Event-001
Term Name: Image
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
Label:	Image
Definition:	An image is a primarily symbolic visual representation other than text. For example - images and photographs of physical objects, paintings, prints, drawings, other images and graphics, animations and moving pictures, film, diagrams, maps, musical notation. Note that image may include both electronic and physical representations.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Broader Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
Broader Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Image-002
Term Name: InteractiveResource
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/InteractiveResource
Label:	Interactive Resource
Definition:	An interactive resource is a resource which requires interaction from the user to be understood, executed, or experienced. For example - forms on web pages, applets, multimedia learning objects, chat services, virtual reality.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	InteractiveResource-001
Term Name: MovingImage
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage
Label:	Moving Image
Definition:	A series of visual representations that, when shown in succession, impart an impression of motion. Examples of moving images are: animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation.
Comment:	Instances of the type "Moving Image" must also be describable as instances of the broader type "Image".
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Narrower Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2003-11-18
Version:	MovingImage-001
Term Name: PhysicalObject
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/PhysicalObject
Label:	Physical Object
Definition:	An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. For example -- a computer, the great pyramid, a sculpture. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these things should use Image, Text or one of the other types.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2002-07-13
Version:	PhysicalObject-001
Term Name: Service
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Service
Label:	Service
Definition:	A service is a system that provides one or more functions of value to the end-user. Examples include: a photocopying service, a banking service, an authentication service, interlibrary loans, a Z39.50 or Web server.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Service-001
Term Name: Software
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Software
Label:	Software
Definition:	Software is a computer program in source or compiled form which may be available for installation non-transiently on another machine. For software which exists only to create an interactive environment, use interactive instead.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Software-001
Term Name: Sound
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound
Label:	Sound
Definition:	A sound is a resource whose content is primarily intended to be rendered as audio. For example - a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Sound-001
Term Name: StillImage
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
Label:	Still Image
Definition:	A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps.
Comment:	Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Instances of the type "Still Image" must also be describable as instances of the broader type "Image".
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Narrower Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2003-11-18
Version:	StillImage-001
Term Name: Text
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
Label:	Text
Definition:	A text is a resource whose content is primarily words for reading. For example - books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Text-001

Dublin Core™ Metadata Type Vocabulary

Fri, 01 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

DCMI Type Vocabulary

Creator:	DCMI Usage Board
Identifier:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2003-11-19/
Date Issued:	2003-11-19
Latest Version:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/
Replaces:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2003-02-12/
Replaced By:	Not applicable
Translations:	http://dublincore.org/resources/translations/
Document Status:	This is a DCMI Recommendation.
Description:	The DCMI Type Vocabulary provides a general, cross-domain list of approved terms that may be used as values for the Resource Type element to identify the genre of a resource. The terms documented here are also included in the more comprehensive document "DCMI Metadata Terms" at http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/.
Date Valid:	2003-11-19

Collection
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Collection
Label:	Collection
Definition:	A collection is an aggregation of items. The term collection means that the resource is described as a group; its parts may be separately described and navigated.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Collection-001
Dataset
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Dataset
Label:	Dataset
Definition:	A dataset is information encoded in a defined structure (for example, lists, tables, and databases), intended to be useful for direct machine processing.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Dataset-001
Event
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Event
Label:	Event
Definition:	An event is a non-persistent, time-based occurrence. Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, responsible agents, and links to related events and resources. The resource of type event may not be retrievable if the described instantiation has expired or is yet to occur. Examples - exhibition, web-cast, conference, workshop, open-day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea-party, conflagration.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Event-001
Image
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
Label:	Image
Definition:	An image is a primarily symbolic visual representation other than text. For example - images and photographs of physical objects, paintings, prints, drawings, other images and graphics, animations and moving pictures, film, diagrams, maps, musical notation. Note that image may include both electronic and physical representations.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Broader Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
Broader Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Image-002
InteractiveResource
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/InteractiveResource
Label:	Interactive Resource
Definition:	An interactive resource is a resource which requires interaction from the user to be understood, executed, or experienced. For example - forms on web pages, applets, multimedia learning objects, chat services, virtual reality.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	InteractiveResource-001
Service
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Service
Label:	Service
Definition:	A service is a system that provides one or more functions of value to the end-user. Examples include: a photocopying service, a banking service, an authentication service, interlibrary loans, a Z39.50 or Web server.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Service-001
Software
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Software
Label:	Software
Definition:	Software is a computer program in source or compiled form which may be available for installation non-transiently on another machine. For software which exists only to create an interactive environment, use interactive instead.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Software-001
Sound
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound
Label:	Sound
Definition:	A sound is a resource whose content is primarily intended to be rendered as audio. For example - a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Sound-001
Text
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
Label:	Text
Definition:	A text is a resource whose content is primarily words for reading. For example - books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Version:	Text-001
PhysicalObject
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/PhysicalObject
Label:	Physical Object
Definition:	An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. For example -- a computer, the great pyramid, a sculpture. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these things should use Image, Text or one of the other types.
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2002-07-13
Version:	PhysicalObject-001
StillImage
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
Label:	Still Image
Definition:	A static visual representation. Examples of still images are: paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps.
Comment:	Recommended best practice is to assign the type "text" to images of textual materials. Instances of the type "Still Image" must also be describable as instances of the broader type "Image".
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Narrower Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2003-11-18
Version:	StillImage-001
MovingImage
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage
Label:	Moving Image
Definition:	A series of visual representations that, when shown in succession, impart an impression of motion. Examples of moving images are: animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation.
Comment:	Instances of the type "Moving Image" must also be describable as instances of the broader type "Image".
Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
Narrower Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
Status:	recommended
Date Issued:	2003-11-18
Version:	MovingImage-001

DCMI Type Vocabulary

Fri, 01 Sep 2017 00:00:00 +0000

Title: DCMI Type Vocabulary
Creator: DCMI Usage Board
Identifier: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/
Identifier: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/
Replaces: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2000-07-11/ 
Is Replaced By: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2003-02-12/ 
Date modified: 2002-07-13
Document status: After a final review by the Usage Board, this draft
                     document will replace all other documents as the 
                     definitive expression of the DCMI Type Vocabulary.
                     Its status will be that of a DCMI Recommendation.
Description: The DCMI Type Vocabulary provides a general, 
                     cross-domain list of approved terms that may be used 
                     as values for the Resource Type element to identify 
                     the genre of a resource.


    URI: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Collection
    Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
    Name: Collection
    Label: Collection
    Definition: A collection is an aggregation of items. The term 
                     collection means that the resource is described as a 
                     group; its parts may be separately described and navigated.
    Type of term: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/grammatical-principles/#controlled-vocabulary-term
    Status: http://dublincore.org/legacy/usage-board-process/#recommended
    Date issued: 2000-07-11
    Decision: http://dublincore.org/usage/decisions/#Decision-2000-02
    This version: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/#Collection-001


    URI: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Dataset
    Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
    Name: Dataset
    Label: Dataset
    Definition: A dataset is information encoded in a defined structure 
                     (for example, lists, tables, and databases), intended to 
                     be useful for direct machine processing.
    Type of term: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/grammatical-principles/#controlled-vocabulary-term
    Status: http://dublincore.org/legacy/usage-board-process/#recommended
    Date issued: 2000-07-11
    Decision: http://dublincore.org/usage/decisions/#Decision-2000-02
    This version: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/#Dataset-001


    URI: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Event
    Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
    Name: Event
    Label: Event
    Definition: An event is a non-persistent, time-based occurrence. 
                     Metadata for an event provides descriptive
                     information that is the basis for discovery of the
                     purpose, location, duration, responsible agents, and
                     links to related events and resources. The resource
                     of type event may not be retrievable if the described
                     instantiation has expired or is yet to occur.
                     Examples - exhibition, web-cast, conference,
                     workshop, open-day, performance, battle, trial,
                     wedding, tea-party, conflagration.
    Type of term: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/grammatical-principles/#controlled-vocabulary-term
    Status: http://dublincore.org/legacy/usage-board-process/#recommended
    Date issued: 2000-07-11
    Decision: http://dublincore.org/usage/decisions/#Decision-2000-02
    This version: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/#Event-001


    URI: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
    Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
    Name: Image
    Label: Image
    Definition: An image is a primarily symbolic visual representation 
                     other than text. For example - images and photographs of 
                     physical objects, paintings, prints, drawings, other 
                     images and graphics, animations and moving pictures, 
                     film, diagrams, maps, musical notation. Note that image 
                     may include both electronic and physical representations.
    Type of term: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/grammatical-principles/#controlled-vocabulary-term
    Status: http://dublincore.org/legacy/usage-board-process/#recommended
    Date issued: 2000-07-11
    Decision: http://dublincore.org/usage/decisions/#Decision-2000-02
    This version: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/#Image-001


    URI: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/InteractiveResource
    Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
    Name: InteractiveResource
    Label: Interactive Resource
    Definition: An interactive resource is a resource which requires 
                     interaction from the user to be understood, executed, 
                     or experienced. For example - forms on web pages, applets, 
                     multimedia learning objects, chat services, virtual 
                     reality.
    Type of term: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/grammatical-principles/#controlled-vocabulary-term
    Status: http://dublincore.org/legacy/usage-board-process/#recommended
    Date issued: 2000-07-11
    Decision: http://dublincore.org/usage/decisions/#Decision-2000-02
    This version: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/#InteractiveResource-001


    URI: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Service
    Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
    Name: Service
    Label: Service
    Definition: A service is a system that provides one or more 
                     functions of value to the end-user. Examples include: 
                     a photocopying service, a banking service, an 
                     authentication service, interlibrary loans, a Z39.50 
                     or Web server.
    Type of term: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/grammatical-principles/#controlled-vocabulary-term
    Status: http://dublincore.org/legacy/usage-board-process/#recommended
    Date issued: 2000-07-11
    Decision: http://dublincore.org/usage/decisions/#Decision-2000-02
    This version: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/#Service-001


    URI: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Software
    Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
    Name: Software
    Label: Software
    Definition: Software is a computer program in source or 
                     compiled form which may be available for installation 
                     non-transiently on another machine. For software which 
                     exists only to create an interactive environment, use 
                     interactive instead.
    Type of term: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/grammatical-principles/#controlled-vocabulary-term
    Status: http://dublincore.org/legacy/usage-board-process/#recommended
    Date issued: 2000-07-11
    Decision: http://dublincore.org/usage/decisions/#Decision-2000-02
    This version: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/#Software-001


    URI: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound
    Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
    Name: Sound
    Label: Sound
    Definition: A sound is a resource whose content is primarily 
                     intended to be rendered as audio. For example - a 
                     music playback file format, an audio compact disc, 
                     and recorded speech or sounds.
    Type of term: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/grammatical-principles/#controlled-vocabulary-term
    Status: http://dublincore.org/legacy/usage-board-process/#recommended
    Date issued: 2000-07-11
    Decision: http://dublincore.org/usage/decisions/#Decision-2000-02
    This version: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/#Sound-001


    URI: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
    Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
    Name: Text
    Label: Text
    Definition: A text is a resource whose content is primarily 
                     words for reading. For example - books, letters, 
                     dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, 
                     archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles 
                     or images of texts are still of the genre text.
    Type of term: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/grammatical-principles/#controlled-vocabulary-term
    Status: http://dublincore.org/legacy/usage-board-process/#recommended
    Date issued: 2000-07-11
    Decision: http://dublincore.org/usage/decisions/#Decision-2000-02
    This version: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/#Text-001


    URI: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/PhysicalObject
    Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
    Name: PhysicalObject
    Label: Physical Object
    Definition: An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance.  
                     For example -- a computer, the great pyramid, a 
                     sculpture. Note that digital representations 
                     of, or surrogates for, these things should use Image, 
                     Text or one of the other types.
    Type of term: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/grammatical-principles/#controlled-vocabulary-term
    Status: http://dublincore.org/legacy/usage-board-process/#recommended
    Date issued: 2002-07-13
    Decision: http://dublincore.org/usage/decisions/#Decision-2002-02
    This version: http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/#PhysicalObject-001

Dublin Core™ Metadata Type Vocabulary

Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +0000

DCMI Type Vocabulary

Title:	DCMI Type Vocabulary
Creator:	DCMI Usage Board
Identifier:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2010-10-11/
Date Issued:	2010-10-11
Latest Version:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/
Replaces:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2008-01-14/
Replaced By:	Not applicable
Translations:	http://dublincore.org/resources/translations/
Document Status:	This is a DCMI Recommendation.
Description:	The DCMI Type Vocabulary provides a general, cross-domain list of approved terms that may be used as values for the Resource Type element to identify the genre of a resource. The terms documented here are also included in the more comprehensive document "DCMI Metadata Terms" at http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/.

Term Name: Collection
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Collection
Label:	Collection
Definition:	An aggregation of resources.
Comment:	A collection is described as a group; its parts may also be separately described.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Collection-003
Term Name: Dataset
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Dataset
Label:	Dataset
Definition:	Data encoded in a defined structure.
Comment:	Examples include lists, tables, and databases. A dataset may be useful for direct machine processing.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Dataset-003
Term Name: Event
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Event
Label:	Event
Definition:	A non-persistent, time-based occurrence.
Comment:	Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, and responsible agents associated with an event. Examples include an exhibition, webcast, conference, workshop, open day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea party, conflagration.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Event-003
Term Name: Image
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
Label:	Image
Definition:	A visual representation other than text.
Comment:	Examples include images and photographs of physical objects, paintings, prints, drawings, other images and graphics, animations and moving pictures, film, diagrams, maps, musical notation. Note that Image may include both electronic and physical representations.
Type of Term:	Class
Broader Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
Broader Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Image-004
Term Name: InteractiveResource
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/InteractiveResource
Label:	Interactive Resource
Definition:	A resource requiring interaction from the user to be understood, executed, or experienced.
Comment:	Examples include forms on Web pages, applets, multimedia learning objects, chat services, or virtual reality environments.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#InteractiveResource-003
Term Name: MovingImage
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage
Label:	Moving Image
Definition:	A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession.
Comment:	Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Instances of the type Moving Image must also be describable as instances of the broader type Image.
Type of Term:	Class
Narrower Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#MovingImage-003
Term Name: PhysicalObject
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/PhysicalObject
Label:	Physical Object
Definition:	An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance.
Comment:	Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Image, Text or one of the other types.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#PhysicalObject-003
Term Name: Service
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Service
Label:	Service
Definition:	A system that provides one or more functions.
Comment:	Examples include a photocopying service, a banking service, an authentication service, interlibrary loans, a Z39.50 or Web server.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Service-003
Term Name: Software
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Software
Label:	Software
Definition:	A computer program in source or compiled form.
Comment:	Examples include a C source file, MS-Windows .exe executable, or Perl script.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Software-003
Term Name: Sound
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound
Label:	Sound
Definition:	A resource primarily intended to be heard.
Comment:	Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Sound-003
Term Name: StillImage
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage
Label:	Still Image
Definition:	A static visual representation.
Comment:	Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Instances of the type Still Image must also be describable as instances of the broader type Image.
Type of Term:	Class
Narrower Than:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#StillImage-003
Term Name: Text
URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
Label:	Text
Definition:	A resource consisting primarily of words for reading.
Comment:	Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Type of Term:	Class
Member Of:	http://purl.org/dc/terms/DCMIType
Version:	http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/#Text-003

Dublin Core™ Metadata Type Vocabulary

Wed, 12 Feb 2003 00:00:00 +0000

Title:	DCMI Type Vocabulary
Creator:	DCMI Usage Board
Identifier:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2003-02-12/
Date Issued:	2003-02-12
Latest Version:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/
Replaces:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2002-07-13/
Replaced By:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2003-11-19/
Translations:	http://dublincore.org/resources/translations/
Document Status:	This is a DCMI Recommendation.
Description:	The DCMI Type Vocabulary provides a general, cross-domain list of approved terms that may be used as values for the Resource Type element to identify the genre of a resource. The terms documented here are also included in the more comprehensive document "DCMI Metadata Terms" at http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/.
Date Valid:	2003-03-03

Term Name: Collection
	URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Collection
	Label:	Collection
	Definition:	A collection is an aggregation of items. The term collection means that the resource is described as a group; its parts may be separately described and navigated.
	Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
	Status:	recommended
	Date Issued:	2000-07-11
	Version:	Collection-001

Term Name: Dataset
	URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Dataset
	Label:	Dataset
	Definition:	A dataset is information encoded in a defined structure (for example, lists, tables, and databases), intended to be useful for direct machine processing.
	Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
	Status:	recommended
	Date Issued:	2000-07-11
	Version:	Dataset-001

Term Name: Event
	URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Event
	Label:	Event
	Definition:	An event is a non-persistent, time-based occurrence. Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, responsible agents, and links to related events and resources. The resource of type event may not be retrievable if the described instantiation has expired or is yet to occur. Examples - exhibition, web-cast, conference, workshop, open-day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea-party, conflagration.
	Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
	Status:	recommended
	Date Issued:	2000-07-11
	Version:	Event-001

Term Name: Image
	URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Image
	Label:	Image
	Definition:	An image is a primarily symbolic visual representation other than text. For example - images and photographs of physical objects, paintings, prints, drawings, other images and graphics, animations and moving pictures, film, diagrams, maps, musical notation. Note that image may include both electronic and physical representations.
	Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
	Status:	recommended
	Date Issued:	2000-07-11
	Version:	Image-001

Term Name: InteractiveResource
	URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/InteractiveResource
	Label:	Interactive Resource
	Definition:	An interactive resource is a resource which requires interaction from the user to be understood, executed, or experienced. For example - forms on web pages, applets, multimedia learning objects, chat services, virtual reality.
	Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
	Status:	recommended
	Date Issued:	2000-07-11
	Version:	InteractiveResource-001

Term Name: Service
	URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Service
	Label:	Service
	Definition:	A service is a system that provides one or more functions of value to the end-user. Examples include: a photocopying service, a banking service, an authentication service, interlibrary loans, a Z39.50 or Web server.
	Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
	Status:	recommended
	Date Issued:	2000-07-11
	Version:	Service-001

Term Name: Software
	URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Software
	Label:	Software
	Definition:	Software is a computer program in source or compiled form which may be available for installation non-transiently on another machine. For software which exists only to create an interactive environment, use interactive instead.
	Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
	Status:	recommended
	Date Issued:	2000-07-11
	Version:	Software-001

Term Name: Sound
	URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound
	Label:	Sound
	Definition:	A sound is a resource whose content is primarily intended to be rendered as audio. For example - a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds.
	Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
	Status:	recommended
	Date Issued:	2000-07-11
	Version:	Sound-001

Term Name: Text
	URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text
	Label:	Text
	Definition:	A text is a resource whose content is primarily words for reading. For example - books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre text.
	Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
	Status:	recommended
	Date Issued:	2000-07-11
	Version:	Text-001

Term Name: PhysicalObject
	URI:	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/PhysicalObject
	Label:	Physical Object
	Definition:	An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. For example -- a computer, the great pyramid, a sculpture. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these things should use Image, Text or one of the other types.
	Type of Term:	vocabulary-term
	Status:	recommended
	Date Issued:	2002-07-13
	Version:	PhysicalObject-001

Errata 2010-09-12: added missing "Replaces" link.

DCMI Type Vocabulary

Tue, 11 Jul 2000 00:00:00 +0000

Title:	DCMI Type Vocabulary
Date Issued:	2000-07-11
Identifier:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2000-07-11/
Replaces:	http://lcweb.loc.gov/marc/dc/typequalif-20000519.html
Is Replaced By:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/2002-07-13/
Latest version:	http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-type-vocabulary/

Status of document:	This is a DCMI Recommendation.
Description of document:	The DCMI Type Vocabulary provides a general, cross-domain list of approved terms that may be used as values for the Type element to identify the genre of a resource.

Collection
Dataset
Event
Image
Interactive Resource
Service
Software
Sound
Text

1. Collection

Name: Collection
Label: Collection
Definition: A collection is an aggregation of items. The term collection means that the resource is described as a group; its parts may be separately described and navigated.

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Term Name: Collection

Term Name: Dataset

Term Name: Event

Term Name: Image

Term Name: InteractiveResource

Term Name: Service

Term Name: Software

Term Name: Sound

Term Name: Text

Term Name: PhysicalObject

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1. Collection