Creators: |
DCMI Type Working Group
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Date Issued: | 1999-03-15 |
Latest Version: | https://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/type-rfc-review/ |
Release History: | https://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/type-rfc-review/release_history/ |
Description: | The main changes from the earlier definition in RFC 2413 are: adoption of ISO 11179 representation; deletion of examples; more general statement about use of enumerated lists and indication of SCHEME used; statement to contrast with Format. |
The main changes from the earlier definition in RFC 2413 are:
Name: Resource Type
Identifier: Type
Definition: The nature or genre of the content of the resource
Obligation: Optional
Datatype: Character String
Maximum Occurrence: Unlimited
Comment: Recommended best practice is to select a value from an enumerated list and to identify the list being used. Type may be repeated as necessary to include different categories. To describe the form of the manifestation of the content (medium, MIME type, size, etc.) of the resource, use FORMAT element.
Default Dublin Core™ Type list
(areas where there is not full consensus):
Type
Label: "Type"> The category of the resource, such as home page, novel, poem, working paper, technical report, essay, dictionary. For the sake of interoperability, TYPE should be selected from an enumerated list that is under development in the workshop series at the time of publication of this document. See http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Metadata/types.html for current thinking on the application of this elementHistory
Date Constituted: 1998-11-04
References
RFC2413 Dublin Core™ Metadata for Resource Discovery
ISO 11179 Parts 1-6, Specification and Standardization of Data Elements
URL:ftp://sdct-sunsrv1.ncsl.nist.gov/x3l8/11179/
Background and Related Resources: