Metadata Profile for ScholarSpace

Mandatory Metadata

Metadata for all resources must include these elements

  • Date - Date of the original resource
  • Rights - Copyright and re-use status of digital objects
  • Title - Name of the resource
  • Type - Dublin Core type

Mandatory, if applicable

If you have the information, you must include it

  • Alternative title - A variant title, e.g., from a different source, in a different language or script, with spelled-out abbreviations, etc.
  • Contributor - An entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the resource
  • Creator - An entity primarily responsible for the intellectual or artistic content of the resource
  • Date copyrighted - Year of copyright
  • Description - Free text account of the content of the digital object for non-textual resources. For textual resources, use Abstract.
  • Language - The name or code of the language(s) in which words are written, sung, or spoken.

Recommended Metadata

Provide this information if it is available and relevant

  • Abstract - Summary of a textual resource.
  • Bibliographic citation - A bibliographic reference for the resource
  • Contributor identifier(s) - A unique URI in a recognized database that represents the contributor
  • Contributor role - The relationship between the contributor and the resource.
  • Creator identifier(s) - A unique URI in a recognized database that represents the creator
  • Creator role - The relationship between the creator and the resource.
  • Digital specifications - Technical information about the hardware, software, and processes used to create the digitized resource.
  • Extent - Size or duration of analog resource
  • Format - A descriptive term for the specific format of the resource, if applicable
  • Geographic location - Geographic aspects of the content of the resource
  • Has Version - A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource
  • Identifier - An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
  • Is Part Of - A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included
  • Is Replaced By - A related resource that supplants, displaces, or supersedes the described resource
  • Is Version Of - A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation
  • Provenance - A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation.
  • Replaces - A related resource that is supplanted, displaced, or superseded by the described resource.
  • Rights holder - A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
  • Source - Identifier(s) for analog original, e.g., ISBN, LCCN
  • Subject - Topic of the resource
  • Table of contents - A list of subunits of the resource
  • Time period - Date or date range of the content/subject matter of the resource

Additional Guidelines