]> The Dublin Core Element Set Qualifier Vocabulary The Dublin Core Element Set Qualifier Vocabulary The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative The Dublin Core Element Set Qualifier Vocabulary is an richer vocabulary intended to facilitate discovery of resources. English 2000-07-11 Alternative Any form of the title used as a substitute or alternative to the formal title of the resource. This qualifier can include Title abbreviations as well as translations. Classification Subject identified by notation (code) taken from a controlled classification scheme. The name of the controlled classification scheme from which the classification is derived should always be identified as a value qualifier Existing resource discovery implementations treat classification notation (codes) differently to 'words' describing `subject. Typically notation is used to create a browsing structure whereas words are not, notation is not displayed in retrieved lists whereas 'subject words' are displayed. It is important for software to precisely recognise notations as different from 'subject words'. Looking for numeric strings cannot be relied on as notations may be alphanumeric so it is useful to identify them by means of a qualifier. It is unrealistic to expect software to identify notations as such by means of the value qualifier for subject, as there is a potentially huge list of value qualifiers which cover subject headings, and thesauri as well as classification notations. Subject Encoding Schemes A set of subject encoding schemes and/or formats LCSH Library of Congress Subject Headings LCC Library of Congress Classification DDC Dewey Decimal Classification UDC Universal Decimal Classification MeSH Medical Subject Headings Abstract A summary of the content of the resource. Note Any additional information about the content of the resource. Table Of Contents A list of subunits of the content of the resource. Release An identification of the edition, release or version of the resource. Created Date of creation of the resource. Issued Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource. Modified Date on which the resource was changed. Valid Date (often a range) of validity of a resource. Available Date (often a range) that the resource will become or did become available. Date Encoding Schemes A set of date encoding schemes and/or formats W3C-DTF W3C Encoding rules for dates and times - a profile based on ISO8601 DCMI Period A specification of the limits of a time interval. Extent The size or duration of the resource. Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource. Format Encoding Schemes A set of format encoding schemes. IMT The Internet media type of the resource. Identifier Encoding Schemes A set of Identified encoding schemes and/or formats. URI A URI Uniform Resource Identifier Language Encoding Schemes A set of language encoding schemes and/or formats. RFC1766 Internet RFC 1766 'Tags for the identification of Language' specifies a two letter code taken from ISO 639, followed optionally by a two letter country code taken from ISO 3166. ISO 639-2 ISO 639-2: Codes for the representation of names of languages. Is Part Of The described resource is a physical or logical part of the referenced resource. Has Part The described resource includes the referenced resource either physically or logically. Is Version Of The described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation of the referenced resource. Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format. Has Version The described resource has a version, edition, or adaptation, namely, the referenced resource. Is Format Of The described resource is the same intellectual content of the referenced resource, but presented in another format. Has Format The described resource pre-existed the referenced resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content presented in another format. References The described resource references, cites, or otherwise points to the referenced resource. Is Referenced By The described resource is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the referenced resource. Requires The described resource requires the referenced resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence of content. Is Required By The described resource is required by the referenced resource, either physically or logically. Replaces The described resource supplants, displaces, or supersedes the referenced resource. Is Replaced By The described resource is supplanted, displaced, or superceded by the referenced resource. ConformsTo A reference to an established standard to which the resource conforms. Spatial Spatial characteristics of the intellectual content of the resoure. Temporal Temporal characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource. Place Encoding Schemes A set of geographic place encoding schemes and/or formats DCMI Box The DCMI Box identifies a region of space using its geographic limits. DCMI Point The DCMI Point identifies a point in space using its geographic coordinates. TGN The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names Decimal Degrees A latitude and longitude expressed in decimal degrees Degrees, minutes, seconds A latitude and longitude expressed in degrees, minutes, seconds. ISO3166 ISO3166 Codes for the representation of names of countries Audience A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. A class of entity may be determined by the creator or the publisher or by a third party. Mediator A class of entity that mediates access to the resource and for whom the resource is intended or useful. The audience for a resource in the education/training domain are of two basic classes: (1) an ultimate beneficiary of the resource (usually a student or trainee), and (2) frequently, an entity that mediates access to the resource (usually a teacher or trainer). The mediator element refinement represents the second of these two classes. Resource Type Encoding Schemes A set of resource type encoding schemes and/or formats