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Agent

• Target class: http://www.europeana.eu/schemas/edm/Agent

The properties for the Agent resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
skos:prefLabel	Name		Optional Non repeatable	The preferred name of the Agent.
dpla:providedLabel	Provided Label		Optional Non repeatable	The label extracted from the original provided data prior to DPLA enhancement.
skos:note	Note		Optional Non repeatable	Information relating to the agent.
skos:inScheme	Scheme		Optional Non repeatable	The URI of a agent scheme.
skos:exactMatch	Exact Match		Optional Repeatable	An equivalent URI from an external data source. Used for high-confidence matches.
skos:closeMatch	Close Match		Optional Repeatable	A similar URI from an external data source.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: skos: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core# dpla: http://dp.la/about/map/

Aggregation

• Target class: http://www.openarchives.org/ore/terms/Aggregation

The properties for the Aggregation resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
edm:rights	Rights Statement		Required Non repeatable	The value given here should be the rights statement that applies to the digital representation as given (for example) in edm:object or edm:isShownAt/By.
edm:dataProvider	Data Provider		Required Non repeatable	The organization or entity that supplies data to DPLA through a Provider. If a Data Provider contributes data directly to DPLA (i.e., not via a Provider) the values in edm:dataProvider and edm:provider will be the same.
dpla:originalRecord	Digital Resource Original Record		Required Non repeatable	Complete original record provided by partner.
edm:hasView	Has View		Optional Repeatable	Relates an ore:Aggregation with an edm: WebResource.
dpla:intermediateProvider	Intermediate Provider		Optional Repeatable	An intermediate organization that selects, collates, or curates data from a Data Provider that is then aggregated by a Provider from which DPLA harvests. The organization must be distinct from both the Data Provider and the Provider in the data supply chain.
edm:isShownAt	Is Shown At		Required Non repeatable	Unambiguous URL reference to digital object in its full information context.
edm:object	Object		Optional Non repeatable	The URL of a suitable source object in the best resolution available on the website of the Data Provider from which edm:preview could be generated for use in a portal.
edm:preview	Preview		Required Non repeatable	The URL of a thumbnail, extract, or other type of resource representing the digital object for the purposes of providing a preview.
edm:provider	Provider		Required Non repeatable	Service or content hub aggregating or providing access to the Data Provider’s content. May contain the same value as Data Provider.
edm:aggregatedCHO	Aggregated SR		Required Non repeatable	Unambiguous ID to SR.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: edm: http://www.europeana.eu/schemas/edm/ dpla: http://dp.la/about/map/

Annotation

• Target class: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#Annotation

The properties for the Annotation resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
oa:hasTarget	Resource Annotated		Required Non repeatable	Resource that is being annotated.
oa:hasBody	Body		Optional Repeatable	Reference to the Content As Text subclass or other resource (image, semantic concept) containing the body of the annotation.
oa:annotatedBy	Annotator		Optional Non repeatable	Information relating to the creator of the annotation.
dc:relation	Source Of Annotation		Optional Non repeatable	A representation of the annotation (e.g. as a web page) from the provider.
oa:annotatedAt	Date Created		Required Non repeatable	Date of creation of the annotation.
oa:motivatedBy	Motivation		Required Non repeatable	The type of/reason for the annotation.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: oa: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa# dc: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/

Collection

• Target class: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Collection

The properties for the Collection resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
dcterms:title	Collection Title		Optional Non repeatable	Name of the collection or aggregation.
dcterms:description	Collection Description		Optional Repeatable	Free-text account of aggregation, for example an abstract or content scope note.
edm:isShownAt	Is Shown At		Optional Non repeatable	Unambiguous URL reference to digital object in its full information context. The digital object in this context is the collection.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: dcterms: http://purl.org/dc/terms/ edm: http://www.europeana.eu/schemas/edm/

Concept

• Target class: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#Concept

The properties for the Concept resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
skos:prefLabel	Concept		Optional Non repeatable	The preferred form of the name of the concept.
dpla:providedLabel	Provided Label		Optional Non repeatable	The label extracted from the original provided data prior to DPLA enhancement.
skos:note	Note		Optional Non repeatable	Information relating to the concept.
skos:inScheme	Scheme		Optional Non repeatable	The URI of a concept scheme.
skos:exactMatch	Exact Match		Optional Repeatable	An equivalent concept from an external data
skos:closeMatch	Close Match		Optional Repeatable	A similar concept from an external data source.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: skos: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core# dpla: http://dp.la/about/map/

Contentastext

• Target class: http://www.w3.org/2011/content#ContentAsText

The properties for the Contentastext resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
cnt:chars	Text		Required Non repeatable	Text of the annotation.
dc:format	Format		Required Non repeatable	Annotation format.
dc:language	Language		Optional Repeatable	Language(s) of content.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: cnt: http://www.w3.org/2011/content# dc: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/

Motivation

• Target class: http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#Motivation

The properties for the Motivation resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
rdfs:comment	Comment		Required Non repeatable	A human readable description of the motivation.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: rdfs: http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#

Place

• Target class: http://www.europeana.eu/schemas/edm/Place

The properties for the Place resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
skos:exactMatch	Exact Match		Optional Repeatable	An equivalent URI from an external data source. Used for high-confidence matches.
dpla:providedLabel	ProvidedLabel		Optional Non repeatable	The label extracted from the original provided data prior to DPLA enhancement.
wgs84_pos:lat	Latitude		Optional Non repeatable	Latitude of feature.
wgs84_pos:long	Longitude		Optional Non repeatable	Longitude of feature.
wgs84_pos:alt	Altitude		Optional Non repeatable	Altitude of feature.
geojson:geometry	Geometry(please see footnote2)		Optional Non repeatable	Defines the boundaries of the place as a list of coordinates.
dpla:Continent	Continent		Optional Non repeatable	Describes a resource whose label is one of seven large landmasses on Earth. These are: Asia, Africa, Europe, North America, South America, Australia, and Antarctica.
dpla:Country	Country		Optional Non repeatable	Describes a resource whose label is a country, i.e. a political entity considered a country.
dpla:Region	Region		Optional Non repeatable	Describes a resource whose label is an area usually incorporating more than one first level jurisdiction.
dpla:State	State		Optional Non repeatable	Describes a resource whose label is a first order political division, e.g. Montana, within a country, e.g. U.S.
dpla:territory	Territory		Optional Non repeatable	Describes a resource whose label is a geographical area belonging to or under the jurisdiction of a governmental authority.
dpla:country	County		Optional Non repeatable	Describes a resource whose label is the largest local administrative unit, e.g. Warwickshire, in a country, e.g. England.
dpla:City	City		Optional Non repeatable	Describes a resource whose label is an inhabited place incorporated as a city, town, etc
dpla:island	Island		Optional Non repeatable	Describes a resource whose label is a tract of land surrounded by water and smaller than a continent but is not itself a separate country.
dpla:area	Area		Optional Non repeatable	Describes a resource whose label is a non-jurisdictional geographic entity.
dpla:ExtraterrestrialArea	Extraterrestrial Area		Optional Non repeatable	Describes a resource whose label is any extraterrestrial entity or space, including a solar system, a galaxy, a star system, and a planet, including a geographic feature of an individual planet.
gn:countryCode	Country Code		Optional Non repeatable	A two letter country code in the ISO 3166 list.
skos:note	Note		Optional Non repeatable	Information relating to the place.
skos:inScheme	Scheme		Optional Non repeatable	The URI of a place scheme.
skos:prefLabel	Name		Optional Non repeatable	The name of the place as supplied by the Data Provider.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: skos: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core# dpla: http://dp.la/about/map/ wgs84_pos: http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos# geojson: https://purl.org/geojson/vocab# gn: http://www.geonames.org/ontology#

Rightsstatement

• Target class: http://purl.org/dc/terms/RightsStatement

The properties for the Rightsstatement resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
skos:prefLabel	Rights Statement		Optional Non repeatable	The label for the rights statement from RightsStatements.org.
skos:definition	Definition		Optional Non repeatable	The label for the rights statement from RightsStatements.org.
skos:note	Note		Optional Non repeatable	Information relating to the rights status or license.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: skos: http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#

Sourceresource

• Target class: http://dp.la/about/map/SourceResource

The properties for the Sourceresource resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
dcterms:type	Type		Optional Repeatable	Nature or genre of described resource. Strongly recommended.
dcterms:isPartOf	Collection		Optional Repeatable	Collection or aggregation of which described resource is a part.
dcterms:contributor	Contributor		Optional Repeatable	Entity responsible for making contributions to described resource.
dcterms:creator	Creator		Optional Repeatable	Entity primarily responsible for making described resource.
dc:date	Date		Optional Repeatable	Date value as supplied by Data Provider.
dcterms:description	Description		Optional Repeatable	Includes but is not limited to: an abstract, a table of contents, or a free-text account of described resource.
dcterms:extent	Extent		Optional Repeatable	Size or duration of described resource.
dc:format	Format		Optional Repeatable	Physical medium or dimensions of described resource.
dcterms:identifier	Identifier		Optional Repeatable	ID of described resource within a given context.
dcterms:language	Language		Optional Repeatable	Language(s) of described resource. Strongly recommended for text materials.
dcterms:spatial	Place		Optional Repeatable	Spatial characteristics of described resource, such as a country, city, region, address or other geographical term. Captures aboutness.
dcterms:publisher	Publisher		Optional Repeatable	Entity responsible for making the described resource available, typically the publisher of a text (not edm:dataProvider or edm:provider).
dc:relation	Relation		Optional Repeatable	Related resource.
dpla:isReplacedBy	Replaced By		Optional Repeatable	Another resource that references, cites or otherwise points to the described resource.
dpla:replaces	Replaces		Optional Repeatable	A related resource that is supplanted, displaced, or superseded by the described resource.
dcterms:rightsholder	Rights Holder		Optional Repeatable	A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
dcterms:subject	Subject		Optional Repeatable	Topic of described resource.
edm:hasType	Subtype		Optional Repeatable	This property relates a resource with the concepts it belongs to in a suitable type system that captures categories of objects in a given field.
dcterms:temporal	Temporal Coverage		Optional Repeatable	Temporal characteristics of the described resource. Captures aboutness.
dcterms:title	Title		Required Repeatable	Primary name given to the described resource.
dcterms:alternative	AlternateTitle		Optional Repeatable	Any alternative title of the described resource including abbreviations and translations.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: dcterms: http://purl.org/dc/terms/ dc: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ dpla: http://dp.la/about/map/ edm: http://www.europeana.eu/schemas/edm/

Timespan

• Target class: http://www.europeana.eu/schemas/edm/TimeSpan

The properties for the Timespan resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
dpla:providedLabel	Original Source Date		Optional Repeatable	Date value as supplied by data provider.
edm:begin	Begin		Optional Non repeatable	Date timespan started.
edm:end	End		Optional Non repeatable	Date timespan finished.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: dpla: http://dp.la/about/map/ edm: http://www.europeana.eu/schemas/edm/

Webresource

• Target class: http://www.europeana.eu/schemas/edm/WebResource

The properties for the Webresource resources are as follows:

Property name	Description	Example of the property value(s)	Required? Repeatable?	Notes
dc:format	File Format		Optional Repeatable	Web resource format.
edm:rights	Rights Statement		Optional Non repeatable	The value given here should be the rights statement that applies to the digital representation as given (for example) in edm:object or edm:isShownAt/By, when these resources are not provided with their own edm:rights.
edm:rights	Rights Statement		Optional Non repeatable	The value given here should be the rights statement that applies to the digital representation as given (for example) in edm:object or edm:isShownAt/By, when these resources are not provided with their own edm:rights.
dcterms:isReferencedby	IIIF Manifest(see footnote1)		Optional Non repeatable	A resource that references or otherwise points to the described resource. This field is used for a manifest URI for a IIIF resource.
svcs:has_Service	IIIF Base URL (see footnote1)		Optional Non repeatable	The identifier of the Service require to consume the WebResource. Typically used for the base URL of a IIIF service.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows: dc: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ edm: http://www.europeana.eu/schemas/edm/ dcterms: http://purl.org/dc/terms/ svcs: http://rdfs.org/sioc/services#