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Aggregation

The properties for the Aggregation resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
edm:dataProvider Aggregated Source Repository
Required
Non repeatable
A Europeana Data Model Property; The name or identifier of the organization who contributes data indirectly to an aggregation service (e.g. Europeana). Value is CONTENTdm or DSpace or AtoM or Dataverse.
edm:aggregatedCHO Digital Resource Original Record
Required
Non repeatable
A Europeana Data Model Property; This property associates an ORE aggregation with the cultural heritage object(s) (CHO) it is about.
edm:hasView Has View
Required
Non repeatable
A Europeana Data Model Property; This property relates a ORE aggregation about a CHO with a web resource providing a view of that CHO. Examples of view are: a thumbnail, a textual abstract and a table of contents.
edm:isShownAt Is Shown At
Required
Non repeatable
Unambiguous URL reference to digital object in its full information context. Value is CONTENTdm or DSpace or AtoM or Dataverse.
edm:provider Provider
Required
Non repeatable
A Europeana Data Model Property; The name or identifier of the organization who delivers data directly to an aggregation service (e.g. Europeana)
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
edm:
http://www.europeana.eu/schemas/edm/

Annotationcontainer

The properties for the Annotationcontainer resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
oc:annotationContainer Annotations
Optional
Repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components. This property represents a container for annotations that may exists upon an item. Obligation is 0 - n, and does not include the Full Text, which is represented in oc:annotation.
oc:annotation Full Text
Required
Non repeatable
The full text associated with an item. Shown even if empty, to differentiate an empty full text field from a missing full text field.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
oc:
http://open.library.ubc.ca/terms#

Annotation

The properties for the Annotation resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
oa:hasBody Body
Optional
Repeatable
Reference to the Textual Body subclass or other resource (image, semantic concept) containing the body of the annotation.
dcterms:created Annotation Date
Required
Non repeatable
Date of creation of the annotation. For full text, value is dcterms:created.
oa:hasTarget Resource Annotated
Required
Non repeatable
For full text, value is oc:id.
oa:motivatedBy Motivation
Required
Non repeatable
For full text, value is oa:describing.
dcterms:creator 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.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
oa:
http://www.w3.org/ns/oa#
dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
dc:
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/

Aqres

The properties for the Aqres resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
fi:waterAreaOverview Locality
Optional
Repeatable
Fisheries Metadata Element Set (FiMES); "Description of the water area in which the aquatic resource is located, including environmental characteristics, jurisdictional limits, ..." (FIGIS-FIRMS 2002 workshop). Water Area Overview might contain a reference list of areas in which a species or aquatic resource is found or employed.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
fi:
http://www.fao.org/fi/figis/devcon/fimes/doc/index.html#

Artifactdescription

The properties for the Artifactdescription resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
oc:reference Reference
Optional
Repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Records the reference numbers from various indices.; Records the reference numbers from various indices.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
oc:
http://open.library.ubc.ca/terms#

Collection

The properties for the Collection resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
dcterms:description Collection Description
Required
Non repeatable
Free-text account of aggregation, for example an abstract or content scope note. Provided via OC admin tool.
dcterms:title Collection Title
Required
Non repeatable
Name of the collection or aggregation. Provided via OC admin tool.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/

Habitatbio

The properties for the Habitatbio resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
skos:note Notes
Required
Repeatable
Simple Knowledge Organisation System; Notes are used to provide information relating to SKOS concepts. There is no restriction on the nature of this information, e.g., it could be plain text, hypertext, or an image; it could be a definition, information about the scope of a concept, editorial information, or any other type of information.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
skos:
http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#

Datadescription

The properties for the Datadescription resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
dcterms:identifier Catalogue Number
Optional
Non repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.; Recommended best practice is to identify the resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system.
dcterms:subject Category
Optional
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; The topic of the resource; In the case of fisheries field notes, indicates the scientific name of the specimens collected.
dcterms:creator Collected By
Optional
Non repeatable
A Dublin Core Elements Property; An entity primarily responsible for making the resource.; Examples of a Creator include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Creator should be used to indicate the entity.
oc:collectorNumber Collector Number
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Indicates the number assigned to the collector of the specimens.
oc:map Map
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Indicates the map showing where the specimens were collected.
dcterms:temporal Time Period
Optional
Non repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; Temporal characteristics of the resource.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
oc:
http://open.library.ubc.ca/terms#

Datetimevalue

The properties for the Datetimevalue resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
vivo:dateIssued Graduation Date
Required
Non repeatable
VIVO-ISF Ontology V1.6 Property; Date Optional Time Value, DateTime+Timezone Preferred. Date when the thesis degree was issued.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
vivo:
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#

Depthbehav

The properties for the Depthbehav resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
fi:bathymetry Depth of Water
Optional
Non repeatable
Fisheries Metadata Element Set (FiMES); Bathymetry is numeric depth information about the ranges in which an aquatic species is found.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
fi:
http://www.fao.org/fi/figis/devcon/fimes/doc/index.html#

Digitalpreservation

The properties for the Digitalpreservation resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
oc:identifierAIP AIP UUID
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Refers to the Archival Information Package identifier generated by Archivematica. This serves as a link between CONTENTdm and Archivematica.
oc:identifierFile File UUID
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Refers to the individual files within an AIP and generated by Archivematica. This serves as a link between CONTENTdm and Archivematica.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
oc:
http://open.library.ubc.ca/terms#

Educationalprocess

The properties for the Educationalprocess resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
vivo:departmentOrSchool Affiliation
Required
Repeatable
VIVO-ISF Ontology V1.6 Property; The department or school name within institution; Not intended to be an institution name.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
vivo:
http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#

Fieldnotesdescription

The properties for the Fieldnotesdescription resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
oc:watershed Watershed
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Indicates the name of the watershed where the specimens were collected.
oc:current Current
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Describes the current where the specimens were collected.
oc:captureMethod Method of Capture
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Describes the method used to capture the specimens.
oc:originalPreserved Original Preserved
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Indicates whether or not the original specimens were preserved.
oc:shore Shore
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Describes the features of the shore where the specimens were collected.
oc:streamWidth Stream Width
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Indicates the width of the stream where the specimens were collected.
oc:tide Tide
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Describes the state of the tide where the specimens were collected.
oc:time Time
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Describes the time or time range in which the data on field notes was collected.
oc:vegetation Vegetation
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Describes the vegetation where the specimens where collected.
oc:water Water
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Describes the quality of the water where the specimens where collected.
oc:cover Cover
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Describes the cover where the specimens were collected.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
oc:
http://open.library.ubc.ca/terms#

Fishingground

The properties for the Fishingground resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
fi:bottomType Bottom
Optional
Non repeatable
Fisheries Metadata Element Set (FiMES); "Marine habitat: type of bottom substratum in which the fishery resource is distributed." (FIRMS Inventory Guidelines 2011).
fi:depthZone Depth of Capture
Optional
Non repeatable
Fisheries Metadata Element Set (FiMES); "Marine habitat/Fishing ground: Bathymetric depth range in which a fishery resource is distributed or in which a fishery is conducted" (FIRMS Inventory Guidelines 2011).
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
fi:
http://www.fao.org/fi/figis/devcon/fimes/doc/index.html#

Geographicdescription

The properties for the Geographicdescription resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
dcterms:coverage Country
Optional
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant.; Spatial topic and spatial applicability may be a named place or a location specified by its geographic coordinates. Temporal topic may be a named period, date, or date range. A jurisdiction may be a named administrative entity or a geographic place to which the resource applies. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Thesaurus of Geographic Names [TGN]. Where appropriate, named places or time periods can be used in preference to numeric identifiers such as sets of coordinates or date ranges.
dcterms:spatial Province/State
Optional
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; Spatial characteristics of the resource.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/

Habitatbio

The properties for the Habitatbio resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
fi:horizontalDist Distance Offshore
Optional
Non repeatable
Fisheries Metadata Element Set (FiMES); /"Marine habitat: inshore to offshore range in which the fishery resource is distributed (e.g. littoral, neritic, oceanic ...)./" (FIRMS Inventory Guidelines 2011)
fi:waterCondition Temperature
Optional
Non repeatable
Fisheries Metadata Element Set (FiMES); WaterCondition is information on species affinity related to water conditions or characteristics , e.g. oxygen , temperature etc.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
fi:
http://www.fao.org/fi/figis/devcon/fimes/doc/index.html#

Mediadescription

The properties for the Mediadescription resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
dcterms:contributor Credits
Optional
Non repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.; Examples of a Contributor include a person, an organization, or a service.
oc:descriptionEpisode Episode
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Indicates the year, season and episode information for a video resource.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
oc:
http://open.library.ubc.ca/terms#

Place

The properties for the Place resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
wgs84_pos:lat Latitude
Optional
Non repeatable
Basic Geo (WGS84 Lat/Long) Property; Latitude (φ) - Specified in Decimal Degrees
wgs84_pos:long Longitude
Optional
Non repeatable
Basic Geo (WGS84 Lat/Long) Property; Longitude (λ) - Specified in Decimal Degrees
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
wgs84_pos:
http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#

Publicationdescription

The properties for the Publicationdescription resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
oc:identifierURI URI
Required
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Indicates the handle for item record.
dcterms:tableOfContents Contents
Optional
Non repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; A list of subunits of the resource.
oc:rightsCopyright Copyright Holder
Optional
Repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Refers to the publisher or author who holds the copyright.
oc:edition Edition
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Identifies the book edition to which a resource belongs.
oc:hasGrantFunder Grant Funding Agency
Optional
Repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Identifies the agency responsible for issuing a grant to one or more of the creators of the resource.
oc:peerReviewStatus Peer Review Status
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Identifies whether or not the resource is peer-reviewed. Applies to published resources only.
dcterms:subject Person or Corporation
Optional
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; The topic of the resource.; Typically, the subject will be represented using keywords, key phrases, or classification codes. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary.
oc:publisherDOI Publisher DOI
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; If the item was issued a DOI by it's Publisher, that DOI is displayed here
oc:rightsURI Rights URI
Required
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Indicates the Creative Commons license url.
oc:scholarLevel Scholarly Level
Required
Repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Identifies the scholarly level of the author(s)/creator(s).
dcterms:isPartOf Series
Optional
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
oc:identifierCitation Citation
Optional
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Indicates a bibliographic reference for the resource if it has been previously published.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
oc:
http://open.library.ubc.ca/terms#
dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/

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
Required
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; The nature or genre of the resource.; Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the DCMI Type Vocabulary [DCMITYPE]. To describe the file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource, use the Format element.
dcterms:isReferencedBy Catalogue Record
Optional
Non repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource.
dcterms:isPartOf Collection
Required
Non repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
dcterms:contributor Contributor
Optional
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.; Examples of a Contributor include a person, an organization, or a service.
dcterms:creator Creator
Required
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; An entity primarily responsible for making the resource.; Examples of a Contributor include a person, an organization, or a service.
dc:date Date
Required
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Elements Property; A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource.; Date may be used to express temporal information at any level of granularity. Recommended best practice is to use an encoding scheme, such as the W3CDTF profile of ISO 8601 [W3CDTF].
dcterms:created Date Created
Optional
Non repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; Date of creation of the resource.
dcterms:issued Date Issued
Optional
Non repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource.
dcterms:description Description
Optional
Non repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; An account of the resource.; Description may include but is not limited to: an abstract, a table of contents, a graphical representation, or a free-text account of the resource.
dcterms:extent Extent
Optional
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; The size or duration of the resource.
edm:hasType Genre
Optional
Repeatable
A Europeana Data Model Property; This property relates a resource with the concepts it belongs to in a suitable type system such as MIME or any thesaurus that captures categories of objects in a given field. It does NOT capture aboutness.
dcterms:spatial Geographic Location
Optional
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; Spatial characteristics of the resource.
dcterms:identifier Identifier
Required
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.; Recommended best practice is to identify the resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system. Mapped to: Access Identifier, Digital Identifier, UBC Call Number.
dcterms:language Language
Optional
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; A language of the resource.; Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646 [RFC4646].
dcterms:relation Project Website
Optional
Non repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; A related resource.; Recommended best practice is to identify the related resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system.
dcterms:publisher Publisher
Optional
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; An entity responsible for making the resource available.; Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service.
edm:currentLocation RBSC Location
Optional
Non repeatable
A Europeana Data Model Property; The geographic location and/or name of the repository, building, site, or other entity whose boundaries presently include the resource. Used to indicate a resource’s location in Rare Books and Special Collections.
dcterms:date Sort Date
Required
Non repeatable
A Dublin Core Elements Property; A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource.; Date may be used to express temporal information at any level of granularity. Recommended best practice is to use an encoding scheme, such as the W3CDTF profile of ISO 8601 [W3CDTF].
dcterms:source Source
Required
Non repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; A related resource from which the described resource is derived.; The described resource may be derived from the related resource in whole or in part. Recommended best practice is to identify the related resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system.
dcterms:subject Subject
Optional
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; The topic of the resource.; Typically, the subject will be represented using keywords, key phrases, or classification codes. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary.
dcterms:title Title
Required
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; The name given to the resource.
edm:isDerivativeOf Translation
Optional
Repeatable
A Europeana Data Model Property; This property captures a narrower notion of derivation than edm:isSimilarTo, in the sense that it relates a resource to another one, obtained by reworking, reducing, expanding, parts or the whole contents of the former, and possibly adding some minor parts. Versions have an even narrower meaning, in that it requires common identity between the related resources. Translations, summaries, abstractions etc. do not qualify as versions, but do qualify as derivatives
dcterms:alternative Alternate Title
Optional
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; An alternative name for the resource.; Note - the distinction between titles and alternative titles is resource-specific.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
dc:
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
edm:
http://www.europeana.eu/schemas/edm/

Textualbody

The properties for the Textualbody resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
dc:format Format
Required
Non repeatable
Annotation format. Value is rdf:text.
dc:language Language
Optional
Repeatable
Language(s) of content. Value is dcterms:language.
rdf:value Text
Required
Non repeatable
Text of the annotation.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
dc:
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
rdf:
http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#

Thesisdescription

The properties for the Thesisdescription resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
oc:degreeCampus Campus
Required
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Identifies the name of the campus from which the graduate completed their degree.
oc:degreeGrantor Degree Grantor
Required
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Indicates the institution where thesis was granted.
oc:degreeDiscipline Program
Required
Non repeatable
UBC Open Collections Metadata Components; Local Field; Indicates the program for which the degree was granted.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
oc:
http://open.library.ubc.ca/terms#

Thesis

The properties for the Thesis resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
bibo:degree Degree
Required
Non repeatable
A Bibliographic Ontology Property; The thesis degree.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
bibo:
http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/

Webresource

The properties for the Webresource resources are as follows:

Property name Description Example of the property value(s) Required?
Repeatable?
Notes
dcterms:issued Date Available
Optional
Non repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the web resource.
dc:format File Format
Optional
Repeatable
A Dublin Core Elements Property; The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.; Examples of dimensions include size and duration. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the list of Internet Media Types [MIME].
edm:isShownAt Is Shown At
Required
Non repeatable
A Europeana Data Model Property; An unambiguous URL reference to the digital object on the provider’s website in its full information context.
dcterms:license License
Required
Non repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource.
dcterms:rights Rights
Required
Non repeatable
A Dublin Core Terms Property; Information about rights held in and over the resource.; Typically, rights information includes a statement about various property rights associated with the resource, including intellectual property rights.
The namespace URIs used in the table are as follows:
dcterms:
http://purl.org/dc/terms/
dc:
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
edm:
http://www.europeana.eu/schemas/edm/