Glossary

Glossary

dc:contributor - An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.

dc:coverage - The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant.

dc:creator - An entity primarily responsible for making the resource.

dc:date - A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource.

dc:description - An account of the resource.

dc:format - The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.

dc:identifier - An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.

dc:language - A language of the resource.

dc:publisher - An entity responsible for making the resource available.

dc:relation - A related resource.

dc:rights - Information about rights held in and over the resource.

dc:source - A related resource from which the described resource is derived.

dc:subject - The topic of the resource.

dc:title - A name given to the resource.

dc:type - The nature or genre of the resource.

dcterms:abstract - A summary of the resource.

dcterms:accessRights - Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status.

dcterms:accrualMethod - The method by which items are added to a collection.

dcterms:accrualPeriodicity - The frequency with which items are added to a collection.

dcterms:accrualPolicy - The policy governing the addition of items to a collection.

dcterms:alternative - An alternative name for the resource.

dcterms:audience - A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful.

dcterms:available - Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available.

dcterms:conformsTo - An established standard to which the described resource conforms.

dcterms:contributor - An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.

dcterms:coverage - The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant.

dcterms:created - Date of creation of the resource.

dcterms:creator - An entity primarily responsible for making the resource.

dcterms:date - A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource.

dcterms:dateAccepted - Date of acceptance of the resource.

dcterms:dateCopyrighted - Date of copyright.

dcterms:dateSubmitted - Date of submission of the resource.

dcterms:DCMIType - The set of classes specified by the DCMI Type Vocabulary, used to categorize the nature or genre of the resource.

dcterms:DDC - The set of conceptual resources specified by the Dewey Decimal Classification.

dcterms:description - An account of the resource.

dcterms:educationLevel - A class of entity, defined in terms of progression through an educational or training context, for which the described resource is intended.

dcterms:extent - The size or duration of the resource.

dcterms:format - The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.

dcterms:hasFormat - A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format.

dcterms:hasPart - A related resource that is included either physically or logically in the described resource.

dcterms:hasVersion - A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource.

dcterms:identifier - An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.

dcterms:IMT - The set of media types specified by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.

dcterms:instructionalMethod - A process, used to engender knowledge, attitudes and skills, that the described resource is designed to support.

dcterms:isFormatOf - A related resource that is substantially the same as the described resource, but in another format.

dcterms:isPartOf - A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.

dcterms:isReferencedBy - A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource.

dcterms:isReplacedBy - A related resource that supplants, displaces, or supersedes the described resource.

dcterms:isRequiredBy - A related resource that requires the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence.

dcterms:issued - Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource.

dcterms:isVersionOf - A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation.

dcterms:language - A language of the resource.

dcterms:LCC - The set of conceptual resources specified by the Library of Congress Classification.

dcterms:LCSH - The set of labeled concepts specified by the Library of Congress Subject Headings.

dcterms:license - A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource.

dcterms:mediator - An entity that mediates access to the resource and for whom the resource is intended or useful.

dcterms:MESH - The set of labeled concepts specified by the Medical Subject Headings.

dcterms:modified - Date on which the resource was changed.

dcterms:NLM - The set of conceptual resources specified by the National Library of Medicine Classification.

dcterms: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.

dcterms:publisher - An entity responsible for making the resource available.

dcterms:references - A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.

dcterms:relation - A related resource.

dcterms:replaces - A related resource that is supplanted, displaced, or superseded by the described resource.

dcterms:requires - A related resource that is required by the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence.

dcterms:rights - Information about rights held in and over the resource.

dcterms:rightsHolder - A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.

dcterms:source - A related resource from which the described resource is derived.

dcterms:spatial - Spatial characteristics of the resource.

dcterms:subject - The topic of the resource.

dcterms:tableOfContents - A list of subunits of the resource.

dcterms:temporal - Temporal characteristics of the resource.

dcterms:TGN - The set of places specified by the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names.

dcterms:title - A name given to the resource.

dcterms:type - The nature or genre of the resource.

dcterms:UDC - The set of conceptual resources specified by the Universal Decimal Classification.

dcterms:valid - Date (often a range) of validity of a resource.

foaf:account - Indicates an account held by this agent.

foaf:age - The age in years of some agent.

foaf:Agent - An agent (eg. person, group, software or physical artifact).

foaf:AIM chat ID - An AIM chat ID

foaf:birthday - The birthday of this Agent, represented in mm-dd string form, eg. '12-31'.

foaf:depiction - A depiction of some thing.

foaf:DNA checksum - A checksum for the DNA of some thing. Joke.

foaf:funded by - An organization funding a project or person.

foaf:gender - The gender of this Agent (typically but not necessarily 'male' or 'female').

foaf:Given name - The given name of some person.

foaf:homepage - A homepage for some thing.

foaf:ICQ chat ID - An ICQ chat ID

foaf:interest - A page about a topic of interest to this person.

foaf:is primary topic of - A document that this thing is the primary topic of.

foaf:jabber ID - A jabber ID for something.

foaf:logo - A logo representing some thing.

foaf:made - Something that was made by this agent.

foaf:maker - An agent that made this thing.

foaf:membershipClass - Indicates the class of individuals that are a member of a Group

foaf:MSN chat ID - An MSN chat ID

foaf:name - A name for some thing.

foaf:nickname - A short informal nickname characterising an agent (includes login identifiers, IRC and other chat nicknames).

foaf:openid - An OpenID for an Agent.

foaf:Organization - An organization.

foaf:page - A page or document about this thing.

foaf:personal mailbox - A personal mailbox, ie. an Internet mailbox associated with exactly one owner, the first owner of this mailbox. This is a 'static inverse functional property', in that there is (across time and change) at most one individual that ever has any particular value for foaf:mbox.

foaf:phone - A phone, specified using fully qualified tel: URI scheme (refs: http://www.w3.org/Addressing/schemes.html#tel).

foaf:sha1sum of a personal mailbox URI name - The sha1sum of the URI of an Internet mailbox associated with exactly one owner, the first owner of the mailbox.