Spatial Thing
type: Class

Description
type: AnnotationProperty
type: Property
comment: An account of the resource.
description: 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.
issued: 1999-07-02
note: A [second property](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/description) with the same name as this property has been declared in the [dcterms: namespace](http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document [DCMI Metadata Terms](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation.

Title
type: AnnotationProperty
type: Property
comment: A name given to the resource.
issued: 1999-07-02
note: A [second property](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/title) with the same name as this property has been declared in the [dcterms: namespace](http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document [DCMI Metadata Terms](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation.

Date
type: AnnotationProperty
type: Property
comment: A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource.
description: Date may be used to express temporal information at any level of granularity. Recommended practice is to express the date, date/time, or period of time according to ISO 8601-1 [[ISO 8601-1](https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html)] or a published profile of the ISO standard, such as the W3C Note on Date and Time Formats [[W3CDTF](https://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime)] or the Extended Date/Time Format Specification [[EDTF](http://www.loc.gov/standards/datetime/)]. If the full date is unknown, month and year (YYYY-MM) or just year (YYYY) may be used. Date ranges may be specified using ISO 8601 period of time specification in which start and end dates are separated by a '/' (slash) character. Either the start or end date may be missing.
issued: 1999-07-02
note: A [second property](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/date) with the same name as this property has been declared in the [dcterms: namespace](http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document [DCMI Metadata Terms](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation.

Friend of a Friend (FOAF) vocabulary
type: Ontology
description: The Friend of a Friend (FOAF) RDF vocabulary, described using W3C RDF Schema and the Web Ontology Language.

Image
type: Class
subclass of: Document
comment: An image.
equivalent class: ImageObject
term status: stable

topic_interest
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Thing
comment: A thing of interest to this person.
domain: Agent
term status: testing

image
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Image
sub property of: depiction
comment: An image that can be used to represent some thing (ie. those depictions which are particularly representative of something, eg. one's photo on a homepage).
domain: Person
term status: testing

member
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Agent
comment: Indicates a member of a Group
domain: Group
term status: stable

knows
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Person
comment: A person known by this person (indicating some level of reciprocated interaction between the parties).
domain: Person
term status: stable

plan
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
comment: A .plan comment, in the tradition of finger and '.plan' files.
domain: Person
term status: testing

workplace homepage
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Document
comment: A workplace homepage of some person; the homepage of an organization they work for.
domain: Person
term status: testing

Skype ID
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
sub property of: nickname
comment: A Skype ID
domain: Agent
term status: testing

homepage
type: Property
type: InverseFunctionalProperty
type: ObjectProperty
range: Document
sub property of: is primary topic of
sub property of: page
comment: A homepage for some thing.
domain: Thing
term status: stable

age
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
type: FunctionalProperty
range: Literal
comment: The age in years of some agent.
domain: Agent
term status: unstable

Document
type: Class
comment: A document.
disjoint with: Organization
disjoint with: Project
equivalent class: CreativeWork
term status: stable

is primary topic of
type: Property
type: InverseFunctionalProperty
range: Document
sub property of: page
comment: A document that this thing is the primary topic of.
domain: Thing
inverse of: primary topic
term status: stable

account name
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
comment: Indicates the name (identifier) associated with this online account.
domain: Online Account
term status: testing

sha1sum (hex)
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: A sha1sum hash, in hex.
domain: Document
term status: unstable

firstName
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
comment: The first name of a person.
domain: Person
term status: testing

Online E-commerce Account
type: Class
subclass of: Online Account
comment: An online e-commerce account.
term status: unstable

geekcode
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
comment: A textual geekcode for this person, see http://www.geekcode.com/geek.html
domain: Person
term status: archaic

birthday
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
type: FunctionalProperty
range: Literal
comment: The birthday of this Agent, represented in mm-dd string form, eg. '12-31'.
domain: Agent
term status: unstable

Label Property
type: Class
comment: A foaf:LabelProperty is any RDF property with texual values that serve as labels.
term status: unstable

Surname
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
comment: The surname of some person.
domain: Person
term status: archaic

openid
type: Property
type: InverseFunctionalProperty
type: ObjectProperty
range: Document
sub property of: is primary topic of
comment: An OpenID for an Agent.
domain: Agent
term status: testing

publications
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Document
comment: A link to the publications of this person.
domain: Person
term status: testing

tipjar
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Document
sub property of: page
comment: A tipjar document for this agent, describing means for payment and reward.
domain: Agent
term status: testing

nickname
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: A short informal nickname characterising an agent (includes login identifiers, IRC and other chat nicknames).
term status: testing

AIM chat ID
type: Property
type: InverseFunctionalProperty
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
sub property of: nickname
comment: An AIM chat ID
domain: Agent
term status: testing

Given name
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: The given name of some person.
term status: testing

based near
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Spatial Thing
comment: A location that something is based near, for some broadly human notion of near.
domain: Spatial Thing
term status: testing

funded by
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Thing
comment: An organization funding a project or person.
domain: Thing
term status: archaic

title
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: Title (Mr, Mrs, Ms, Dr. etc)
term status: testing

depiction
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Image
comment: A depiction of some thing.
domain: Thing
inverse of: depicts
term status: testing

weblog
type: Property
type: InverseFunctionalProperty
type: ObjectProperty
range: Document
sub property of: page
comment: A weblog of some thing (whether person, group, company etc.).
domain: Agent
term status: stable

membershipClass
type: Property
type: AnnotationProperty
comment: Indicates the class of individuals that are a member of a Group
term status: unstable

schoolHomepage
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Document
comment: A homepage of a school attended by the person.
domain: Person
term status: testing

Yahoo chat ID
type: Property
type: InverseFunctionalProperty
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
sub property of: nickname
comment: A Yahoo chat ID
domain: Agent
term status: testing

thumbnail
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Image
comment: A derived thumbnail image.
domain: Image
term status: testing

PersonalProfileDocument
type: Class
subclass of: Document
comment: A personal profile RDF document.
term status: testing

theme
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Thing
comment: A theme.
domain: Thing
term status: archaic

work info homepage
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Document
comment: A work info homepage of some person; a page about their work for some organization.
domain: Person
term status: testing

ICQ chat ID
type: Property
type: InverseFunctionalProperty
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
sub property of: nickname
comment: An ICQ chat ID
domain: Agent
term status: testing

account
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Online Account
comment: Indicates an account held by this agent.
domain: Agent
term status: testing

lastName
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
comment: The last name of a person.
domain: Person
term status: testing

myersBriggs
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
comment: A Myers Briggs (MBTI) personality classification.
domain: Person
term status: testing

gender
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
type: FunctionalProperty
range: Literal
comment: The gender of this Agent (typically but not necessarily 'male' or 'female').
domain: Agent
term status: testing

page
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Document
comment: A page or document about this thing.
domain: Thing
inverse of: topic
term status: stable

Online Gaming Account
type: Class
subclass of: Online Account
comment: An online gaming account.
term status: unstable

interest
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Document
comment: A page about a topic of interest to this person.
domain: Agent
term status: testing

Agent
type: Class
comment: An agent (eg. person, group, software or physical artifact).
equivalent class: Agent
term status: stable

current project
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Thing
comment: A current project this person works on.
domain: Person
term status: testing

made
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Thing
comment: Something that was made by this agent.
domain: Agent
inverse of: maker
term status: stable

name
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
sub property of: label
comment: A name for some thing.
domain: Thing
term status: testing

Group
type: Class
subclass of: Agent
comment: A class of Agents.
term status: stable

past project
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Thing
comment: A project this person has previously worked on.
domain: Person
term status: testing

account
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Online Account
comment: Indicates an account held by this agent.
domain: Agent
term status: archaic

primary topic
type: Property
type: FunctionalProperty
type: ObjectProperty
range: Thing
comment: The primary topic of some page or document.
domain: Document
inverse of: is primary topic of
term status: stable

personal mailbox
type: Property
type: InverseFunctionalProperty
type: ObjectProperty
range: Thing
comment: 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.
domain: Agent
term status: stable

MSN chat ID
type: Property
type: InverseFunctionalProperty
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
sub property of: nickname
comment: An MSN chat ID
domain: Agent
term status: testing

topic
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Thing
comment: A topic of some page or document.
domain: Document
inverse of: page
term status: testing

maker
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Agent
comment: An agent that made this thing.
domain: Thing
inverse of: made
equivalent property: Creator
term status: stable

DNA checksum
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
comment: A checksum for the DNA of some thing. Joke.
term status: archaic

family_name
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
comment: The family name of some person.
domain: Person
term status: archaic

account service homepage
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Document
comment: Indicates a homepage of the service provide for this online account.
domain: Online Account
term status: testing

status
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
comment: A string expressing what the user is happy for the general public (normally) to know about their current activity.
domain: Agent
term status: unstable

Organization
type: Class
subclass of: Agent
comment: An organization.
disjoint with: Document
disjoint with: Person
term status: stable

depicts
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Thing
comment: A thing depicted in this representation.
domain: Image
inverse of: depiction
term status: testing

Person
type: Class
subclass of: Spatial Thing
subclass of: Agent
comment: A person.
disjoint with: Organization
disjoint with: Project
equivalent class: Person
term status: stable

sha1sum of a personal mailbox URI name
type: Property
type: InverseFunctionalProperty
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
comment: The sha1sum of the URI of an Internet mailbox associated with exactly one owner, the first owner of the mailbox.
domain: Agent
term status: testing

Given name
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
comment: The given name of some person.
term status: archaic

focus
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
range: Thing
comment: The underlying or 'focal' entity associated with some SKOS-described concept.
domain: Concept
term status: testing

Online Account
type: Class
subclass of: Thing
comment: An online account.
term status: testing

jabber ID
type: Property
type: InverseFunctionalProperty
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
comment: A jabber ID for something.
domain: Agent
term status: testing

logo
type: Property
type: InverseFunctionalProperty
type: ObjectProperty
range: Thing
comment: A logo representing some thing.
domain: Thing
term status: testing

Online Chat Account
type: Class
subclass of: Online Account
comment: An online chat account.
term status: unstable

Project
type: Class
comment: A project (a collective endeavour of some kind).
disjoint with: Document
disjoint with: Person
term status: testing

familyName
type: Property
type: DatatypeProperty
range: Literal
comment: The family name of some person.
domain: Person
term status: testing

phone
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
comment: A phone, specified using fully qualified tel: URI scheme (refs: http://www.w3.org/Addressing/schemes.html#tel).
term status: testing

Vocabulary Encoding Scheme
type: Class
comment: An enumerated set of resources.
issued: 2008-01-14

Member Of
type: Property
range: Vocabulary Encoding Scheme
comment: A relationship between a resource and a vocabulary encoding scheme which indicates that the resource is a member of a set.
issued: 2008-01-14

Metadata terms for vocabulary description
Date Modified: 2012-06-14
publisher: DCMI

Domain Includes
type: Property
comment: A suggested class for subjects of this property.
issued: 2020-01-20

Range Includes
type: Property
comment: A suggested class for values of this property.
issued: 2020-01-20

Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, Version 1.1
Date Modified: 2012-06-14
publisher: DCMI

Relation
type: Property
comment: A related resource.
description: Recommended practice is to identify the related resource by means of a URI. If this is not possible or feasible, a string conforming to a formal identification system may be provided.
issued: 1999-07-02
note: A [second property](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/relation) with the same name as this property has been declared in the [dcterms: namespace](http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document [DCMI Metadata Terms](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation.

Rights
type: Property
comment: Information about rights held in and over the resource.
description: Typically, rights information includes a statement about various property rights associated with the resource, including intellectual property rights.
issued: 1999-07-02
note: A [second property](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/rights) with the same name as this property has been declared in the [dcterms: namespace](http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document [DCMI Metadata Terms](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation.

Language
type: Property
comment: A language of the resource.
description: Recommended practice is to use either a non-literal value representing a language from a controlled vocabulary such as ISO 639-2 or ISO 639-3, or a literal value consisting of an IETF Best Current Practice 47 [[IETF-BCP47](https://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47)] language tag.
issued: 1999-07-02
note: A [second property](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/language) with the same name as this property has been declared in the [dcterms: namespace](http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document [DCMI Metadata Terms](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation.

Type
type: Property
comment: The nature or genre of the resource.
description: Recommended practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the DCMI Type Vocabulary [[DCMI-TYPE](http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-type-vocabulary/)]. To describe the file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource, use the Format element.
issued: 1999-07-02
note: A [second property](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/type) with the same name as this property has been declared in the [dcterms: namespace](http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document [DCMI Metadata Terms](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation.

Coverage
type: Property
comment: The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, spatial applicability of the resource, or jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant.
description: 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 practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names [[TGN](https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html)]. Where appropriate, named places or time periods may be used in preference to numeric identifiers such as sets of coordinates or date ranges.
issued: 1999-07-02
note: A [second property](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/coverage) with the same name as this property has been declared in the [dcterms: namespace](http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document [DCMI Metadata Terms](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation.

Subject
type: Property
comment: The topic of the resource.
description: Typically, the subject will be represented using keywords, key phrases, or classification codes. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary.
issued: 1999-07-02
note: A [second property](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject) with the same name as this property has been declared in the [dcterms: namespace](http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document [DCMI Metadata Terms](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation.

Contributor
type: Property
comment: An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.
description: The guidelines for using names of persons or organizations as creators also apply to contributors. Typically, the name of a Contributor should be used to indicate the entity.
issued: 1999-07-02
note: A [second property](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/contributor) with the same name as this property has been declared in the [dcterms: namespace](http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document [DCMI Metadata Terms](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation.

Publisher
type: Property
comment: An entity responsible for making the resource available.
description: Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.
issued: 1999-07-02
note: A [second property](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher) with the same name as this property has been declared in the [dcterms: namespace](http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document [DCMI Metadata Terms](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation.

Identifier
type: Property
comment: An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.
description: Recommended practice is to identify the resource by means of a string conforming to an identification system.
issued: 1999-07-02
note: A [second property](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier) with the same name as this property has been declared in the [dcterms: namespace](http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document [DCMI Metadata Terms](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation.

Source
type: Property
comment: A related resource from which the described resource is derived.
description: 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.
issued: 1999-07-02
note: A [second property](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/source) with the same name as this property has been declared in the [dcterms: namespace](http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document [DCMI Metadata Terms](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation.

Format
type: Property
comment: The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.
description: Recommended practice is to use a controlled vocabulary where available. For example, for file formats one could use the list of Internet Media Types [[MIME](https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml)].
issued: 1999-07-02
note: A [second property](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/format) with the same name as this property has been declared in the [dcterms: namespace](http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document [DCMI Metadata Terms](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation.

Creator
type: Property
comment: An entity primarily responsible for making the resource.
description: 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.
issued: 1999-07-02
note: A [second property](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/#http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator) with the same name as this property has been declared in the [dcterms: namespace](http://purl.org/dc/terms/). See the Introduction to the document [DCMI Metadata Terms](/specifications/dublin-core/dcmi-terms/) for an explanation.

Date Modified
type: Property
range: Literal
sub property of: Date
comment: Date on which the resource was changed.
description: Recommended practice is to describe the date, date/time, or period of time as recommended for the property Date, of which this is a subproperty.
issued: 2000-07-11

Has Version
type: Property
sub property of: Relation
comment: A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource.
description: Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format. This property is intended to be used with non-literal values. This property is an inverse property of Is Version Of.
issued: 2000-07-11

Title
type: Property
range: Literal
sub property of: Title
comment: A name given to the resource.
issued: 2008-01-14

Date
type: Property
range: Literal
sub property of: Date
comment: A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource.
description: Date may be used to express temporal information at any level of granularity. Recommended practice is to express the date, date/time, or period of time according to ISO 8601-1 [[ISO 8601-1](https://www.iso.org/iso-8601-date-and-time-format.html)] or a published profile of the ISO standard, such as the W3C Note on Date and Time Formats [[W3CDTF](https://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime)] or the Extended Date/Time Format Specification [[EDTF](http://www.loc.gov/standards/datetime/)]. If the full date is unknown, month and year (YYYY-MM) or just year (YYYY) may be used. Date ranges may be specified using ISO 8601 period of time specification in which start and end dates are separated by a '/' (slash) character. Either the start or end date may be missing.
issued: 2008-01-14

Abstract
type: Property
sub property of: Description
comment: A summary of the resource.
issued: 2000-07-11

Subject
type: Property
sub property of: Subject
comment: A topic of the resource.
description: Recommended practice is to refer to the subject with a URI. If this is not possible or feasible, a literal value that identifies the subject may be provided. Both should preferably refer to a subject in a controlled vocabulary.
issued: 2008-01-14

Creator
type: Property
sub property of: Creator
sub property of: Contributor
comment: An entity responsible for making the resource.
equivalent property: maker
description: Recommended practice is to identify the creator with a URI. If this is not possible or feasible, a literal value that identifies the creator may be provided.
issued: 2008-01-14
Range Includes: Agent

Date Submitted
type: Property
range: Literal
sub property of: Date
comment: Date of submission of the resource.
description: Recommended practice is to describe the date, date/time, or period of time as recommended for the property Date, of which this is a subproperty. Examples of resources to which a 'Date Submitted' may be relevant include a thesis (submitted to a university department) or an article (submitted to a journal).
issued: 2002-07-13

Description
type: Property
sub property of: Description
comment: An account of the resource.
description: 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.
issued: 2008-01-14

Identifier
type: Property
range: Literal
sub property of: Identifier
comment: An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.
description: Recommended practice is to identify the resource by means of a string conforming to an identification system. Examples include International Standard Book Number (ISBN), Digital Object Identifier (DOI), and Uniform Resource Name (URN). Persistent identifiers should be provided as HTTP URIs.
issued: 2008-01-14

Is Part Of
type: Property
sub property of: Relation
comment: A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
description: This property is intended to be used with non-literal values. This property is an inverse property of Has Part.
issued: 2000-07-11

Is Referenced By
type: Property
sub property of: Relation
comment: A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource.
description: This property is intended to be used with non-literal values. This property is an inverse property of References.
issued: 2000-07-11

Date Created
type: Property
range: Literal
sub property of: Date
comment: Date of creation of the resource.
description: Recommended practice is to describe the date, date/time, or period of time as recommended for the property Date, of which this is a subproperty.
issued: 2000-07-11

Contributor
type: Property
sub property of: Contributor
comment: An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.
description: The guidelines for using names of persons or organizations as creators apply to contributors.
issued: 2008-01-14
Range Includes: Agent

DCMI Metadata Terms - other
Date Modified: 2012-06-14
publisher: DCMI

Bibliographic Resource
type: Class
comment: A book, article, or other documentary resource.
issued: 2008-01-14

Source
type: Property
sub property of: Source
sub property of: Relation
comment: A related resource from which the described resource is derived.
description: This property is intended to be used with non-literal values. The described resource may be derived from the related resource in whole or in part. Best practice is to identify the related resource by means of a URI or a string conforming to a formal identification system.
issued: 2008-01-14

Date Issued
type: Property
range: Literal
sub property of: Date
comment: Date of formal issuance of the resource.
description: Recommended practice is to describe the date, date/time, or period of time as recommended for the property Date, of which this is a subproperty.
issued: 2000-07-11

License
type: Property
sub property of: Rights
comment: A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource.
description: Recommended practice is to identify the license document with a URI. If this is not possible or feasible, a literal value that identifies the license may be provided.
issued: 2004-06-14
Range Includes: License Document

Date Valid
type: Property
range: Literal
sub property of: Date
comment: Date (often a range) of validity of a resource.
description: Recommended practice is to describe the date, date/time, or period of time as recommended for the property Date, of which this is a subproperty.
issued: 2000-07-11

Has Format
type: Property
sub property of: Relation
comment: A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format.
description: This property is intended to be used with non-literal values. This property is an inverse property of Is Format Of.
issued: 2000-07-11

Has Part
type: Property
sub property of: Relation
comment: A related resource that is included either physically or logically in the described resource.
description: This property is intended to be used with non-literal values. This property is an inverse property of Is Part Of.
issued: 2000-07-11

Language
type: Property
sub property of: Language
comment: A language of the resource.
description: Recommended practice is to use either a non-literal value representing a language from a controlled vocabulary such as ISO 639-2 or ISO 639-3, or a literal value consisting of an IETF Best Current Practice 47 [[IETF-BCP47](https://tools.ietf.org/html/bcp47)] language tag.
issued: 2008-01-14
Range Includes: Linguistic System

Publisher
type: Property
sub property of: Publisher
comment: An entity responsible for making the resource available.
issued: 2008-01-14
Range Includes: Agent

Rights
type: Property
sub property of: Rights
comment: Information about rights held in and over the resource.
description: Typically, rights information includes a statement about various property rights associated with the resource, including intellectual property rights. Recommended practice is to refer to a rights statement with a URI. If this is not possible or feasible, a literal value (name, label, or short text) may be provided.
issued: 2008-01-14
Range Includes: Rights Statement

Type
type: Property
sub property of: Type
comment: The nature or genre of the resource.
description: Recommended practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the DCMI Type Vocabulary [[DCMI-TYPE](http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-type-vocabulary/)]. To describe the file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource, use the property Format.
issued: 2008-01-14

Agent
type: Class
type: Agent Class
comment: A resource that acts or has the power to act.
issued: 2008-01-14

Relation
type: Property
sub property of: Relation
comment: A related resource.
description: Recommended practice is to identify the related resource by means of a URI. If this is not possible or feasible, a string conforming to a formal identification system may be provided.
issued: 2008-01-14

Medium
type: Property
sub property of: Format
comment: The material or physical carrier of the resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Domain Includes: Physical Resource
Range Includes: Physical Medium

Conforms To
type: Property
sub property of: Relation
comment: An established standard to which the described resource conforms.
issued: 2001-05-21
Range Includes: Standard

Rights Holder
type: Property
comment: A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
description: Recommended practice is to refer to the rights holder with a URI. If this is not possible or feasible, a literal value that identifies the rights holder may be provided.
issued: 2004-06-14
Range Includes: Agent

Accrual Periodicity
type: Property
comment: The frequency with which items are added to a collection.
domain: Collection
description: Recommended practice is to use a value from the Collection Description Frequency Vocabulary [[DCMI-COLLFREQ](https://dublincore.org/groups/collections/frequency/)].
issued: 2005-06-13
Range Includes: Frequency

W3C-DTF
type: Datatype
comment: The set of dates and times constructed according to the W3C Date and Time Formats Specification.
issued: 2000-07-11

Location
type: Class
subclass of: Location, Period, or Jurisdiction
comment: A spatial region or named place.
issued: 2008-01-14

Format
type: Property
sub property of: Format
comment: The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.
description: Recommended practice is to use a controlled vocabulary where available. For example, for file formats one could use the list of Internet Media Types [[MIME](https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/media-types.xhtml)]. Examples of dimensions include size and duration.
issued: 2008-01-14
Range Includes: Media Type
Range Includes: Extent

Mediator
type: Property
sub property of: Audience
comment: An entity that mediates access to the resource.
description: In an educational context, a mediator might be a parent, teacher, teaching assistant, or care-giver.
issued: 2001-05-21
Range Includes: Agent Class

References
type: Property
sub property of: Relation
comment: A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
description: This property is intended to be used with non-literal values. This property is an inverse property of Is Referenced By.
issued: 2000-07-11

Is Replaced By
type: Property
sub property of: Relation
comment: A related resource that supplants, displaces, or supersedes the described resource.
description: This property is intended to be used with non-literal values. This property is an inverse property of Replaces.
issued: 2000-07-11

DDC
type: Vocabulary Encoding Scheme
comment: The set of conceptual resources specified by the Dewey Decimal Classification.
issued: 2000-07-11

Media Type
type: Class
subclass of: Media Type or Extent
comment: A file format or physical medium.
issued: 2008-01-14

License Document
type: Class
subclass of: Rights Statement
comment: A legal document giving official permission to do something with a resource.
issued: 2008-01-14

Linguistic System
type: Class
comment: A system of signs, symbols, sounds, gestures, or rules used in communication.
description: Written, spoken, sign, and computer languages are linguistic systems.
issued: 2008-01-14

Rights Statement
type: Class
comment: A statement about the intellectual property rights (IPR) held in or over a resource, a legal document giving official permission to do something with a resource, or a statement about access rights.
issued: 2008-01-14

Agent Class
type: Class
subclass of: Class
comment: A group of agents.
issued: 2008-01-14

Physical Medium
type: Class
subclass of: Media Type
comment: A physical material or carrier.
description: Examples include paper, canvas, or DVD.
issued: 2008-01-14

Physical Resource
type: Class
comment: A material thing.
issued: 2008-01-14

Standard
type: Class
comment: A reference point against which other things can be evaluated or compared.
issued: 2008-01-14

Frequency
type: Class
comment: A rate at which something recurs.
issued: 2008-01-14

Location, Period, or Jurisdiction
type: Class
comment: A location, period of time, or jurisdiction.
issued: 2008-01-14

Media Type or Extent
type: Class
comment: A media type or extent.
issued: 2008-01-14

Audience
type: Property
comment: A class of agents for whom the resource is intended or useful.
description: Recommended practice is to use this property with non-literal values from a vocabulary of audience types.
issued: 2001-05-21
Range Includes: Agent Class

Coverage
type: Property
sub property of: Coverage
comment: The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, spatial applicability of the resource, or jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant.
description: 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 practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names [[TGN](https://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html)]. Where appropriate, named places or time periods may be used in preference to numeric identifiers such as sets of coordinates or date ranges. Because coverage is so broadly defined, it is preferable to use the more specific subproperties Temporal Coverage and Spatial Coverage.
issued: 2008-01-14
Range Includes: Location
Range Includes: Jurisdiction
Range Includes: DCMI Period

LCC
type: Vocabulary Encoding Scheme
comment: The set of conceptual resources specified by the Library of Congress Classification.
issued: 2000-07-11

Spatial Coverage
type: Property
sub property of: Coverage
comment: Spatial characteristics of the resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Range Includes: Location

Alternative Title
type: Property
range: Literal
sub property of: Title
comment: An alternative name for the resource.
description: The distinction between titles and alternative titles is application-specific.
issued: 2000-07-11

Table Of Contents
type: Property
sub property of: Description
comment: A list of subunits of the resource.
issued: 2000-07-11

Date Available
type: Property
range: Literal
sub property of: Date
comment: Date that the resource became or will become available.
description: Recommended practice is to describe the date, date/time, or period of time as recommended for the property Date, of which this is a subproperty.
issued: 2000-07-11

Extent
type: Property
sub property of: Format
comment: The size or duration of the resource.
description: Recommended practice is to specify the file size in megabytes and duration in ISO 8601 format.
issued: 2000-07-11
Range Includes: Size or Duration

Size or Duration
type: Class
subclass of: Media Type or Extent
comment: A dimension or extent, or a time taken to play or execute.
description: Examples include a number of pages, a specification of length, width, and breadth, or a period in hours, minutes, and seconds.
issued: 2008-01-14

Is Version Of
type: Property
sub property of: Relation
comment: A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation.
description: Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format. This property is intended to be used with non-literal values. This property is an inverse property of Has Version.
issued: 2000-07-11

Replaces
type: Property
sub property of: Relation
comment: A related resource that is supplanted, displaced, or superseded by the described resource.
description: This property is intended to be used with non-literal values. This property is an inverse property of Is Replaced By.
issued: 2000-07-11

Is Required By
type: Property
sub property of: Relation
comment: A related resource that requires the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence.
description: This property is intended to be used with non-literal values. This property is an inverse property of Requires.
issued: 2000-07-11

Requires
type: Property
sub property of: Relation
comment: A related resource that is required by the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence.
description: This property is intended to be used with non-literal values. This property is an inverse property of Is Required By.
issued: 2000-07-11

Is Format Of
type: Property
sub property of: Relation
comment: A pre-existing related resource that is substantially the same as the described resource, but in another format.
description: This property is intended to be used with non-literal values. This property is an inverse property of Has Format.
issued: 2000-07-11

Temporal Coverage
type: Property
sub property of: Coverage
comment: Temporal characteristics of the resource.
issued: 2000-07-11
Range Includes: Period of Time

Period of Time
type: Class
subclass of: Location, Period, or Jurisdiction
comment: An interval of time that is named or defined by its start and end dates.
issued: 2008-01-14

Date Accepted
type: Property
range: Literal
sub property of: Date
comment: Date of acceptance of the resource.
description: Recommended practice is to describe the date, date/time, or period of time as recommended for the property Date, of which this is a subproperty. Examples of resources to which a date of acceptance may be relevant are a thesis (accepted by a university department) or an article (accepted by a journal).
issued: 2002-07-13

Date Copyrighted
type: Property
range: Literal
sub property of: Date
comment: Date of copyright of the resource.
description: Typically a year. Recommended practice is to describe the date, date/time, or period of time as recommended for the property Date, of which this is a subproperty.
issued: 2002-07-13

Audience Education Level
type: Property
sub property of: Audience
comment: A class of agents, defined in terms of progression through an educational or training context, for which the described resource is intended.
issued: 2002-07-13
Range Includes: Agent Class

Access Rights
type: Property
sub property of: Rights
comment: Information about who access the resource or an indication of its security status.
description: Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies.
issued: 2003-02-15
Range Includes: Rights Statement

Bibliographic Citation
type: Property
range: Literal
sub property of: Identifier
comment: A bibliographic reference for the resource.
description: Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible.
issued: 2003-02-15

Provenance
type: Property
comment: A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation.
description: The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
issued: 2004-09-20
Range Includes: Provenance Statement

Provenance Statement
type: Class
comment: Any changes in ownership and custody of a resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation.
issued: 2008-01-14

Instructional Method
type: Property
comment: A process, used to engender knowledge, attitudes and skills, that the described resource is designed to support.
description: Instructional Method typically includes ways of presenting instructional materials or conducting instructional activities, patterns of learner-to-learner and learner-to-instructor interactions, and mechanisms by which group and individual levels of learning are measured. Instructional methods include all aspects of the instruction and learning processes from planning and implementation through evaluation and feedback.
issued: 2005-06-13
Range Includes: Method of Instruction

Method of Instruction
type: Class
comment: A process that is used to engender knowledge, attitudes, and skills.
issued: 2008-01-14

Accrual Method
type: Property
comment: The method by which items are added to a collection.
domain: Collection
description: Recommended practice is to use a value from the Collection Description Accrual Method Vocabulary [[DCMI-ACCRUALMETHOD](https://dublincore.org/groups/collections/accrual-method/)].
issued: 2005-06-13
Range Includes: Method of Accrual

Method of Accrual
type: Class
comment: A method by which resources are added to a collection.
issued: 2008-01-14

Accrual Policy
type: Property
comment: The policy governing the addition of items to a collection.
domain: Collection
description: Recommended practice is to use a value from the Collection Description Accrual Policy Vocabulary [[DCMI-ACCRUALPOLICY](https://dublincore.org/groups/collections/accrual-policy/)].
issued: 2005-06-13
Range Includes: Policy

Policy
type: Class
comment: A plan or course of action by an authority, intended to influence and determine decisions, actions, and other matters.
issued: 2008-01-14

File Format
type: Class
subclass of: Media Type
comment: A digital resource format.
issued: 2008-01-14

Jurisdiction
type: Class
subclass of: Location, Period, or Jurisdiction
comment: The extent or range of judicial, law enforcement, or other authority.
issued: 2008-01-14

ISO 639-2
type: Datatype
comment: The three-letter alphabetic codes listed in ISO639-2 for the representation of names of languages.
issued: 2000-07-11

RFC 1766
type: Datatype
comment: The set of tags, constructed according to RFC 1766, for the identification of languages.
issued: 2000-07-11

URI
type: Datatype
comment: The set of identifiers constructed according to the generic syntax for Uniform Resource Identifiers as specified by the Internet Engineering Task Force.
issued: 2000-07-11

DCMI Point
type: Datatype
comment: The set of points in space defined by their geographic coordinates according to the DCMI Point Encoding Scheme.
issued: 2000-07-11

ISO 3166
type: Datatype
comment: The set of codes listed in ISO 3166-1 for the representation of names of countries.
issued: 2000-07-11

DCMI Box
type: Datatype
comment: The set of regions in space defined by their geographic coordinates according to the DCMI Box Encoding Scheme.
issued: 2000-07-11

DCMI Period
type: Datatype
comment: The set of time intervals defined by their limits according to the DCMI Period Encoding Scheme.
issued: 2000-07-11

RFC 3066
type: Datatype
comment: The set of tags constructed according to RFC 3066 for the identification of languages.
description: RFC 3066 has been obsoleted by RFC 4646.
issued: 2002-07-13

RFC 5646
type: Datatype
comment: The set of tags constructed according to RFC 5646 for the identification of languages.
description: RFC 5646 obsoletes RFC 4646.
issued: 2010-10-11

RFC 4646
type: Datatype
comment: The set of tags constructed according to RFC 4646 for the identification of languages.
description: RFC 4646 obsoletes RFC 3066.
issued: 2008-01-14

ISO 639-3
type: Datatype
comment: The set of three-letter codes listed in ISO 639-3 for the representation of names of languages.
issued: 2008-01-14

LCSH
type: Vocabulary Encoding Scheme
comment: The set of labeled concepts specified by the Library of Congress Subject Headings.
issued: 2000-07-11

MeSH
type: Vocabulary Encoding Scheme
comment: The set of labeled concepts specified by the Medical Subject Headings.
issued: 2000-07-11

UDC
type: Vocabulary Encoding Scheme
comment: The set of conceptual resources specified by the Universal Decimal Classification.
issued: 2000-07-11

DCMI Type Vocabulary
type: Vocabulary Encoding Scheme
comment: The set of classes specified by the DCMI Type Vocabulary, used to categorize the nature or genre of the resource.
issued: 2000-07-11

IMT
type: Vocabulary Encoding Scheme
comment: The set of media types specified by the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority.
issued: 2000-07-11

TGN
type: Vocabulary Encoding Scheme
comment: The set of places specified by the Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names.
issued: 2000-07-11

NLM
type: Vocabulary Encoding Scheme
comment: The set of conceptual resources specified by the National Library of Medicine Classification.
issued: 2005-06-13

Text
type: Class
comment: A resource consisting primarily of words for reading.
description: Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
issued: 2000-07-11
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary

Still Image
type: Class
subclass of: Image
comment: A static visual representation.
description: Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Instances of the type Still Image must also be describable as instances of the broader type Image.
issued: 2003-11-18
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary

Image
type: Class
comment: A visual representation other than text.
description: Examples include images and photographs of physical objects, paintings, prints, drawings, other images and graphics, animations and moving pictures, film, diagrams, maps, musical notation. Note that Image may include both electronic and physical representations.
issued: 2000-07-11
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary

Event
type: Class
comment: A non-persistent, time-based occurrence.
description: Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, and responsible agents associated with an event. Examples include an exhibition, webcast, conference, workshop, open day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea party, conflagration.
issued: 2000-07-11
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary

Dataset
type: Class
comment: Data encoded in a defined structure.
description: Examples include lists, tables, and databases. A dataset may be useful for direct machine processing.
issued: 2000-07-11
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary

Collection
type: Class
comment: An aggregation of resources.
description: A collection is described as a group; its parts may also be separately described.
issued: 2000-07-11
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary

DCMI Type Vocabulary
Date Modified: 2012-06-14
publisher: DCMI

Interactive Resource
type: Class
comment: A resource requiring interaction from the user to be understood, executed, or experienced.
description: Examples include forms on Web pages, applets, multimedia learning objects, chat services, or virtual reality environments.
issued: 2000-07-11
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary

Sound
type: Class
comment: A resource primarily intended to be heard.
description: Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds.
issued: 2000-07-11
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary

Moving Image
type: Class
subclass of: Image
comment: A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession.
description: Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Instances of the type Moving Image must also be describable as instances of the broader type Image.
issued: 2003-11-18
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary

Service
type: Class
comment: A system that provides one or more functions.
description: Examples include a photocopying service, a banking service, an authentication service, interlibrary loans, a Z39.50 or Web server.
issued: 2000-07-11
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary

Software
type: Class
comment: A computer program in source or compiled form.
description: Examples include a C source file, MS-Windows .exe executable, or Perl script.
issued: 2000-07-11
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary

Physical Object
type: Class
comment: An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance.
description: Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Image, Text or one of the other types.
issued: 2002-07-13
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary