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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Event
type: Class
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary
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
comment: A non-persistent, time-based occurrence.

Image
type: Class
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary
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
comment: A visual representation other than text.

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

Moving Image
type: Class
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary
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
comment: A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession.
subclass of: Image

Physical Object
type: Class
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary
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
comment: An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance.

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

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

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

Still Image
type: Class
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary
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
comment: A static visual representation.
subclass of: Image

Text
type: Class
Member Of: DCMI Type Vocabulary
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
comment: A resource consisting primarily of words for reading.

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

Contributor
type: Property
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
comment: An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.
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.

Coverage
type: Property
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
comment: The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, spatial applicability of the resource, or jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant.
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.

Creator
type: Property
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
comment: An entity primarily responsible for making the resource.
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
type: AnnotationProperty
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
type: Property
comment: A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource.
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.

Description
type: AnnotationProperty
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
type: Property
comment: An account of the resource.
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.

Format
type: Property
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
comment: The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.
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.

Identifier
type: Property
description: Recommended practice is to identify the resource by means of a string conforming to an identification system.
issued: 1999-07-02
comment: An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.
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.

Language
type: Property
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
comment: A language of the resource.
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.

Publisher
type: Property
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
comment: An entity responsible for making the resource available.
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.

Relation
type: Property
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
comment: A related resource.
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
description: Typically, rights information includes a statement about various property rights associated with the resource, including intellectual property rights.
issued: 1999-07-02
comment: Information about rights held in and over the resource.
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.

Source
type: Property
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
comment: A related resource from which the described resource is derived.
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.

Subject
type: Property
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
comment: The topic of the resource.
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.

Title
type: AnnotationProperty
issued: 1999-07-02
type: Property
comment: A name given to the resource.
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.

Type
type: Property
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
comment: The nature or genre of the resource.
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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Rights Statement
type: Class
issued: 2008-01-14
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.

Size or Duration
type: Class
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
comment: A dimension or extent, or a time taken to play or execute.
subclass of: Media Type or Extent

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Accrual Method
type: Property
Range Includes: Method of Accrual
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
comment: The method by which items are added to a collection.
domain: Collection

Accrual Periodicity
type: Property
Range Includes: Frequency
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
comment: The frequency with which items are added to a collection.
domain: Collection

Accrual Policy
type: Property
Range Includes: Policy
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
comment: The policy governing the addition of items to a collection.
domain: Collection

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

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

Date Available
type: Property
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
comment: Date that the resource became or will become available.
range: Literal
sub property of: Date

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

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

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

Coverage
type: Property
Range Includes: Jurisdiction
Range Includes: Location
Range Includes: DCMI Period
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
comment: The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, spatial applicability of the resource, or jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant.
sub property of: Coverage

Date Created
type: Property
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
comment: Date of creation of the resource.
range: Literal
sub property of: Date

Creator
type: Property
Range Includes: Agent
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
comment: An entity responsible for making the resource.
sub property of: Creator
sub property of: Contributor
equivalent property: maker

Date
type: Property
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
comment: A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource.
range: Literal
sub property of: Date

Date Accepted
type: Property
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
comment: Date of acceptance of the resource.
range: Literal
sub property of: Date

Date Copyrighted
type: Property
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
comment: Date of copyright of the resource.
range: Literal
sub property of: Date

Date Submitted
type: Property
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
comment: Date of submission of the resource.
range: Literal
sub property of: Date

Description
type: Property
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
comment: An account of the resource.
sub property of: Description

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

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

Format
type: Property
Range Includes: Extent
Range Includes: Media Type
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
comment: The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.
sub property of: Format

Has Format
type: Property
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
comment: A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format.
sub property of: Relation

Has Part
type: Property
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
comment: A related resource that is included either physically or logically in the described resource.
sub property of: Relation

Has Version
type: Property
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
comment: A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource.
sub property of: Relation

Identifier
type: Property
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
comment: An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.
range: Literal
sub property of: Identifier

Instructional Method
type: Property
Range Includes: Method of Instruction
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
comment: A process, used to engender knowledge, attitudes and skills, that the described resource is designed to support.

Is Format Of
type: Property
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
comment: A pre-existing related resource that is substantially the same as the described resource, but in another format.
sub property of: Relation

Is Part Of
type: Property
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
comment: A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
sub property of: Relation

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

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

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

Is Version Of
type: Property
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
comment: A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation.
sub property of: Relation

Date Issued
type: Property
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
comment: Date of formal issuance of the resource.
range: Literal
sub property of: Date

Language
type: Property
Range Includes: Linguistic System
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
comment: A language of the resource.
sub property of: Language

License
type: Property
Range Includes: License Document
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
comment: A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource.
sub property of: Rights

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

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

Date Modified
type: Property
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
comment: Date on which the resource was changed.
range: Literal
sub property of: Date

Provenance
type: Property
Range Includes: Provenance Statement
description: The statement may include a description of any changes successive custodians made to the resource.
issued: 2004-09-20
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.

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

References
type: Property
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
comment: A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.
sub property of: Relation

Relation
type: Property
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
comment: A related resource.
sub property of: Relation

Replaces
type: Property
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
comment: A related resource that is supplanted, displaced, or superseded by the described resource.
sub property of: Relation

Requires
type: Property
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
comment: A related resource that is required by the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence.
sub property of: Relation

Rights
type: Property
Range Includes: Rights Statement
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
comment: Information about rights held in and over the resource.
sub property of: Rights

Rights Holder
type: Property
Range Includes: Agent
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
comment: A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.

Source
type: Property
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
comment: A related resource from which the described resource is derived.
sub property of: Source
sub property of: Relation

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

Subject
type: Property
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
comment: A topic of the resource.
sub property of: Subject

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

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

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

Type
type: Property
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
comment: The nature or genre of the resource.
sub property of: Type

Date Valid
type: Property
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
comment: Date (often a range) of validity of a resource.
range: Literal
sub property of: Date

Spatial Thing
type: Class

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

image
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
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
range: Image
sub property of: depiction
term status: testing

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

personal mailbox
type: Property
type: InverseFunctionalProperty
type: ObjectProperty
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
range: Thing
term status: stable

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

member
type: Property
type: ObjectProperty
comment: Indicates a member of a Group
domain: Group
range: 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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