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The SCHEMAS Metadata Element Set

A draft of the RDF schema for the namespace, application profile, qualifiers and schemes associated with this metadata set is available.

Please note that the SCHEMAS metadata set is still under development and therefore subject to changes.

General

(Attributes used for describing all resources in the registry)
Attribute/Class RDF property Definition
Title dc:title The name of the resource.
Identifier dc:identifier A formal identifier for the resource.
Description dc:description A description of the resource.
Date dc:date The date of creation of the resource
Creator dc:creator The creator of the resource.
Contributor dc:contributor A contributor to the resource
Publisher dc:publisher The publisher of the resource
Language dc:language The language of the content of the resource.
Type dc:type The type of the resource.
Relation dc:relation The relationship of the resource
Format dc:format The format of the resource

Namespaces and Application Profiles

Attribute/Class RDF property Definition
Namespaces    
NS Schema
(sub-class of smes:Schema)
smes:NsSchema A namespace
Application Profiles    
AP Schema
(sub-class of smes:Schema)
smes:ApSchema An application profile
isProfileOf smes:isProfileOf The metdata set of which this is a profile
uses smes:uses Application profiles reuse elements from one or more namespaces
label smes:label An application specific label
definition smes:definition A comment or note providing additional application-specific information.
comment smes:comment A comment or note providing additional application-specific information.
usage smes:usage Information relating to usage guidelines
Web Page Schema    
Web Page Schema
(sub-class of smes:Schema)
smes:WebPageSchema An HTML (human readable) version of a metadata element set

Standards Watch

Attribute/Class RDF property Definition
Standards Report    
Standards Report smes:StandardsReport An report from the Standards Watch
Review Date smes:reviewDate
(sub-property of dc:date)
Date when the activity was reviewed
Correspondent smes:correspondent
(sub-property of dc:creator)
The person responsible for creating the report
Expert Opinion smes:expertOpinion Review comments by an expert in the domain
Sector
(Industry, Publishing, Audio-Visual, Cultural Heritage, Education, Academic, Geographic Information, Cross-domain, Basic)
smes:sector The domain described in the report.

Metadata Watch

Attribute/Class RDF property Definition
Activity Report    
Activity Report smes:ActivityReport An activity report from the Metadata Watch
Review Date smes:reviewDate
(sub-property of dc:date)
Date when the activity was reviewed
Deliverable smes:deliverable A project report with which the activity report is associated
Correspondent smes:correspondent
(sub-property of dc:creator)
The person responsible for creating the report
Expert Opinion smes:expertOpinion Review comments by an expert in the domain
Type
(Project, Inititative, Software, Documentation, Programme, WorkingGroup, Resource, Database, Registry, Service)
dc:type The type of the activity.
Sector
(Industry, Publishing, Audio-Visual, Cultural Heritage, Education, Academic, Geographic Information, Cross-domain, Basic)
smes:sector The domain described in the report.
Short Report    
Short Report smes:ShortReport A short report from the Metadata Watch

Person

Attribute/Class RDF property Definition
Name vcard:FN The name of the person.
Organisation name vcard:ORG The organisational affiliation of the person.
Role vcard:ROLE The role fulfilled by the person.
Telephone number vcard:TEL The telephone number of the person.
Fax number vcard:fax The fax number of the person.
Email address vcard:EMAIL The electronic mail address of the person.

Maintained by: UK Office for Library and Information Networking (UKOLN)
Last updated: 09 August 2001