Global Environmental Locator System - Element Set


Gelos-Element Gelos Definition DC-Element DC Definition
Title the primary label of the information resource described by the record DC.Title A name given to the resource
Type type of information resource described by the locator record DC.Type The nature or genre of the content of the resource
Abstract A description of the information resource DC.Description An account of the content of the resource
Author identifies the organisation/person responsible for the intellectual content of the information resource DC.Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the content of the resource.
Author.Organisation Authors institutional affiliation
Author.Street address Name of street of authors address
Author.City Name of city of authors address
Author.State State in which author.city is located
Author.Zip Postal Code of authors address
Author.Country Name of Country of authors address
Author.Network_address

authors electronic address (email-address)

Author.Telephone Authors telephone number
Author.Fax Authors fax number
Date of creation or last update date on which the information resource became available or was last updated

DC.Date.Created

DC.Date.Modified

Controlled_vocabulary This element provides the title of a thesaurus or other controlled vocabulary list and the terms drawn from that list used to describe the subject matter covered by the information resource DC.Subject
Controlled_vocabulary.title title of a thesaurus or other controlled vocabulary list
Controlled_vocabulary.terms terms drawn from that list used to describe the subject matter covered by the information resource
Uncontrolled vocabulary Terms used to describe the subject matter covered by the information resource which are not drawn from a thesaurus or controlled vocabulary list
Spatial Coverage provide information about the spatial coverage of the information resource DC.Coverage.spatial Spatial characteristics of the intellectual content of the resoure.
Temporal Coverage provides information about the temporal coverage of the information resource DC.Coverage.temporal Temporal characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource.
Language of resource Provides the name(s) of the language(s) in which the information resource is available and the respective ISO 639 standardised code(s). DC.Language A language of the intellectual content of the resource
Related resources provides references to records describing related resources DC.Relation A reference to a related resource
Distributor identifies the organisation from which the information resource is available DC.Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available
Distributor.Organisation Distributors institutional affiliation
Distributor.Street address Name of street of Distributors address
Distributor.City Name of city of Distributors address
Distributor.State State in which Distributor.city is located
Distributor.Zip Postal Code of Distributors address
Distributor.Country Name of Country of Distributors address
Distributor.Network_address

Distributors electronic address (email-address)

Distributor.Telephone Distributors telephone number
Distributor.Fax Distributors fax number
Distribution medium Used to indicate the format(s) in which the information resource is available, for example CD-ROM, paper, on-line DC.Format.Medium The material or physical carrier of the resource
URL Universal Resource Locator DC.Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Access constraints constraints, legal or otherwise to accessing the information resource DC.Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource
Use constraints constraints, legal or otherwise to using the information resource DC.Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource
Control Identifier Unique identifier assigned by the information provider (the GELOS Record Source) to distinguish a record from all other records on a particular GELOS serve DC.Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Original control identifier A GELOS record may have been created by copying and modifying an existing record from another locator system. This field provides a unique reference to the original record and the name of the originating server
GELOS Record Source identifies the organisation that created the GELOS locator record and is responsible for its maintenance
Language of record name of the language of the GELOS record and its ISO 639 standardised code
Date of creation or last modification of record date on which the GELOS record was created or last modified