University of Maryland Descriptive Metadata
Tag Library
Authored by
Presentation designed by Sean Daugherty
This tag library provides current documentation for all descriptive metadata for digital objects in the University of Maryland Digital Collections. The University of Maryland Descriptive Metadata (UMDM) DTD and element set are based on Descriptive Metadata (Descmeta) DTD (Version 1.06) authored by Daniel McShane and Perry Roland at the University of Virginia. UMDM was designed within the local context, yet allows data to be adaptable to comply with national standards such as Dublin Core, VRA Core, or MODS.
The tag library contains definitions, notation of parent and child elements, attributes, input standards, and examples for each element. Wherever possible, links to appropriate external standards are present. UMDM is an evolving standard, and while stable, is not static. As new projects and material types are added to the repository, the standard may be modified.
View Document Type Definition (DTD)
Required base elements:
Repeatable:
Optional base elements:
Repeatable:
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<address>
Definition:
Contains a postal or other address, for example of an organization, individual, or internet resource. Addresses may be encoded either as a sequence of lines, or using any sequence of address component elements.Must Contain:
Repeatable:
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Address as found on item, or as found from a reliable source.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
<relationships>
[...]
<relation type="isPartOf">Digital Collections @ UM</relation>
</relationships><repository>
<corpName>Historical Manuscripts</corpName>
<address>
</repository><addressLine>http://www.lib.umd.edu/histmss/</addressLine>
</address>[...]
</descMeta>
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<addressLine>
Definition:
Individual line of an address, postal or otherwise.Must Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Create as necessary to separate discrete portions of an address.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
<relationships>
[...]
<relation type="isPartOf">Performing Arts Digital Videos</relation>
</relationships><repository>
<corpName>Nonprint Media Services</corpName>
<address>
</repository><addressLine>Hornbake Library</addressLine>
<addressLine>College Park, MD 20742-7011</addressLine>
</address>[...]
</descMeta>
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Specific Usage Rules for Collections
The following elements, attributes, and values may be used with this element in these specific conditions.
<agent>
Definition:
An entity primarily responsible for the creation or distribution of the intellectual content of a resource.Must Contain At Least One of the Following:
Finite:
- <corpName>
- <other> Use of this element is restricted. See the Usage Rules for Specific Collections for this element.
- <persName>
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Attribute type must be selected.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| normal | CDATA | Optional |
| role | "author", "illustrator", "publisher", "broadcaster", "composer", "conductor", "director", "lyricist", "narrator", "performer", "producer", "speaker", "storyteller" | Optional |
| type | "creator", "contributor", "provider" | REQUIRED |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Specific Usage Rules for Collections
The following elements, attributes, and values may be used with this element in these specific conditions.
Prange Digital Children's Book Collection
- <agent type="creator" role="author">
- <agent type="contributor" role="illustrator">
- <agent type="provider" role="publisher">
Prange Digital Children's Book Collection
- <agent type="creator" role="author">
- <agent type="contributor" role="illustrator">
- <agent type="provider" role="publisher">
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<title type="main">Agamemnon</title>
<agent type="creator">
<persName>Aeschylus</persName>
</agent><agent type="creator">
<persName>Harrison, Tony, 1937-</persName>
</agent><agent type="provider">
<corpName>National Theatre (Great Britain)</corpName>
</agent><agent type="provider">
<corpname>Channel Four (Great Britain)</corpName>
</agent><covPlace>
<geogName>Greece</geogName>
</covPlace>[...]
</descMeta>
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<availability>
Definition:
Supplies information about the availability of a resource.Must Contain:
Repeatable:
- <date type=[...]>
- and/or <price>
May Occur Within:
Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<relationships>
<relation label="collection" type="isPartOf" >Treature of World's Fair Art & Architecture </relation>
<relation label="fair" type="isPartOf">Centennial Exhibition (1876: Philadelphia, Pa.)</relation>
<relation type="isPartOf">
</relationships><bibRef>
</relation><imprint>
</bibRef><geogName>London</geogName>
<agent type="provider">
<corpName>John Murray</corpName>
</agent><address>
<addressLine>Albemarle-street</addressLine>
</address><date era="ad" type="exact">1818</date>
<availability>
</imprint><price units="shillings">10</price>
</availability>[...]
</descMeta>
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<bibRef>
Definition:
Bibliographic reference. Contains a loosely-structured bibliographic citation of which the sub-components may or may not be explicitly tagged.Must Contain:
Any of the followingFinite:
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
From the resource itself or an accepted authoritative source.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Fixed |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<physDesc>
<color>color</color>
<extent units="image">1</extent>
</physDesc><relationships>
<relation label="collection" type="isPartOf">University AlbUM</relation>
<relation label="citation" type="isPartOf">UM Call Number: ARCH REF GV 885.43.U535 U54 2004
</relationships><bibRef>Ungrady, Dave. Legends of Maryland basketball. Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing, 2004.</bibRef>
</relation><repository>
<corpName>University Archives</corpName>
</repository>[...]
</descMeta>
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<bibScope>
Definition:
Scope of citation. Defines the scope of a bibliographic citation, for example as a list of page numbers, or a named subdivision of a larger work.Must Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
From the resource itself or an accepted authoritative source.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<relationships>
<relation type="isReferencedBy">
</relationships><bibRef>
</relation><agent type="creator">
<persName>Earle Leighton, 1917-</persName>
</agent><title type="main">Confederate Broadside Verse</title>
<imprint>
<geogName>Texas</geogName>
<geogName>New Braunfels</geogName>
<agent type="provider">
<corpName>Book Farm</corpName>
</agent><date>1950</date>
</imprint><bibScope type="citation number">60</bibScope>
</bibRef><repository>
<corpName>Art & Architecture Libraries</corpName>
</repository>[...]
</descMeta>
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<century>
Definition:
A numerical representation of the century or centuries associated with the coverage time or subject matter of a resource.Must Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA
Input Standard(s):
YY01-YY00Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| normal | CDATA | Optional |
| certainty | "exact", "circa" | Optional |
| era | "ad", "bc", "cc", "cd" | REQUIRED |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<covPlace>
<geogName>not captured</geogName>
</covPlace><covTime>
<century era="ad">1901-2000</century>
<dateRange era="ad" from="1974" to="1978">1974-1978</date>
</covTime><culture>American</culture>
<culture>Maryland</culture>
[...]
</descMeta>
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<color>
Definition:
Describes the color quality of image and moving image resources.Must Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Choose from the following list:- black and white
- color
- monochrome
Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<identifier type="handle">hdl:1903.1/2240</identifier>
<physDesc>
<color>monochrome</color>
<extent units="image">1</size>
</physDesc><relationships>
<relation label="collection" type="isPartOf">University AlbUM</relation>
<relation label="archivalcollection" type="isPartOf">Records of the Department of Intercollegiate Athletics</relation>
</relationships>[...]
</descMeta>
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<corpName>
Definition:
Corporate name. Contains the text for the name of a corporate entity.May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Library of Congress Name Authority File. For names not found in the LCNAF, enter corporate names in full direct form, omitting initial articles. Enter more than one agent if necessary for access.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| normal | CDATA | Optional |
| role | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta xml:lang="en">
[...]
<agent type="contributor">
<persName>Price, Kenneth</persName>
</agent><agent type="contributor">
<persName>Cossons, Neil, 1939-</persName>
</agent><agent type="provider">
<corpName>HTV West (Firm)</corpName>
</agent><agent type="provider">
<corpName>Films for the Humanities (Firm)</corpName>
</agent>[...]
</descMeta>
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<covPlace>
Definition:
Coverage place. The geographical location associated with the production of the content of a resource (e.g. place of publication for a scanned image of a postcard). Provide information from broadest level (i.e. country or continent) to the most specific level known (region, state, city). Each location level should be provided in a separate <geogName> element.Must Contain:
Repeatable:
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Materials with an unknown place of origin may contain the phrase "not captured". All other materials require place names encoded within <geogName> sub-elements.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA, "printing" | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta xml:lang="en">
[...]
<covPlace>
<geogName type="continent">North America</geogName>
<geogName type="country">United States</geogName>
<geogName type="region">New Jersey</geogName>
</covPlace><covTime>
<century era="ad">1901-2000</century>
<date era="ad">1990</date>
</covTime>[...]
</descMeta>
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<covTime>
Definition:
Coverage time. Time period associated with the production of the content of the resource (e.g. date of publication for a video digitized from videotape). Identification of a century is required, and additional elements describing a specific date or date range are also available.Must Contain:
Repeatable:
May Contain:
Finite:
May Occur Within:
Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Specific Usage Rules for Collections
See the usage rules for the <date> element.Example:
<descMeta xml:lang="en">
[...]
<covPlace>
<geogName type="continent">North America</geogName>
<geogName type="country">United States</geogName>
<geogName type="region">New Jersey</geogName>
</covPlace><covTime>
<century era="ad">1901-2000</century>
<date era="ad">1990</date>
</covTime>[...]
</descMeta>
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<culture>
Definition:
Contains text that indicates the culture of origin or context for a resource.Must Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA
May Occur Within:
Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta xml:lang="en">
[...]
<covTime>
<century era="ad">1900-2000</century>
<date era="ad">1990</date>
</covTime><culture>European</culture>
<culture>British</culture>
<language>eng</language>
[...]
</descMeta>
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<date>
Definition:
A date associated with an event in the life cycle of the resource. Most often, date will be associated with the creation or availability of the resource.Must Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA
Input Standard(s):
From the resource itself or an accepted authoritative source. Enter date in the form: YYYY-MM-DD. Range of dates may be expressed by using the ISO 8601 <dateRange> element. Enter more than one coverage-time if necessary for access.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | Optional | |
| normal | CDATA | Optional |
| certainty | exact, circa | Optional |
| era | "ad","bc","cc","cd" | REQUIRED |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Specific Usage Rules for Collections
The following elements, attributes, and values may be used for this element in these specific collections.University AlbUM
- <covTime><date certainty="exact"> Required: When using the <date> element in <covtime>, the certainty attribute is required with a value of "exact" or "circa".
Prange Digital Children's Book Collection
- <covTime><date era="ad" label="pcbccd"> Optional
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<covPlace>
<geogName>not captured</geogName>
</covPlace><covTime>
<century era="ad">1901-2000</century>
<date era="ad" type="exact">1926-12-26</date>
</covTime><culture>Maryland</culture>
<culture>American</culture>
<culture>University of Maryland</culture>
[...]
</descMeta>
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<dateRange>
Definition:
A range of dates associated with an event in the life cycle of the resource. Most often, a date range will be associated with the creation or availability of the resource.Must Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA
Input Standard(s):
Enter dateRange in the form: YYYY-MM-DD to YYYY-MM-DD. Attributes from and to are required, following the same pattern.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| normal | "exact", "circa" | Optional |
| certainty | CDATA | Optional |
| era | "ad","bc","cc","cd" | REQUIRED |
| from | CDATA | REQUIRED |
| to | CDATA | REQUIRED |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<covPlace>
<geogName>not captured</geogName>
</covPlace><covTime>
<century era="ad">1901-2000</century>
<dateRange era="ad" from="1931" to="1933">1930-1933</dateRange>
</covTime><culture>Maryland</culture>
<culture>American</culture>
<culture>University of Maryland</culture>
[...]
</descMeta>
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<decade>
Definition:
A decade associated with the subject matter of a resource.Must Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Enter decade in the form: YYY1-YYY0Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<description type="summary">Aerial view of University of Maryland, College Park campus at 1200 feet looking northwest.</description>
<subject scheme="TGM2" type="topical">Aerial views</subject>
<subject scheme="TGM1" type="topical">Buildings</subject>
<subject type="temporal">
<decade>1931-1940</decade>
</subject><subject type="geographical">
<geogName type="continent">North America</geogName>
<geogName type="country">United States</geogName>
<geogName type="region">Maryland</geogName>
<geogName type="settlement">College Park</geogName>
</subject>[...]
</descMeta>
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<descMeta>
Definition:
Descriptive metadata. Wrapper element for all elements used to describe a resource.Must Contain:
May Contain:
Repeatable:
Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
The following elements constitute the minimum set of elements for a descMeta instance (i.e. those required by the DTD):
<descMeta>
<pid>[...]</pid>
<mediaType type="[...]">
[...]
<form>[...]</form>
</mediaType><title type="[...]>[...]</title >
<covPlace>
<geogName>[...]</geogName>
</covPlace><covTime>
<century>[...]</century>
</covTime><culture>[...]</culture>
<description>[...]</description>
<subject type="[...]>[...]</subject>
<physDesc>[...]</physDesc>
<relationships>
<relation type="[...]">[...]</relation>
</relationships><repository>
<corpName>[...]</corpName>
</repository><rights>[...]</rights>
</descMeta>
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<description>
Definition:
A textual description of the content of the resource, including abstracts or summaries for document-like objects, content descriptions for visual resources, or other descriptions not included in other elements.May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Enter descriptive text, remarks, and comments about the object. This information can be taken from the item, or supplied by the agency if no structured description or abstract is available.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA, "summary", "credits" | Optional |
| lang | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Specific Usage Rules for Collections
The following elements, attributes and values may be used with this element in these specific collections.Films@UM
- <description type="summary"> REQUIRED
- <description type="credits"> Optional
The Jim Henson Works
- <description type="credits"> Optional
- <description type="summary"> REQUIRED
Prange Digital Children's Books Collection
- <description type="papertype" label="pcbcensor"> Optional
- <description label="pcbcensor"> Optional
- <description label="pcbnotes"> Optional
University AlbUM
- <description type="summary"> REQUIRED
- <description type="caption"> Optional; used to denote a caption on an original item NOT a caption created to describe digital content
World's Fair
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<covTime>
<century>1901-2000</century>
<date>1997</date>
</covTime><culture>European</culture>
<language>eng</language>
<description type="summary">Photo of the first official game played by the Baltimore Orioles versus Jersey City in the original Baltimore Stadium after Oriole Park burned down.</description>
[...]
</descMeta>
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<extent>
Definition:
The number of a given measurement that comprises a resource (e.g. 3 images)Must Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Record the number of a given measurement for the whole of the resource being described. Attribute units is required to indicate the unit of measure.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| units | CDATA, documents, image, pages, minutes, copies | REQUIRED |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Specific Usage Rules for Collections
The following elements, attributes, and values may be used with these elements in these specific collections.Prange Digital Children's Book Collection
- <physDesc><extent units="documents" label="pcbcensor"> Optional
Example:
<descMeta xml:lang="en">
[...]
<physDesc>
<extent units="pages">12</extent>
</physDesc><physDesc>
<size units="papersize">B5</size>
</physDesc><physDesc>
<size units="cm">26 x 19</size>
</physDesc><physDesc type="format">Book</physDesc>
<physDesc type="format" xml:lang="ja-Hani">本</physDesc>
[...]
</descMeta>
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<extPtr>
Definition:
Extended pointer. An empty linking element which connects the model to an external electronic object.Must Contain:
EMPTY
May Occur Within:
- <corpName>
- <description>
- <extRef>
- <linkGrp>
- <other> Use of this element is restricted. See the Usage Rules for Specific Collections for this element.
- <persname>
- <relation>
Input Standard(s):
Use the attributes entityref to identify the external object.Attributes:
| behavior | CDATA | Optional |
| entityref | ENTITY | Optional |
| href | CDATA | Optional |
| id | ID | Optional |
| idref | IDREF | Optional |
| inline | "true" | |
| rel | "version" or "part" | Optional |
| role | CDATA | Optional |
| show | "embed", "new", "replace", "other", "none" | Optional |
| targettype | CDATA | Optional |
| title | CDATA | Optional |
| type | "simple" | Fixed |
| xlink | CDATA | Optional |
| xpointer | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<agent type="creator">
<corpName>London Weekend Television, ltd <extPtr type="simple" entityref="lwt" title="Logo for LWT" show="embed" /></corpName>
</agent><agent type="creator">
<corpName>Reiner Moritz Associates</corpName>
</agent>[...]
</descMeta>
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<extRef>
Definition:
Extended reference. A linking element that can include text and subelements as part of a reference to an external electronic object.May Contain:
May Occur Within:
- <corpName>
- <description>
- <linkGrp>
- <other> Use of this element is restricted. See the Usage Rules for Specific Collections for this element.
- <persName>
- <relation>
Input Standard(s):
Use the attributes entityref or href to identify the external object.Attributes:
| behavior | CDATA | Optional |
| entityref | ENTITY | Optional |
| href | CDATA | Optional |
| id | ID | Optional |
| idref | IDREF | Optional |
| inline | "true" | |
| rel | "version" or "part" | Optional |
| role | CDATA | Optional |
| show | "embed", "new", "replace", "other", "none" | Optional |
| targettype | CDATA | Optional |
| title | CDATA | Optional |
| type | "simple" | Fixed |
| xlink | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
| xpointer | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<agent type="creator">
<corpName>
</agent><extRef type="simple" href="http://www.londonweekend.com" title="ITv.com" show="new">London Weekend Television, ltd </extRef>
</corpName><agent type="creator">
<corpName>Reiner Moritz Associates</corpName>
</agent>[...]
</descMeta>
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<form>
Definition:
The form of the contents of the parent element, according to a non-Dublin Core scheme, e.g. poetry, prose, fiction, painting, sculpture, etc. The form element functions as a qualifier for the <mediaType> element.Must Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA
May Occur Within:
Content Standard(s):
- <mediaType> = Collection:
- Collection
- <mediaType> = Dataset:
- To be determined
- <mediaType> = Image:
- Architecture
- Decorative art
- Drawing. Design. Illustration.
- Painting
- Photograph, artistic
- Photograph, documentary
- Sculpture
- <mediaType> = interactiveResource:
- Hypertext systems
- Interactive video
- <mediaType> = movingImage:
- To be determined
- <mediaType> = software:
- To be determined
- <mediaType> = sound:
- instrumental music
- vocal music
- instrumental and vocal music
- electronic music
- spoken word
- nature or natural sounds
- <mediaType> = text:
- Poetry
- Drama
- Prose
- Oratory
- Diaries
- Letters
- Essays
Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | "analog", "digital", "mixed" | REQUIRED |
| scheme | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
<pid>TMP:00120052</pid>
<mediaType type="image">
<form>Photograph, documentary</form>
</mediaType><title type="main">After the wake</title>
[...]
</descMeta>
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Definitions of types attribute values:
<geogName>
Definition:
Geographic name. Contains the text for the name of a geographic entity.Must Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Library of Congress Name Authority File. Do not use the larger region qualifiers, as they should be accounted for in a separate geogName tag.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | "continent", "zone", "bloc", "country", "region", "settlement", "district" | REQUIRED |
| normal | CDATA | Optional |
| role | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Definitions of types attribute values:
- continent: one of the seven great divisions of land on the globe (e.g. South America)
- zone: a geographic or cultural region that does not adhere to formal political boundaries (e.g. East Asia)
- bloc: a geo-political unit consisting of one or more nation states or countries
- country: a geo-political unit, such as a nation, country, colony, or commonwealth, larger than or administratively superior to a region and smaller than a bloc (e.g. Spain)
- region: an administrative unit such as a state, province, or county, larger than a settlement, but smaller than a country (e.g. Maryland)
- settlement: a city, town, or village identified as a single geo-political or administrative unit (e.g. Moscow)
- district: subdivision of a settlement, such as a parish, ward, or other administrative or geographic unit
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<covPlace>
<geogName type="continent">Europe</geogName>
<geogName type="country">United Kingdom of Great Britian and Northern Ireland</geogName>
<geogName type="region">England</geogName>
<geogName type="settlement">London</geogName>
</covPlace><covTime>
<century era="ad">1801-1900</century>
<date era="ad">1862</date>
</covTime>[...]
</descMeta>
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<identifier>
Definition:
String or number used to uniquely identify the resource. Global, unique identifiers, such as ISBN/ISSN/SICI, accession numbers, or other formal names are acceptable.Must Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Enter text or numbers that uniquely identify the resource.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| scheme | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA, "handle", "aleph", "OCLC", "location", "publisher" | REQUIRED |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Specific Usage Rules for Collections
The following elements, attributes, and values may be used with this element in these collectionsFilms@UM
- <identifer type="handle"> REQUIRED
- <identifier type="aleph"> Optional
- <identifier type="oclc"> Optional
The Jim Henson Works
- <identifer type="handle"> REQUIRED
Prange Digital Children's Book Collection
- <identifer type="handle"> REQUIRED
- <identifier label="pcbid"> Optional
- <identifier label="pcbccdclass"> Optional
- <identifier label="pcbccdno"> Optional
- <identifier label="pcbotherno"> Optional
- <identifer type="handle"> REQUIRED
- <identifier type="location"> Optional
University AlbUM
- <identifer type="handle"> REQUIRED
- <identifier type="location"> Optional
Example:
<descMeta xmlns:marc="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim">
[...]
<subject type="topical">Muppet Show (Television Program)</subject>
<subject type="topical">Sesame Street (Television Program)</subject>
<subject type="topical">
<persName>Henson, Jim</persName>
</subject><identifier type="handle">hdl:1903.1/387</identifier>
<identifier type="aleph">alephsys003297520</identifier>
<physDesc>
<extent units="minutes">053</extent>
<color>color</color>
</physDesc>[...]
</descMeta>
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<imprint>
Definition:
Groups information relating to the publication or distribution of a bibliographic item.Must Contain:
Any combination of the following.Repeatable:
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
From the resource itself or an accepted authoritative source.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<relationships>
<relation label="collection" type="isPartOf">Treasury of World's Fair Art & Architecture</relation>
<relation label="fair" type="isPartOf">London International Exhibition</relation>
<relation label="26" type="isPartOf">Prints</relation>
<relation type="isPartOf">
</relationships><bibRef>
</relation><imprint>
<agent type="provider">
</imprint><corpName>Centennial Photographic Co.</corpName>
</agent><series>Centennial Photographic Company ; 966</series>
</bibRef>[...]
</descMeta>
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<language>
Definition:
The language(s) of the intellectual content of the digital resource (languages(s) in which the text is written or the spoken language(s) of an audio or video resource). Visual images do not usually have a language unless there is significant text in a caption or in the image itself.Must Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
ISO 639-2Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<covTime>
<century>1901-2000</century>
<date>March 1926</date>
</covTime><culture>English</culture>
<language>eng</language>
[...]
</descMeta>
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<linkGrp>
Definition:
Link group. Defines a collection of associations or hypertextual links.May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Enter link elements that are related, using the entity type to define the relationship.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| rel | "version" or "part" | Optional |
| title | CDATA | Fixed |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<covTime>
<century>1901-2000</century>
<dateRange to="1900" from="1920">1900-1920</dateRange>
</covTime><culture>American</culture>
<language>eng</language>
<description>Photograph of Carlin's Park ride called "Bicycle Race"
that features multiple old-fashioned, large wheel bicycles on a circular
track. More information on the elements of this image can be found at:
<linkGrp type="extended"><extRef type="simple"
href="http://coasterfanatics.com/sec_coasters/coaster_parkdetail.asp?id=257"
title="coasterfanatics.com" actuate="onRequest" show="new">Coaster Fanatics</extRef>
and <extref type="simple" href="http://www.pedalinghistory.com/PHhistory.html"
title="Bike History" actuate="onRequest" show="new">Bicycle Pedaling Museum</extRef>
</linkGrp></description>
that features multiple old-fashioned, large wheel bicycles on a circular
track. More information on the elements of this image can be found at:
<linkGrp type="extended"><extRef type="simple"
href="http://coasterfanatics.com/sec_coasters/coaster_parkdetail.asp?id=257"
title="coasterfanatics.com" actuate="onRequest" show="new">Coaster Fanatics</extRef>
and <extref type="simple" href="http://www.pedalinghistory.com/PHhistory.html"
title="Bike History" actuate="onRequest" show="new">Bicycle Pedaling Museum</extRef>
</linkGrp></description>
<subject scheme="LCSH" type="topical">Amusement parks</subject>
<identifier>BNA, Folder 3</identifier>
<physDesc>
<extent units="images">7</extent>
</physDesc>[...]
</descMeta>
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<mediaType>
Definition:
The nature of the contents of the resource. The form element must be used to encode further qualification of the mediaType element.Must Contain:
Finite:
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Value must be selected for attribute type from list. Definitions of the terms can be found in the DCMI Type Vocabulary. The form element must be used to encode further qualification of the mediaType element.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | "collection", "dataset", "event", "image", "interactiveResource", "movingImage", "service", "software", "sound", "text" | REQUIRED |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
<pid>umd:794</pid>
<mediaType type="image">
<form type="analog">Print</form>
</mediaType><title type="main">Leisure Hour</title>
[...]
</descMeta>
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<other>
Definition:
Contains the text for the name of an entity not otherwise appropriately defined as <corpName> or <persName>.Input Standard(s):
Use of this element is restricted. See the specific usage rules or contact the Metadata Librarian to establish new usage instance.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | REQUIRED |
| normal | CDATA | Optional |
| role | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Specific Usage Rules for Collections
The following elements, attributes, and values may be used with this element in these specific collections.World's Fairs
- <subject type="topical"><other type="building"> Optional
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<description>stone cutters, exhibited in the Main Building</description>
<subject scheme="TGM" type="topical">Stone-cutters</subject>
<subject scheme="TGM" type="topical">Exhibitors</subject>
<subject type="topical">
<other type="building">Main Building. Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.)</other>
</subject><subject type="genre">Art</subject>
<subject type="temporal">
<century>1801-1900</century>
</subject>[...]
</descMeta>
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<persName>
Definition:
Personal name. Contains a proper noun or proper-noun phrase referring to a person, possibly including any or all of the person's forenames, surnames, honorifics, added names, etc.Input Standard(s):
Library of Congress Name Authority File. For names not found in the LCNAF: enter the personal name in inverted form: surname(s), first names(s), suffix, prefix.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| normal | CDATA | Optional |
| role | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
[..]
<title type="main">Guide to the Richard White Collection</title>
<agent type="creator">
<persName>White, Richard</persName>
</agent><agent type="contributor">
<persName>Opperman, C. L.</persName>
</agent><agent type="contributor">
<persName>Patterson, H. J. (Harry Jacob), 1866-1948</persName>
</agent><agent type="contributor">
<persName>White, Herbert James</persName>
</agent><covPlace>
<geogName>United States</geogName>
<geogName>Maryland</geogName>
</covPlace>[...]
</descMeta>
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<physDesc>
Definition:
Physical description. Information regarding the color qualities, extent, or size of the resource.May Contain:
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Prefer usage of subelements. When subelements are not adequate or appropriate, enter information regarding the extent of the resource (pages, sides, etc.), color qualities (black and white or color) or size (file size, dimensions, etc.)Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Specific Usage Rules for Collections
The following elements, attributes, and values may be used with this element in these specific collections.
Prange Digital Children's Book Collection
- <physDesc type="format"> Optional
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<culture>American</culture>
<description>self-acting musical instruments, cuckoo and bugler clocks</description>
<subject scheme="TGM" type="genre">Exhibitors</subject>
<identifier>1876-phi-08-0003</identifier>
<physDesc>
<size units="cm">6.4 x 10.1</size>
</physDesc>[...]
</descMeta>
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<pid>
Definition:
Persistent identifier. System generated identifier that is associated with a resource throughout its lifecycle.Must Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
System supplied.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
<pid>TMP:00030086</pid>
<mediaType type="image">
<form>architecture</form>
</mediaType><title type="main">Richard White Building</title>
<agent type="creator">
<persName>White, Richard</persName>
</agent>[...]
</descMeta>
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<price>
Definition:
Sub-component of a bibliographic citation identifying the price of the cited reference.Must Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
From the resource itself or an accepted authoritative source. Attribute units is required to indicate the unit of currency.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| units | CDATA, yen | REQUIRED |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta xml:lang="en">
[...]
<culture>Japanese</culture>
<language>jpn</language>
<description type="bibRef">
<bibRef>
</description><imprint>
</bibRef><availability>
</imprint><price units="yen">25 円</price>
</availability><subject type="topical">Illustrated children's books Japan Allied occupation, 1945-1952</subject>
[...]
</descMeta>
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<relation>
Definition:
Identifies the associations or links a resource may have with other resources in the repository.May Contain:
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Consult with the Metadata Librarian to properly form a relation value. Relation must be defined using the attribute type.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| scheme | CDATA | Optional |
| type | "isVersionOf", "hasVersion", "isReplacedBy", "replaces", "isRequiredBy", "requires", "isPartOf", "hasPart", "isReferencedBy", "references", "isFormatOf", "hasFormat", "hasSource", "isSourceOf", "other" | REQUIRED |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Specific Usage Rules for Collections
The following elements, attributes, and values may be used with this element in these specific collections.Films@UM
- <relation type="isPartOf" label="collection"> REQUIRED
- <relation type="isPartOf" label="series"> Optional
- <relation type="hasPart" label="component"> Optional
- <relation type="isReferencedBy" label="reference"><bibRef><title type="main"> Optional
- <relation type="isReferencedBy" label="citation"><bibRef><title type="main"> Optional
The Jim Henson Works
- <relation type="isPartOf" label="collection"> REQUIRED
- <relation type="isPartOf" label="category"> REQUIRED
- <relation type="isPartOf" label="series"> Optional
Prange Digital Children's Book Collection
- <relation type="isPartOf" label="collection"> REQUIRED
University AlbUM
- <relation type="isPartOf" label="collection"> REQUIRED
- <relation type="isPartOf" label="archival collection"> Optional
- <relation type="isPartOf" label="citation"> Optional
World's Fair
- <relation type="isPartOf" label="collection"> REQUIRED
- <relation type="isPartOf" label="fair"> REQUIRED
Example:
<descMeta xmlns:marc="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim">
[...]
<physDesc>
<extent units="minutes">053</extent>
<color>color</color>
</physDesc><relationships>
<relation label="collection" type="isPartOf">Jim Henson Works</relation>
<relation label="category" type="isPartOf">Celebrations, Compilations & Documentaries</relation>
</relationships><repository>
<corpname>Michelle Smith Peforming Arts Library</corpName>
</repository><rights type="access">Access restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland</rights>
[...]
</descMeta>
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<relationships>
Definition:
Wrapper element that collocates the elements that identify the associations or links a resource may have with other resources in the repository.Must Contain:
Repeatable:
May Occur Within:
Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Specific Usage Rules for Collections
See rules for <relation>Example:
<descMeta xmlns:marc="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim">
[...]
<relationships>
<relation label="collection" type="isPartOf">Jim Henson Works</relation>
<relation label="category" type="isPartOf">Celebrations, Compilations & Documentaries</relation>
</relationships><repository>
<corpName>Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library</corpName>
</repository><rights type="access">Access restricted to patrons at the University of Maryland.</rights>
[...]
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<repository>
Definition:
Name of the entity responsible for curating a resource.Must Contain:
Any combination of the following.Repeatable:
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Choose from the following list:- Art & Architecture Library
- General Collection
- East Asia Collection
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Library (EPSL)
- Gordon W. Prange Collection
- Government Documents and Maps Unit
- Historical Manuscripts
- International Piano Archives at Maryland
- Library of American Broadcasting
- Literary Manuscripts
- Marylandia
- Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library
- National Public Broadcasting Archives
- National Trust for Historic Preservation Library Collection
- Nonprint Media Services
- Rare Books
- Shady Grove Library
- Special Collections in Performing Arts
- University Archives
- White Memorial (Chemistry) Library
Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<relationships>
<relation type="isPartOf">Ephemera</relation>
</relationships><repository>
<corpName>Art & Architecture Library</corpName>
</repository>[...]
</descMeta>
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<rights>
Definition:
A rights statement may contain information concerning accessibility, reproduction of images, copyright holder, restrictions, securing permissions for use of images, etc.May Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA
- <date>
- <dateRange>
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Enter either a textual statement or a URL pointing to a rights statement for digital resources. Statement can be a general copyright statement for the institution, for the whole collection, or a specific statement for each resource. The statement should be a complete statement, specifying the copyright holder of the work(s).Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Specific Usage Rules for Collections
The following elements, attributes, and values may be used with this element in these specific collections.University AlbUM
- <rights type="copyrightowner"> Optional
- <rights type="citation"> Optional
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<relationships>
<relation type="isPartOf">Ephemera</relation>
</relationships><repository>
<corpName>Art & Architecture Library</corpName>
</repository><rights>The textual information and images contained in this website are provided for educational purposes only. Textual information and/or images may not be borrowed or reproduced beyond educational use without obtaining permission from the copyright holder. Reproduction in any form is subject to the copyright law of the United States. Please refer to sources on intellectual property, copyright, and fair use for further information.</rights>
[...]
</descMeta>
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<series>
Definition:
Series information. Contains information about the series in which an object is included.Must Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA or
- <title>
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
From the resource itself or an accepted authoritative source.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta>
[...]
<physDesc>
<size units="cm.">18.3 x 23.7</size>
<color>10.9 x black and white</color>
</physDesc><relationships>
<relation type="isPartOf" label="Fair">Louisiana Purchase Exposition</relation>
<relation type="isPartOf">Ephemera</relation>
<relation type="isPartOf">
</relationships><bibRef>
</relation><series>Louisiana Purchase Exposition Co. ; 6168</series>
</bibRef><repository>
<corpName>Art & Architecture Libraries</corpName>
</repository>[...]
</descMeta>
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<size>
Definition:
The dimensions (in an appropriate measurement) of the analog version of a resource.Must Contain:
Finite:
- PCDATA
May Occur Within:
Input Standard(s):
Record the measurements of the analog version of a digital resource. Attribute units is required to indicate the unit of measure.Attributes:
| id | ID | Optional |
| label | CDATA | Optional |
| type | CDATA | Optional |
| units | CDATA, cm, papersize | REQUIRED |
| xml:lang | CDATA | Optional |
Example:
<descMeta xml:lang="en">
[...]
<physDesc>
<extent units="pages">12</extent>
</physDesc><physDesc>
<size units="papersize">B5</size>
</physDesc><physDesc>
<size units="cm">26 x 19</size>
</physDesc><physDesc type="format">Book</physDesc>