DOS Common Metadata Elements at the Resource/Item/Materials Level
Common Name |
Cardinality |
Datatype |
Definition |
Usage Notes |
Example |
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Identifier |
1 and only 1 |
URI |
A globally unique, persistent expression associated with the Resource. |
Each repository will assign an identifier to the resources within its collections. Resources are individual components of a course. Resources in different repositories that contain the same content are not considered identical and should not share identifiers, however, they should reference each other via the identifiers assigned by each repository. Both DSpace and OCW use URIs as resource identifiers, Stellar should adopt a similar practice. |
http://ocw.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/OcwWeb/Chemistry/5-37Spring-2009/MIT5_37s09_lec01_Mod7 |
Title |
1 and only 1 |
String |
The name given to the Resource. |
This name should be taken from the Resource itself, whenever possible. |
Packing of Secondary Structures |
Description |
1 and only 1 |
String |
A textual description of the content of the Resource. |
Whenever possible use abstracts or other descriptions found on the resource. |
Lecture presentation on global supply chains and competition across the China Straits. |
Contributor |
1 or more |
Agent |
The name of a person or organization that has contributed to the preparation of the Resource. |
Authority Control should be provided in choosing the form of the contributor's name. Contributions should be characterized by the role of the contributor. A vocabulary of roles should be adopted. MIT OpenCourseWare uses the following candidate vocabulary: [Vocab] |
Lakhani, Karim |
Publisher |
1 and only 1 |
Agent |
The name of the course-content system in which the Resource was produced and disseminated. |
This element allows the three DOS course-content systems to put their imprimatur on resources they have produced. Values for this element should be restricted to the names of the DOS systems. It is unlikely that the DSpace value will ever be used. Courses are published in either Stellar or OCW and are merely transferred to DSpace. DSpace will record the name of system in which the course was originally published. |
"MIT OpenCourseWare" or "DSpace@MIT" or "Stellar Course Management System" |
Publication Date |
1 and only 1 |
DateTime |
The date a the resource was made available to the audience of a course-content system. |
A publication date will be assigned by each system. This date corresponds to the day when access to the resource is first allowed by the system. Stellar's publication date is the resource creation date. The DSpace publication date is the date the resource is deposited in the repository. Resources deposited in DSpace are immediately available to the public. OCW records the date they first ran the resource through the publication engine. Values for this element should conform to the ISO 8601 date and time format standard. |
2007-04-16 |
Current Status |
1 and only 1 |
Controlled Vocabulary |
This represents where the resource currently resides and the state |
We need to come up with the vocabulary. When the resource in Stellar - Created, Being Taught OCW - Unpublished, Staging, Published Library - archived |
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Language |
1 or more |
ISO 639-1 |
The languages in which the Resource is taught. |
Values for this element should conform to the ISO 639-1 standard for two letter encoding of languages. Two letter language codes may be supplemented by an additional two letter code for the country of origin. |
en-US |
Aggregation Level |
1 and only 1 |
Controlled Vocabulary |
The granularity of the Resource in the OCW content model. |
Use the IEEE LOM defined controlled vocabulary for this element. In that vocabulary there are four allowable values “4”, “3”, “2”, and “1”, where 4 = Course, 3 = Section, 2 = Resource, 1 = Object. The value of this element for Resources will always be “2” |
2 |
Location |
1 and only 1 |
URL |
The url at which the Resource may be found. |
This element should always start with “http://” and contain the full address. |
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Format |
1 and only 1 |
Internet Media Type |
The MIME type of the Resource file. |
Allowable values should be restricted to those registered with the IANA (see http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/). |
application/pdf |
Size |
1 and only 1 |
Non-negative Integer |
The size of the Resource in bytes. |
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74611 |
Technical Requirements |
0 or 1 |
String |
A textual description of software and hardware requirements for consuming the Resource. |
This element is optional. If applicable, one field should aggregate all requirements that may apply to the Resource. The requirement declarations should conform to the vocabulary of such statements. |
Scheme software is required to run this .scm file. |
Educational Context |
1 or more |
Controlled Vocabulary |
The MIT level of study for which the Resource is appropriate. |
This element is governed by a controlled vocabulary. Resource metadata should inherit values for this element from the metadata for the Course(s) to which the Resource belongs. |
Undergraduate |
Learning Resource Type |
1 and only 1 |
Controlled Vocabulary |
The type of Open Educational Material this resource represents. |
The value of this element should conform to the OER Commons Material Types vocabulary: Activities and Labs, Assessments, Audio Lectures, Curriculum Standards, Discussion Forums, Games, Homework and Assignments, Lecture Notes, Lesson Plans, Readings, Simulations, Syllabi, Teaching and Learning Strategies, Textbooks, Training Materials, Video Lectures, Other. |
Video Lectures |
Rights |
1 or more |
String |
The statement of copyright associated with the Resource. |
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How can we define and communicate rights in common level? This is more a Policy level question in MIT level. |
License |
0 or more |
CC License (URI) |
The URI for the Creative Commons license associated with the Resource. |
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Credit |
0 or 1 |
String |
A brief description of the allowance under which a resource is included in MIT OpenCourseWare publications. Usually identifies the person or organization that has granted usage rights to MIT OpenCourseWare. |
A brief description of the allowance under which a resource is included in MIT OpenCourseWare publications. Usually identifies the person or organization that has granted usage rights to MIT OpenCourseWare. |
Photo by shinyai on Flickr. |
Course |
1 or more |
URI |
The URI for the Course to which the Resource belongs. |
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http://ocw.mit.edu.ezproxyberklee.flo.org/OcwWeb/Biology/7-88JProtein-Folding-ProblemFall2003 |
Related Versions |
0 or more |
URI |
The URI for other versions of the resource. |
This element should be used to identify other versions of the resource, including prior versions, versions in other formats, and versions in other course-content systems. Other necessary version relationship may identify themselves. related version should always be characterized by using the Dublin Core relation element refinements (conformsTo, hasFormat, hasPart, hasVersion, isFormatOf, isPartOf, isReferencedBy, isReplacedBy, isRequiredBy, isVersionOf, references, replaces, requires). |
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Related Resources |
0 or more |
URI |
The URI for a Resource related to the one described in the metadata record. |
Examples of related resources include, but are not limited to: homework assignments and their solutions; homework assignments and student work; original versions of a Resource and revised versions with copyrighted material replaced or removed, preceding and following Resources in a sequence, or Resources outside of OCW upon which the Resource relies, such as textbooks from which homework assignments are taken. |
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