Metadata

“In general, "data about data;" functionally, "structured data about data." Information about an information resource. Metadata includes data associated with either an information system or an information object for purposes of description, administration, legal requirements, technical functionality, use and usage, and preservation.” Hint: In this library metadata will be all the information about the resource such as its title, author, publisher, creator, date of publication, URL and other vital information related to the document in question.

Title

“The name given to the resource. Typically, a Title will be a name by which the resource is formally known.”

Hint: A Title is generally the descriptive heading of the resource/document assigned to it by the authors or creators of the document.

Author/Creator

Author/creator is "used to designate the entity primarily responsible for making the content of the resource. Examples of a Creator include a person, an organization, or a service." Hints:

• Often agencies do not list authors. Use the agency who published as the author if not other author/creator is obvious.
• Often there are contributors to a paper or resource with a main author. In this library, list them as "author/creator."

Contributor/Contributing Organization

“the entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the resource. Examples of a Contributor include a person, an organization or a service.”

Keywords/Subject

“The topic of the content of the resource. Typically, a Subject will be expressed as keywords or key phrases or classification codes that describe the topic of the resource. Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary or formal classification scheme.”

Hints: Select keywords either from the Title or from descriptive information. Choose the most significant, descriptive words that can be used as reference points to find detailed information about the document in question.

Uniform Resource Locator – (URL)

“A technique for indicating the name and location of Internet resources. The URL specifies the name and type of the resource, as well as the computer, device and directory where the resource may be found.”

Hints:

• It is an internet address of the document in question. It usually consists of the access protocol (http), the domain name (www.mercedriverwatershed.org), and sometimes the path to its various directories and files.

Publisher

“The entity responsible for making the resource available. Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organisation, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.” Hints:

• In this library, it refers to the agency, organization or individuals who are responsible for publishing the resources.

Date/Created

“A date associated with an event in the life cycle of the resource. Typically, Date will be associated with the creation or availability of the resource.” Hints:

• In this library, follow the format specified to enter the year, month and date. If the complete information is not available, write the year of its publication and enter –01 for the month and 01 for the date.
• Date and Time Formats
  http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime
  Year Month Day Hour Seconds
  Hint: Four digit year number from the pull-down list
  Month (January = 01)
  Day (1-31)
  Hours (00-23)
  Minutes (00-55)

Resource

“A resource is anything that has identity. Familiar examples include an electronic document, an image, a service (e.g., "today's weather report for Los Angeles"), and a collection of other resources. Not all resources are network "retrievable"; e.g., human beings, corporations, and bound books in a library can also be considered resources.”

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Abstract

“A summary of the content of the resource”.

Access Rights

“Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status.”

Hints:

• Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security or other regulations.

Resource

“A resource is anything that has identity. Familiar examples include an electronic document, an image, a service (e.g., "today's weather report for Los Angeles"), and a collection of other resources. Not all resources are network "retrievable"; e.g., human beings, corporations, and bound books in a library can also be considered resources.”

Source

“A reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived.”

Hints:

• The present resource may be derived from the Source resource in whole or in part. Recommended best practice is to reference the resource by means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system.

Type

“The nature or genre of the content of the resource”

Hints:

• “Type includes terms describing general categories, functions, genres, or aggregation levels for content. Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the DCMI Type Vocabulary [DCMITYPE]). To describe the physical or digital manifestation of the resource, use the Format element.”
• Use the drop down list of Types here.

Format

“The physical or digital manifestation of the resource”

Hints:

• “Format may include the media-type or dimensions of the resource. Format may be used to determine the software, hardware or other equipment needed to display or operate the resource”.
• Use the drop down list of Formats here.

Coverage/Location

“The extent or scope of the content of the resource.”

Hints:

• “Coverage will typically include spatial location (a place name or geographic coordinates), temporal period (a period label, date, or date range) or jurisdiction (such as a named administrative entity). Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the Thesaurus of Geographic Names [TGN]) and that, where appropriate, named places or time periods be used in preference to numeric identifiers such as sets of coordinates or date ranges.”
• Common Place names should include all proper names for locations except those listed in other sections within the location category (e.g. watershed, county)
• Watershed should list all watersheds that this referes to including the larger watershed in which a smaller watershed might next. For example, there are many Deer, Bear, and Dry creeks in California, even in the same county. So to determine which it is, the larger watershed in which it is in should be listed as well.
• List the counties in which this resource covers with commas separating each county. Use the word County after the name because some counties are also the names of rivers, towns etc.

Image

http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-type-vocabulary/index.shtml “An image is a primarily symbolic visual representation other than text. For example - 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.”

Event

http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-type-vocabulary/ “An event is a non-persistent, time-based occurrence. Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, responsible agents, and links to related events and resources. The resource of type event may not be retrievable if the described instantiation has expired or is yet to occur. Examples - exhibition, web-cast, conference, workshop, open-day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea-party, conflagration.”

Rights

http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/index.shtml “Information about rights held in and over the resource”.

Hints:

• “Typically, Rights will contain a rights management statement for the resource, or reference a service providing such information. Rights information often encompasses Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Copyright, and various Property Rights. If the Rights element is absent, no assumptions may be made about any rights held in or over the resource.”