American Indians of the Pacific Northwest (Textual)
Data Dictionary
Data Dictionary/Ameritech, American Indian Project
Textual part
Draft 1/9/99
Metadata Liaison: Cathy Gerhart
| Ameritech Text | Dublin Core | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Title | Title | Title of scanned article/text. The title will usually be available from the author or title page but may be assigned by the cataloger based on content of text. |
| Author | Creator | The name of the author of the text or the corporate body responsible for the content. Input lastname, firstname or the corporate body name. Use LC Authority File for form of name, if available. If more than one author, input in same field with hard carriage return. (like for subjects) |
| Publisher | Publisher | The name of the original publisher of the text should be entered here. May sometimes be the publisher of the periodical/journal. |
| Place of Publication | None | The name of the place of publication should be entered here. Enter hierarchically like for the photos database for continuity when combined. (United States -- Washington, D.C.; United States -- Washington -- Seattle) |
| Date of Publication | Date | The year the text or article was originally published. |
| Notes | Description | Include any information of importance that is not reprsented elsewhere. |
| Subjects | Subjects | Terms in this field are taken from LCSH. |
| Geographic Subjects | Coverage | The geographic subject of the content of the text. |
| Object type | Resource Type | Denotes genre or type of material. Need to create a list to choose from. |
| Original source | Source | Contains the name of the journal, periodical, or text that the text first appeared in. This may be a chapter of a book or an article from a journal or periodical. Also includes the volume number, date (day, month, year), and page number of original. |
| Contributor | Contributor | A person or organization not specified in the author or publisher field who has made a significant contribution to the resource, but whose contribution is secondary to any person or organization specified in the author field. |
| Repository | Source | The institution where the item is physically located. (See Contributor.) |
| Acquisition | No match | Not being used for photographs or text. |
| Restrictions | Rights | Lists any restrictions on the use of the text. |
| Relation | Relation | Required to support a link to the parent digital collection. |
| Resource Identifier | Identifier | Details for identifying the digital reproduction. |
| Transmission data | Format | Describes the digital conversion process, date scanned, etc. |
| Type | Type | Describes the nature or genre of the content of the resource. Select a value from the DCMI Metadata Terms/DCMI Type Vocabulary at http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/. For this database, always use text. |
There is no corresponding element to either the original creator, photographer's reference number or to the negative number.
There is also no corresponding element to the date field. The regular date field will be searchable.
No physical description is needed.