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Everett Massacre Collection

Everett Massacre Collection Data Dictionary
2/23/00

Metadata Liaison: Marsha Maguire

Everett Element	Dublin Core	Comments
Title	Title: searchable, public/staff field; required field	Title of scanned article/text/manuscript/photograph. The title may be available from the author or title page but may be assigned by the cataloger based on content of text. Format of material and date of issue may be added to the title.
Author	Creator: searchable, public/staff field	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 semi-colons between (like for subjects)
Photographer	Creator: searchable, public/staff field	The name of the photographer or firm associated with the creation of the image in hand.
Original source	Source: searchable, public/staff field	Contains the name of the journal, periodical, manuscript collection or text in which the item first appeared. This text may be a chapter of a book or an article from a journal or periodical or an original manuscript. Also includes the full citation or box/folder/accession number of the collection containing the original.
Negative number	Identifier: searchable, public/staff field	The name of the photographer or firm associated with the creation of the image in hand.
Publisher	Publisher: searchable, public/staff field	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: searchable, public/staff field	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: searchable, public/staff field	The year the text or article was originally published.
Notes	Description: searchable, public/staff field	Include any information of importance that is not represented elsewhere.
Object type	Resource Type: searchable, public/staff field, required field	Denotes genre or type of material. Tentative format is to use a broad term from the Dublin Core Resource Type list followed by a more specific type from AAT. Example, text.typescript.
Physical Description	0: non-searchable, staff field	Describes the type of medium in detail, the physical location of the object within the repository, and the condition of the object. Most images will have two or more sets of information to place in the Physical Description field. These sets are to be separated by a semi-colon. The term for the medium (photographic print, negative, glass negative, etc.) will be taken from LC TGM II. Location is the physical location within Special Collections for the specific iteration of the image. Condition of the item will be noted and added as items are retrieved and examined in the normal course of events.
Subjects	Subjects: searchable, public/staff field	Terms in this field are taken from LCSH.
Geographic Subjects	Coverage: searchable, public/staff field	The geographic subject of the content of the text.
Contributor	Contributor: searchable, public/staff field	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: non-searchable, public/staff field	The institution where the item is physically located.
Digital Collection	Source: non-searchable, public/staff field	Contains the name of the CONTENT database of which the digital image is a part.
Restrictions	Rights: non-searchable, public/staff field	Lists any restrictions on the use of the digital images or original items.
Relation	Relation: non-searchable, public/staff field	Required to support a link to the parent digital collection.
Resource Identifier	Identifier: non-searchable, public/staff field	Details for identifying the digital reproduction.
Transmission data	Format: non-searchable, staff only	Describes the digital conversion process, date scanned, etc.
Type	Type: searchable, staff-only field	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, use StillImage or Text as appropriate.