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Resource Type
RESOURCE TYPE |
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Label |
Resource Type |
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Sub-Element |
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UNTL Definition |
The type or category of the primary content of the resource |
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Comment |
As described in Dublin Core, type includes terms describing general categories, functions, genres, or aggregation levels for content. The purpose of the resource type element is to allow the user to limit a search to a specific category of material. For example, the user might locate books about Aubrey by searching the keyword "Aubrey" and limiting the resource type to "text." To describe the physical or digital manifestation of the resource, use the Description and Format elements, instead. |
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Required |
Mandatory |
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Repeatable |
Yes |
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Data Type |
Enumerated Type |
Input guidelines:
- Select a value from the dropdown box in the metadata entry form. Resource types are defined in the controlled vocabulary document.
- Page images of textual items should be entered as "text" not "image."
- If more than one resource type is applicable, repeat the element as many times as is necessary to fully describe the resource.
Examples:
For a group of things
Resource Type: Collection
For statistical data files, CD-ROM's of data,
databases, etc.
Resource
Type: Dataset
For paintings, drawings, engravings, graphic
designs, plans, etc.
Resource
Type: Image-Artwork
For maps
Resource Type: Image-Map
For photographs
Resource Type: Image-Photographs
For other types of still images not specified
above
Resource Type:
Image-Other Still Image
For animations, movies, television programs,
etc.
Resource Type:
Image-Moving Images
For video games, interactive virtual
exhibits, etc.
Resource Type:
Interactive Resource
For museum pieces, architectural structures,
monuments, etc.
Resource
Type: Physical Object
For application software such as presentation
viewers, word processors, etc.
Resource Type: Software
For sound recordings
Resource Type: Sound
For letters
Resource Type: Text-Letters
For newspapers
Resource Type: Text-Newspapers
For books, scrapbooks, diaries, poems, home
pages, manuscripts, music scores, or any other types of text not specified
above
Resource Type:
Text-Other