Classes
Address. MADS - address
Metadata about the metadata. BIBFRAME - adminMetadata
Entity having a role in a resource, such as a person or organisation. BIBFRAME - Agent
Physical or chemical substance applied to a base material of a resource. BIBFRAME - AppliedMaterial
The appraisal of the object. NUDS - appraisal
A container that includes a standardised authoritative form. MADS - authority
The orientation of the obverse to the reverse. NUDS - axis
Underlying physical material of a resource. BIBFRAME - BaseMaterial
Describes the present and former bindings of a manuscript or other object. TEI - bindingDesc
A city or place in which a person was born. MADS - birthPlace
Cartographic data that identifies characteristics of the resource, such as coordinates, projection, etc. BIBFRAME - cartographicAttributes
Indicates the degree of certainty associated with some aspect of the text. TEI - certainty
Provides a checksum value for the associated file. METS - @CHECKSUM
Classification number in any scheme. BIBFRAME - classification
Clock designation. NUDS - axis/@clock
A made-up multipart group of items that were not originally published, distributed, or produced together. MODS - typeOfResource/@collection
An element that designates a subordinate part of the materials being described. EAD - c
The physical states of conservation of an object. NUDS - conservationState
Country code. MARC21 - 008/15-17
A point in time entered as year, month, and day according to ISO 8601, YYYY-MM-DD. BIBFRAME - date
A date that does not fall into another category but is important to record. MODS - dateOther
Attribute to designate a specific kind of date which was not deemed of sufficient general use to have its own date element. MODS - @type
A city or place where a person died. MADS - deathPlace
Language used for the metadata. BIBFRAME - descriptionLanguage
A wrapper element that bundles information about the hierarchical groupings of the materials being described. EAD - dsc
Descriptor. MADS - descriptor
The method by which the resource achieved digital form. MODS - physicalDescription/ digitalOrigin
Measurements of the carrier or carriers and/or the container of a resource. BIBFRAME - dimensions
A container element for metadata about the edge. NUDS - edge
A generic element intended to contain a textual description. NUDS - description
Electronic location from which the resource is available. BIBFRAME - electronicLocator
Decides the era in which the date occured. Stated if B.C.
Families, dynasties and royal houses count as Family. BIBFRAME - Family
Provides access to the content files. METS - file
Lists all of the files which comprise a single electronic version of the digital library object. METS - fileGrp
The file section contains one or more fileGroup elements used to group together related files. METS - fileSec
A class or genre to which a work belongs. May be used to differentiate a work from another work with the same title. MARC21 - 380
Gender. MADS - gender
A term or terms that designate a category characterizing a particular style, form, or content, such as artistic, musical, literary composition, etc. MODS - genre
Entity holding the item or from which it is available. BIBFRAME - heldBy
Countries and kingdoms that no longer exist as independent states.
A unique standard number or code that distinctively identifies a resource. MODS - identifier
Identifies the type of identifier that is recorded. MODS - identifier/@type
The electronic format type, or the data representation, of the resource. MODS - internetMediaType
Language associated with a resource or its parts. BIBFRAME - language
The hierarchical level of the materials being described by the element. EAD - archdesc@level
The institution or repository holding the resource, the physical location of the resource, and/or the electronic location for a digital resource in the form of a URL. MODS - location
A word or phrase referring to some quantity of an object or commodity, usually comprising a number, a unit, and a commodity name. TEI - measure
Describes the intellectual content of a manuscript, manuscript part, or other object either as a series of paragraphs or as a series of structured manuscript items. TEI - msContents
Describes an individual work or item within the intellectual content of a manuscript, manuscript part, or other object. TEI - msItem
Pitch and mode for music. BIBFRAME - musicKey
Instrumental, vocal, and/or other medium of performance for which a musical resource was originally conceived, written or performed. BIBFRAME - musicMedium
Information on the symbol system used to convey the content of a music resource. BIBFRAME - MusicNotation
Used for personal, corporate or family names. MADS - name
The individual parsed parts that together make up the full name. MADS - namePart
A country with which a person is identified. MADS - nationality
Information, usually in textual form, on attributes of a resource or some aspect of a resource. BIBFRAME - note
Type of note. BIBFRAME - noteType
A serial number, opus number, or thematic index number assigned to a musical work by the composer, publisher, or a musicologist. May be used to differentiate a musical work from another with the same title. MARC21 - 383
For encoding typological attributes about the obverse of a coin. NUDS - obverse
An authority record that describes a corporate name. MADS - mads
A container element for organisation names. It includes subelements that relate specifically to the organisation named by that element. - MADS - organizationInfo
Set when the title or the name contains text that has a right-to-left orientation. MARC21 - Control Subfields
Date or date range associated with the creation of a work. BIBFRAME - originDate
Place from which the creation of the resource originated. BIBFRAME - originPlace
Part of a resource to which information applies. BIBFRAME - part
The type of part. MODS - @type
An authority record that describes a personal name. MADS - mads
A container element for person names. It includes subelements that relate specifically to the person named by that element. - MADS - personInfo
A container element for subelements used for the physical description of the resource. MODS - physicalDescription
Identifies the organization holding the item or from which it is available. May also contain detailed information about how to locate the item in a collection. MARC21 - 852
An authority record that describes a geographic name. MADS - mads
A point, described using a coordinate system relative to Earth. WGS84
Process used to produce a resource. BIBFRAME - productionMethod
Bibliographic record in Alvin. MARCXML - record
A container element that includes subelements relating to information necessary for managing metadata. MODS - recordInfo
Includes a name or term that has some relation to the authoritative form. MADS - related
Any relationship with other records in Alvin. BIBFRAME - relatedTo
The relationship between the related resource and the resource being described. MODS - relatedItem/@type
For encoding typological attributes about the reverse of a coin. NUDS - reverse
Information about rights held in and over the resource. DC - rights
Function provided by a contributor, e.g., author, illustrator, etc. BIBFRAME - role
Where the measurement summarizes more than one observation, specifies the applicability of this measurement. TEI – dimensions/@scope
Specific department, library, etc., within the holding organization in which the item is located or from which it is available. Name is given in coded form. MARC21 - 852b
Subject term(s) describing a resource. BIBFRAME - subject.
Summary or abstract of the resource described. BIBFRAME - summary
Name given to a resource. BIBFRAME - title
The type of name. MODS - @type
A term that specifies the characteristics and general type of content of the resource. MODS - typeOfResource
Names the unit used for the measurement. TEI – dimensions/@unit
A reference to a name that is not considered the authorised form. MADS - variant
Title associated with the resource that is different from the title. BIBFRAME - VariantTitle
Type of variation. BIBFRAME - variantType
Resource reflecting a conceptual essence of a cataloging resource. BIBFRAME - Work