By category

Metadata about the metadata. BIBFRAME - adminMetadata

The date and time when the original Alvin record was last modified. MODS - recordChangeDate

The date and time when the original Alvin record was first created. MODS - recordCreationDate

Contains the system control number assigned by the organization creating, using, or distributing the record. MODS - recordIdentifier

A container element that includes subelements relating to information necessary for managing metadata. MODS - recordInfo

Entity having a role in a resource, such as a person or organisation. BIBFRAME - Agent

Function provided by a contributor, e.g., author, illustrator, etc. BIBFRAME - role

Address. MADS - address

A container that includes a standardised authoritative form. MADS - authority

A date a person was born. MADS - birthDate

A city or place in which a person was born. MADS - birthPlace

A date a person died. MADS - deathDate

A city or place where a person died. MADS - deathPlace

Descriptor. MADS - descriptor

Email address. MADS - email

Families, dynasties and royal houses count as Family. BIBFRAME - Family

Expertise, or area of competence of a person. MADS - fieldOfEndeavor

Gender. MADS - gender

Name of geographic entities. MADS - geographic

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

A container element for organisation names. It includes subelements that relate specifically to the organisation named by that element. - MADS - organizationInfo

A container element for person names. It includes subelements that relate specifically to the person named by that element. - MADS - personInfo

Post office box

Postcode. MADS - postcode

Includes a name or term that has some relation to the authoritative form. MADS - related

Street address. MADS - street

A reference to a name that is not considered the authorised form. MADS - variant

Physical or chemical substance applied to a base material of a resource. BIBFRAME - AppliedMaterial

Underlying physical material of a resource. BIBFRAME - BaseMaterial

A measurement from the front to the back of an object, perpendicular to the measurement given by the width element. TEI - depth

Diameter of a round object. NUDS - diameter

Measurements of the carrier or carriers and/or the container of a resource. BIBFRAME - dimensions

Number and type of units and/or subunits making up a resource. BIBFRAME - extent

A measurement measured along the axis at a right angle to the bottom of the object. TEI - height

Defines a location within a manuscript, manuscript part, or other object typically as a (possibly discontinuous) sequence of folio references. TEI - locus

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

A container element for subelements used for the physical description of the resource. MODS - physicalDescription

Where the measurement summarizes more than one observation, specifies the applicability of this measurement. TEI – dimensions/@scope

Names the unit used for the measurement. TEI – dimensions/@unit

Weight encoded in decimal numbers. NUDS - weight

A measurement of an object along the axis parallel to its bottom. TEI - width

Access restrictions and allowances regarding access to a resource, e.g., lending policy, access restrictions, embargos. BIBFRAME - AccessPolicy

An element for information about anticipated additions to the materials being described. EAD - accruals

The appraisal of the object. NUDS - appraisal

An element for describing the organisation or filing sequence of the records. EAD - arrangement

The orientation of the obverse to the reverse. NUDS - axis

Contains a description of one binding, i.e. type of covering, boards, etc. applied to a manuscript or other object. TEI - binding

Describes the present and former bindings of a manuscript or other object. TEI - bindingDesc

Cartographic data that identifies characteristics of the resource, such as coordinates, projection, etc. BIBFRAME - cartographicAttributes

Clock designation. NUDS - axis/@clock

The physical states of conservation of an object. NUDS - conservationState

Mathematical system for identifying the area covered by the cartographic content of a resource, expressed either by means of longitude and latitude on the surface of planets or by the angles of right ascension and declination for celestial cartographic content. BIBFRAME - coordinates

A physical characteristic, separated from typological description. NUDS - countermark

The currency of a value. NUDS – value/@currency

Contains a note describing either a decorative component, or a fairly homogenous class of such components. TEI - decoNote

A description is a detailed account that explains the characteristics, features, or attributes of something. It aims to provide a clear understanding through vivid and precise language.

A container element for metadata about the edge. NUDS - edge

A generic element intended to contain a textual description. NUDS - description

Information identifying the edition or version of the resource and associated statements of responsibility for the edition; usually transcribed. BIBFRAME - editionStatement

Contains the explicit of a item, that is, the closing words of the text proper, exclusive of any rubric or colophon which might follow it. TEI - explicit

Contains the incipit of a manuscript or similar object item, that is the opening words of the text proper, exclusive of any rubric which might precede it, of sufficient length to identify the work uniquely; such incipits were, in former times, frequently used a means of reference to a work, in place of a title. TEI - incipit

Measures the distance north or south of the equator. WGS84

A literal transcription. NUDS - legend

(Citation list) contains a list of bibliographic citations of any kind. TEI - listBibl

Measures distance east or west of the prime meridian. WGS84

The monetary value of an appraisal. NUDS - value

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

Numeric designation of a musical work assigned by a composer, publisher, or a musicologist. BIBFRAME - musicOpusNumber

Numeric designation for musical works consecutively numbered in music reference sources. BIBFRAME - musicSerialNumber

Numeric designation for a musical work as found in a thematic index for the composer. BIBFRAME - musicThematicNumber

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

For identifying any other finding aids to the materials being described. EAD - otherfindaid

A point, described using a coordinate system relative to Earth. WGS84

Method or system used to represent the surface of the earth or of a celestial sphere on a plane. BIBFRAME - projection

Information relating to publication of a resource. BIBFRAME - Publication

For identifying archival materials that have an association to the materials being described. EAD - relatedmaterial

For encoding typological attributes about the reverse of a coin. NUDS - reverse

Contains the text of any rubric or heading attached to a particular manuscript item, that is, a string of words through which a manuscript or other object signals the beginning of a text division, often with an assertion as to its author and title, which is in some way set off from the text itself, typically in red ink, or by use of different size or type of script, or some other such visual device. TEI - rubric

Ratio of the dimensions of a form contained or embodied in a resource to the dimensions of the entity it represents. BIBFRAME - scale

Table of contents of the described resource. BIBFRAME - tableOfContents

Concept or area of knowledge. BIBFRAME - Topic

A transcription of a single source document. TEI - sourceDoc

An element for documenting decisions and actions related to assessing the archival value and disposition of the materials being described. EAD - appraisal

Provides a checksum value for the associated file. METS - @CHECKSUM

Specifies the checksum algorithm used to produce the value contained in the checksum. METS - @CHECKSUMTYPE

The method by which the resource achieved digital form. MODS - physicalDescription/ digitalOrigin

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

Provides a pointer to the location of a content file. METS - FLocat

The file section contains one or more fileGroup elements used to group together related files. METS - fileSec

The electronic format type, or the data representation, of the resource. MODS - internetMediaType

A simple title string used to identify the file. METS - @LABEL

The IANA MIME media type for the associated file. METS - @MIMETYPE

The name of the object as submitted to or harvested by the repository, before any renaming by the repository. PREMIS - originalName

Information about rights held in and over the resource. DC - rights

Specifies the size in bytes of the associated file. METS - @SIZE

Indicates the degree of certainty associated with some aspect of the text. TEI - certainty

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

Country code. MARC21 - 008/15-17

A wrapper element that bundles information about the hierarchical groupings of the materials being described. EAD - dsc

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 hierarchical level of the materials being described by the element. EAD - archdesc@level

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

Information, usually in textual form, on attributes of a resource or some aspect of a resource. BIBFRAME - note

Type of note. BIBFRAME - noteType

Set when the title or the name contains text that has a right-to-left orientation. MARC21 - Control Subfields

Process used to produce a resource. BIBFRAME - productionMethod

Summary or abstract of the resource described. BIBFRAME - summary

The type of name. MODS - @type

ID of the unit. Provides an identifier for the materials being described. EAD - unitid

Language used for the metadata. BIBFRAME - descriptionLanguage

Language associated with a resource or its parts. BIBFRAME - language

Contains the string of words that denotes the end of a text division, often with an assertion as to its author and title, usually set off from the text itself by red ink, by a different size or type of script, or by some other such visual device. TEI - finalRubric

Call numbers/shelf numbers where a resource was previously located, in cases of a relocation or a reordering/reorganisation of a collection as a whole. MARC21 - 852d

Entity holding the item or from which it is available. BIBFRAME - heldBy

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

Shelving location of the item within the collection of the holding organisation. It may be used to indicate the physical location within a sublocation; for example, reference alcove, oversize shelving. The description of the shelving location is given in full or in a standardised abbreviated or coded form. MARC21 - 852c

Start date for an event. The context is defined at a higher level. Also used for a single date. MADS - startDate

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

Specific department, library, etc., within the holding organisation in which the item is located or from which it is available. Name is given in full or in a locally standardised abbreviated form. MARC21 - 852b

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

Day. Dateformat - DD

Free text date field that allows a date to be represented in human-readable form in order to display a date as it appears on the resource or to add additional context. MODS - displayDate

End date for an event. The context is defined at a higher level. MADS - endDate

Decides the era in which the date occured. Stated if B.C.

Countries and kingdoms that no longer exist as independent states.

Month. Dateformat - MM

Date or date range associated with the creation of a work. BIBFRAME - originDate

Place from which the creation of the resource originated. BIBFRAME - originPlace

Year. Dateformat - YYYY

Text, for display purposes only. MODS - url/@displayLabel

Electronic location from which the resource is available. BIBFRAME - electronicLocator

Link to an authority record for an archive institution.

Link to an authority record for an organisation.

Part of a resource to which information applies. BIBFRAME - part

Part or section enumeration. BIBFRAME - partNumber

The type of part. MODS - @type

Link to an authority record for a person.

Link to an authority record for a place.

Link to a related record in Alvin.

Any relationship with other records in Alvin. BIBFRAME - relatedTo

The relationship between the related resource and the resource being described. MODS - relatedItem/@type

Includes any URL associated with the entity described in the record. It is recommended that all URLs used with the element be persistent. MADS - url

Link to an authority record for a work.

Classification number in any scheme. BIBFRAME - classification

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

A term or terms that designate a category characterizing a particular style, form, or content, such as artistic, musical, literary composition, etc. MODS - genre

Form category or genre to which a resource belongs. BIBFRAME - GenreForm

Geographic coverage of the content of the resource. BIBFRAME - GeographicCoverage

An occupation described by the resource. MODS - occupation

Subject term(s) describing a resource. BIBFRAME - subject.

Chronological period. BIBFRAME - Temporal

A term that specifies the characteristics and general type of content of the resource. MODS - typeOfResource

Title being addressed. A word, phrase, character, or group of characters that constitutes the chief title of a resource, i.e., the title normally used when citing the resource. BIBFRAME - mainTitle

Word, character, or group of words and/or characters that contains the remainder of the title after the main title. BIBFRAME - subtitle

Name given to a resource. BIBFRAME - title

Title associated with the resource that is different from the title. BIBFRAME - VariantTitle

Type of variation. BIBFRAME - variantType