| Element name |
Type |
| DCMI definition |
The type of scientific output the resource is a manifestation of. In the DC element type the kind of dissemination, or the intellectual and/or content type of the resource is described. It is used to explain to the user what kind of resource he is looking at. Is it a book or an article. Was it written for internal or external use. Etc. |
| Usage |
DC Element ‘type’ is used for three purposes:
- Mandatory: Publication type (controlled): to indicate the type of publication based on the controlled DRIVER Publication-type vocabulary,
- Optional: Publication type (free): to indicate the type of publication based on a local repository vocabulary
- Recommended: Version (controlled): to indicate the status in the publication process. See DRIVER Version vocabulary
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| Usage instruction |
1. Publication types (controlled), :
The first occurrence of the DC Element ‘type’ is mandatory and should be used for the type indication of the scientific output based on the DRIVER-type vocabulary. Use exact string of characters as shown in the list below. The terms are explained in detail in the chapter about vocabularies and semantics. Info:eu-repo is a namespace where the DRIVER Publication types are registered.
- info:eu-repo/semantics/article
- info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis
- info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
- info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
- info:eu-repo/semantics/book
- info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart
- info:eu-repo/semantics/review
- info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject
- info:eu-repo/semantics/lecture
- info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper
- info:eu-repo/semantics/preprint
- info:eu-repo/semantics/report
- info:eu-repo/semantics/annotation
- info:eu-repo/semantics/contributionToPeriodical
- info:eu-repo/semantics/patent
- info:eu-repo/semantics/other
2. Publication types (free text):
The second occurrence of the DC Element ‘type’ is optional and should be used for the subtype indication of the scientific output.
3. Version (controlled):
The last occurrence of the DC Element ‘type’ is recommended and should be used for the version of the scientific output based on the DRIVER-version vocabulary. Use exact text as shown in the list below. For more information about the version model see http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/versions/
- info:eu-repo/semantics/draft
- info:eu-repo/semantics/submittedVersion
- info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
- info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
- info:eu-repo/semantics/updatedVersion
Mappings to other Version vocabularies can be found here at the DRIVER-VERSION Mappings page.
Mapping & backwards-transformability:
For mappings of the DRIVER Types from the DRIVER guidelines 1.0 see DRIVER-TYPE Mappings.
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| Do not confuse with |
- Format
DC element ‘type’ describes the kind of academic output the resource is a representation of. DC element ‘format’ describes the media type of this resource.
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| Schemes |
Publication types: see the section Publication type vocabulary on page in chapter “Use of Vocabularies and Semantics”.
Version vocabulary: See the section Version vocabulary on page in chapter “Use of Vocabularies and Semantics”.
Publication Type Mappings: see the section DRIVER-TYPE Mappings on page in chapter “Use of Best Practices for OAI_DC”.
Version Type Mappings: see the section DRIVER-VERSION Mappings on page in chapter “Use of Best Practices for OAI_DC”. |
| Examples |
<dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/article</dc:type>
<dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion</dc:type>
or
<dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/other</dc:type> <!--1-->
<dc:type>image</dc:type> <!--2-->
<dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/updatedVersion</dc:type> <!--3-->
or
a thesis a German professor has to write before inauguration. See also Use of OAI_DC with Theses
<dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis</dc:type>
<dc:type>habilitation</dc:type>
<dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion</dc:type>
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