Metadata Schema
The following is an abridged version of the documentation for our metadata schema, which specifies: (1) the term name of an element, (2) the label name of an element, (3) the definition or meaning of an element, (4) the type of metadata that an element expresses (e.g. administrative), and (5) the Dublin Core metadata element to which an element is most closely related. The full documentation can be accessed here.
| Term Name: | title |
|---|---|
| Label | Title |
| Definition | The title or name of the physical photograph. |
| Type | Descriptive |
| Related DC | title (http://purl.org/dc/terms/title) |
| Term Name: | creator |
|---|---|
| Label | Creator |
| Definition | The name of the photographer or company that created the physical photograph. |
| Type | Descriptive |
| Related DC | creator (http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creator) |
| Term Name: | date |
|---|---|
| Label | Date |
| Definition | The year the physical photograph was taken. |
| Type | Descriptive |
| Related DC | created (http://purl.org/dc/terms/created) |
| Term Name: | description |
|---|---|
| Label | Description |
| Definition | A description of that which is depicted in the physical photograph. |
| Type | Descriptive |
| Related DC | description (http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/description) |
| Term Name: | historical_Background |
|---|---|
| Label | Historical Background |
| Definition | A brief overview of the historical background or context of the physical photograph. |
| Type | Descriptive |
| Related DC | description (http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/description) |
| Term Name: | subject |
|---|---|
| Label | Subjects |
| Definition | The subject matter that is depicted by the physical photograph. |
| Type | Descriptive |
| Related DC | subject (http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject) |
| Term Name: | location |
|---|---|
| Label | Location |
| Definition | The geographical location in which the physical photograph was taken. |
| Type | Descriptive |
| Related DC | Location (http://purl.org/dc/terms/Location) |
| Term Name: | latitude |
|---|---|
| Label | Latitude |
| Definition | The latitude coordinate of the geographical location in which the physical photograph was taken. |
| Type | Descriptive |
| Related DC | Location (http://purl.org/dc/terms/Location) |
| Term Name: | longitude |
|---|---|
| Label | Longitude |
| Definition | The longitude coordinate of the geographical location in which the physical photograph was taken. |
| Type | Descriptive |
| Related DC | Location (http://purl.org/dc/terms/Location) |
| Term Name: | dpla_record |
|---|---|
| Label | DPLA Record |
| Definition | The URL for the DPLA webpage that serves as the secondary record of the physical photograph. |
| Type | Descriptive |
| Related DC | identifier (http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier) |
| Term Name: | dpla_collection |
|---|---|
| Label | DPLA Collection |
| Definition | The name(s) of the DPLA collection(s) to which the secondary record of the physical photograph belongs. |
| Type | Descriptive |
| Related DC | isPartOf (http://purl.org/dc/terms/isPartOf) |
| Term Name: | source_record |
|---|---|
| Label | Digital Surrogate Record |
| Definition | The URL for the webpage that serves as the primary record of the physical photograph. |
| Type | Descriptive |
| Related DC | identifier (http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier) |
| Term Name: | digital_surrogate_provenance |
|---|---|
| Label | Digital Surrogate Provenance |
| Definition | The name of the main digital repository or database that holds the digital surrogate of the physical photograph. |
| Type | Administrative (provenance) |
| Related DC | provenance (http://purl.org/dc/terms/provenance) |
| Term Name: | photograph_provenance |
|---|---|
| Label | Photograph Provenance |
| Definition | The name of the repository that holds the physical photograph. |
| Type | Administrative (provenance) |
| Related DC | provenance (http://purl.org/dc/terms/provenance) |
| Term Name: | rights |
|---|---|
| Label | Rights |
| Definition | The rights that belong to the digital surrogate of the physical photograph. |
| Type | Administrative (rights) |
| Related DC | rights (http://purl.org/dc/terms/rights) |
| Term Name: | format |
|---|---|
| Label | Format |
| Definition | The format of the image file of the digital surrogate of the physical photograph. |
| Type | Technical |
| Related DC | format (http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/format) |
| Term Name: | file_size |
|---|---|
| Label | File Size |
| Definition | The size of the image file of the digital surrogate of the physical photograph. |
| Type | Technical |
| Related DC | extent (http://purl.org/dc/terms/extent) |
| Term Name: | image_dimensions |
|---|---|
| Label | Image Dimensions |
| Definition | The dimensions of the image that serves as the digital surrogate of the physical photograph, specified in pixels. |
| Type | Technical |
| Related DC | format (http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/format) |
| Term Name: | original_digital_collection |
|---|---|
| Label | Digital Surrogate Collection |
| Definition | The name of the digital collection to which the primary record of the physical photograph belongs. |
| Type | Structural |
| Related DC | isPartOf (http://purl.org/dc/terms/isPartOf) |