San Fernando Valley History Digital Library Metadata Elements Summary

Order of the ContentDM fields in table reflects the order displayed.
All fields are repeatable.

ABBREVIATIONS | CONTENT GUIDELINES | CONTROLLED VOCABULARY

Field Name	Mapping	Data Type	Large Field	Searchable	Hidden	Controlled Vocabulary	Use*	Template
Title	DCTitle	Text	Yes	Yes	No	No	M	No
Description	DCDescription	Text	Yes	No	No	No	M	No
Subject	DCSubject	Text	Yes	Yes	No	Yes, LCSH	M	No
Topic	DCSubject	Text	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	M	No
Keywords	DCSubject	Text	Yes	Yes	No	No	R	No
Neighborhood	DCCoverage-Spatial	Text	Yes	Yes	No	Yes, LCSH or TGN	MA	No
Date	DCDate	Text	No	Yes	No	No, ISO standard	M	No
Alternative Dates	DCCoverage-Temporal	Text	No	Yes	No	Yes	MA	No
Photographer/Author/ Interviewee	DCCreator	Text	Yes	Yes	No	Yes, NAFL	MA	No
Donor & Others	DCContributors	Text	Yes	Yes	No	Yes, NAFL	MA	No
Media	Format-Medium	Text	No	Yes	No	Yes, AAT	M	No
Media Measurement	Format Extent	Text	No	No	No	No	M	No
Type	DCType	Text	No	Yes	No	Yes, Dublin Core Types	M	No
Format	DCFormat	Text	No	No	Yes	Yes, Internet Media Types	M	No
Identifier	DCIdentifier	Text	No	Yes	No	No	M	No
Language	DCLanguage	Text	No	No	No	No	MA	No
Repository Name	Source	Text	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	M	No
Collection	DCRelation. IsPartof	Text	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	MA	No
Repository Number	Source	Text	No	No	No	No	MA	No
Call Number	Identifier	Text	No	Yes	No	No	MA	Varies
Finding Aid	DCRelation. IsPartof	Text	No	No	No	No	MA	Varies
Rights	DCRights	Text	Yes	No	No	No	M	Yes
Project Name	Contributors	Text	No	No	No	No	M	Yes
Date Digitized	DCDate-Issued	Text	No	No	No	No, ISO standard	M	Yes
Publisher	DCPublisher	Text	Yes	No	No	No	M	Yes
Detailed View	Relation-Has Part	Text	No	No	No	No	O	No
Larger Version	Relation-Is Version Of	Text	No	No	No	No	O	No

Abbreviations

LCSH -- Library of Congress Subject Headings (SAFL - Subject Authority File) http://www.lccweb.net/
NAFL -- Name Authority File (WorldCat)
TGN -- Thesaurus of Geographic Names
AAT -- Art and Architecture Thesaurus

Last updated 10 June 2004

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