Dublin Core Metadata Generator

Term Name: DC.title

The title of your document. This is traditionally the same as your <title> element. Help

Definition: A name given to the resource.
Comment: Typically, a Title will be a name by which the resource is formally known.

Term Name: DC.subject

Provide a comma seperated list of key words related to your document. Help

Definition: The topic of the resource.
Comment: Typically, the topic will be represented using keywords, key phrases, or classification codes. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary. To describe the spatial or temporal topic of the resource, use the Coverage element.

Term Name: DC.description

Provide a sentence or two to describe the document. Help

Definition: An account of the resource.
Comment: Description may include but is not limited to: an abstract, a table of contents, a graphical representation, or a free-text account of the resource.

Term Name: DC.creator

This is the principal Author or Investigator of the document. Generally a person's name, it can also be a formal entity such as "Director of Communications". Help

Definition: An entity primarily responsible for making the resource.
Comment: Examples of a Creator include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Creator should be used to indicate the entity.

Term Name: DC.contributor

Enter in your school, faculty, department, institute or other affiliation here. Help

Definition: An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.
Comment: Examples of a Contributor include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Contributor should be used to indicate the entity.

Term Name: DC.publisher

Normally, this will remain as "The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University": if your URL (web address) contains "stanford.edu" then leave as is. Help

Definition: An entity responsible for making the resource available.
Comment: Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.

Term Name: DC.date.created

The date that the document is originally created/authored. There is also a provision for date modification (next). Help

Definition: A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource.
Comment: Date may be used to express temporal information at any level of granularity. Recommended best practice is to use an encoding scheme, such as the W3CDTF profile of ISO 8601 [W3CDTF].
References: [W3CDTF] http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime

day: year:

Term Name: DC.date.modified

The date that the document is modified. If this is an original document, you may leave these values blank. Help

Definition: A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource.
Comment: Date may be used to express temporal information at any level of granularity. Recommended best practice is to use an encoding scheme, such as the W3CDTF profile of ISO 8601 [W3CDTF].
References: [W3CDTF] http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime

day: year:

Term Name: DC.language

Select the primary language of your web document: Help

Definition: A language of the resource.
Comment: Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 3066 [RFC3066], which suggests using ISO639-1 or ISO639-2.
References: http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/php/English_list.php

Term Name: DC.identifier

The URL (web address) of the document. If the document is created on the fly, or if you are not sure of this information you may leave it blank. Help

http://

Definition: An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.
Comment: Recommended best practice is to identify the resource by means of a string conforming to a formal identification system.

Term Name: DC.format

If you are authoring to HTML 4.1, leave it as text/html. If you are authoring to XHTML 1.0 choose application/xhtml+xml. Help

Definition: The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.
Comment: Examples of dimensions include size and duration. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the list of Internet Media Types [MIME].
References: [MIME] http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/

Note: there are numerous other MIME Types available - please consult the IANA website for more details.

Term Name: DC.type

Choose the file type. Most web documents will be Type:text. Help

Definition: The nature or genre of the resource.
Comment: Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the DCMI Type Vocabulary [DCMITYPE]. To describe the file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource, use the Format element.
References: [DCMITYPE] http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-type-vocabulary/

Choices

Text: Definition: A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text.
Collection: Definition: An aggregation of resources. A collection is described as a group; its parts may also be separately described.
Dataset: Definition: Data encoded in a defined structure. Examples include lists, tables, and databases. A dataset may be useful for direct machine processing.
Event: Definition: A non-persistent, time-based occurrence. Metadata for an event provides descriptive information that is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration, and responsible agents associated with an event. Examples include an exhibition, webcast, conference, workshop, open day, performance, battle, trial, wedding, tea party, conflagration.
Image: Definition: A visual representation other than text. Examples include images and photographs of physical objects, paintings, prints, drawings, other images and graphics, animations and moving pictures, film, diagrams, maps, musical notation. Note that Image may include both electronic and physical representations.
Interactive Resource: Definition: A resource requiring interaction from the user to be understood, executed, or experienced. Examples include forms on Web pages, applets, multimedia learning objects, chat services, or virtual reality environments.
Moving Image: Definition: A series of visual representations imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, movies, television programs, videos, zoetropes, or visual output from a simulation. Instances of the type Moving Image must also be describable as instances of the broader type Image.
Physical Object: Definition: An inanimate, three-dimensional object or substance. Note that digital representations of, or surrogates for, these objects should use Image, Text or one of the other types.
Service: Definition: A system that provides one or more functions. Examples include a photocopying service, a banking service, an authentication service, interlibrary loans, a Z39.50 or Web server.
Software: Definition: A computer program in source or compiled form. Examples include a C source file, MS-Windows .exe executable, or Perl script.
Sound: Definition: A resource primarily intended to be heard. Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds.
Still Image: Definition: A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Instances of the type Still Image must also be describable as instances of the broader type Image.

Term Name: DC.rights

If you are unsure, you can generally assume "© The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Junior University" as the default legal declaration option. Note: You may also make other Rights Declarations if required. Help

Definition: Information about rights held in and over the resource.
Comment: Typically, rights information includes a statement about various property rights associated with the resource, including intellectual property rights.

NOTE: If you choose "Other", you will be required to add the Rights Declaration to the code block being generated.

More on DC.rights and copyright notice

Stanford University Research Policy Handbook Section 5.2 governs the creation of copyrighted works at Stanford and by Stanford faculty, staff, students and affiliates. The general principle states:

Copyright is the ownership and control of the intellectual property in original works of authorship which are subject to copyright law. It is the policy of the University that all rights in copyright shall remain with the creator unless the work is a work-for-hire (and copyright vests in the University under copyright law), is supported by a direct allocation of funds through the University for the pursuit of a specific project, is commissioned by the University, makes significant use of University resources or personnel, or is otherwise subject to contractual obligations.

It is recommended that content authors review the entire policy at http://www.stanford.edu/dept/DoR/rph/5-2.html.

Unless indicated otherwise, this work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

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