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Assignment 3.1
Source Data
Structure
Standard

XML Element
Name

Element Level
of Requirement

Element Parts &


Level of
Requirement

Explanation and Description of


the Element
(This will be the element definition
and will be included in the final
schema.)

VRA Core
4.0

agent

M, R

name (M)
culture (O)
role (M)

The names, appellations, or other


identifiers assigned to an individual,
group, or corporate body that has
contributed to the design, creation,
production, manufacture, or
alteration of the work or image.

dates (O)

VRA Core
4.0

date

O, R

earliestDate (O)
latestDate (O)

VRA Core
4.0

location

O, R

name (O)
refid (O)

VRA Core
4.0

title

M,R

title (M)

Date or range of dates associated


with the creation, design,
production, presentation,
performance, construction, or
alteration, etc. of the work or image.

The geographic location and/or


name of the repository, building,
site, or other entity whose
boundaries include the Work or
Image

The title or identifying phrase given


to a Work or an Image.

translated (O)

VRA Core
4.0

material

M, R

VRA Core
4.0

measurements

O, R

VRA Core
4.0

relation

O, R

type (M)

The substance of which a work or an


image is composed.

Information about the dimensions,


size, or scale of the work, presented
in a syntax suitable for display to the
end-user and including any
necessary indications of uncertainty,
ambiguity, and nuance.

type (O)
href (O)

The identifying number and/or name


assigned to the state or edition of a
work that exists in more than one

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form and the placement of that work


in the context of prior or later
issuances of multiples of the same
work.

VRA Core
4.0

cultural context

O, R

vocab (O)
rfid (O)

The name of the culture, people


(ethnonym), or adjectival form of a
country name from which a Work,
Collection, or Image originates, or
the cultural context with which the
Work, Collection, or Image has been
associated.

VRA Core
4.0

work type

M, R

worktype (M)

A term or terms identifying the


specific kind of object or work being
described.

VRA Core
4.0

rights

O, R

notes (O)

Information about the copyright


status and the rights holder for a
work, collection, or image.

rightsHolder (O)
text (O)

VRA Core
4.0

source

O, R

name (O)
refid (O)

A reference to the source of the


information recorded about the work
or the image

DC

subject

O, R

The topic of the content of the


resource.

DC

description

O, R

An account of the content of the


resource.

DC

identifier

O, R

DC

format

O, R

The data format of the resource,


used to identify the software and
possibly hardware that might be
needed to display or operate the
resource

DC

language

A language of the intellectual


content of the resource

URI (O)

String or number used to uniquely


identify the resource

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Assignment 3.2

Developing a Metadata Element Set


II. Decision for value spaces: content and value specifications, vocabularies

XML Element Name

Value controlled?

(The element defined by


the last

(Yes or No, and How)

Value / Explanation

task)

agent

Yes, name authority

ULAN

date

Yes, encoding scheme

ISO 8601 (YYYY-MM-DD)

title

No

Use sentence case

location

Yes, name authority

TGN

material

Yes, subject authority

AAT

measurements

Yes, rule

AACR2

relation

Yes, rule

Type: partOf

cultural context

Yes, name authority

ULAN

work type

Yes, subject authority

AAT

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rights

Yes, rule

Type: copyrighted, publicDomain, undetermined,


other

source

Yes, rule

MLA

subject

Yes, subject authority

LCSH

description

No

Use sentence case

identifier

Yes, rule

URI, item/call number

format

Yes, IETF

RFC 6838

language

Yes, encoding scheme

ISO-639-2

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II. Decision for value spaces: content and value specifications, vocabularies
XML expressions for each element including all sub-elements and attributes

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Example record: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008660141/

<agentSet>
<agent>
<name type=personal vocab=ULAN refid=500060426 dataDate=201503-29> Hokusai, Katsushika</name>
<culture>Japanese</>
<dates type=life>
<earliestDate>1749</earliestDate>
<latestDate>1803</latestDate>
</dates>
<role vocab=ULAN refid=500060426>artist</role>
</agent>
</agentSet>

<dateSet>
<display>1833 or 1834</display>
<dateType=creation</dataDate=2015-03-29>
<earliestDate>1833</earliestDate>
<latestDate>1834</latestDate>
</date>
</dateSet>

<titleSet>
<display>Tkaid ejiri tago no ura ryakuzu</display>

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<title type=cited pref=true source=Title and other descriptive information compiled


by Nichibunken=sponsored Edo Print specialists in 2005-06 translated=A sketch of Tago Bay
at Ejiri along the Tokaido>Tkaid ejiri tago no ura ryakuzu</title>
</titleSet>

<locationSet>
<location type=repository>
<name type=Other>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division
(Washington, D.C.)</name>
<refid=reproduction number>LC-DIG-jpd-00864</refid>
<name type=geographic extent=inhabited place</Washington, D.C.>
</location>
</locationSet>

<materialSet>
<display>woodcut,color></display>
<material type=medium vocab=AAT refid=300041405color
woodcuts(prints)</materialType>
</materialSet>

<measurementsSet>
<display>24.9 cm x 37.2 cm</display>
<measurements type=height unit=cm>24.9</measurements>
<measurements type =width unit=cm>37.2</measurements>
</measurementsSet>

<relationSet>

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<relation type=partOf> Fugaku sanj rokkei : 36 views of Mount Fuji.</relation>


<relation type=partOf href= http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/jpd/>Fine Prints:
Japanese, pre-1915></relation>
</relationSet>

<culturalContextSet>
<culturalContext vocab=ULAN>Japanese</culturalContext>
</culturalContextSet>

<workTypeSet>
<display>woodcuts (prints)</display>
<workType vocab=AAT refID=300041405>woodcuts
(prints)</workType>
</workTypeSet>

<rightsSet>
<display>No known restrictions on publication</display>
<notes>Restricted access; material extremely fragile; please use online image
</notes>
<rightsHolder>unknown</rightsHolder>
<text> No known restrictions on publication</text>
</rightsSet>

<sourceSet>
<source>

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<name=electronic>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs


Division</name>
<refid type=URI>http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print</refid>
</source>
</sourceSet>

<dc:subject xsi:type="dcterms:LCSH">Boats--Japan--1830,1840</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xsi:type="dcterms:LCSH">Fuji, Mount (Japan)</dc:subject>
<dc:subject xsi:type="dcterms:LCSH">Tokaido (Japan)</dc:subject>

<dc:description>Print shows men on a large boat on Tago Bay at the Ejiri station on the Tokaido
Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance</dc:description>

<dc:identifier> http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/jpd.00864</dc:identifier>
<dc:identifier>FP 2 JPD, no. 786 (A size) [P&P]</dc:identifier>

<dc:format>Ukiyo-e--Japanese--Color--1830-1840</dc:format>
<dc:format>Woodcuts--Japanese--Color--1830-1840</dc:format>

<dc:language xsi:type="dcterms:ISO639-2">jpn</dc:language>

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III. Establish an Application Profile

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XML Element
Name

VRA Element and Qualifier


(Schema A is the preliminary
source schema)

DC Element and Qualifier


(Schema B is the secondary
source schema)

Un-matched Element[2]
(This element will be
claimed under uncg
Namespace)

agent

vra.agent

title

vra.title

language

dc.language

date

vra.date

location

vra.location

material

vra. material

measurements

vra.measurements

relation

vra.relation

cultural context

vra.culturalContext

work type

vra.workType

rights

vra.rights

source

vra.source

subject

dc.subject

description

dc.description

identifier

dc.identifier

format

dc.format

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Assignment 3.3
Developing a Metadata Element Set
IV. Create Crosswalks

Group #6 Application Profile

Dublin Core Element

MODS-Lite Element

(as a source schema)

agent

creator

name

title

title

title

language

language

date

Date.Created

dateIssued

location

Coverage.Spatial

place

material

extent

measurements

Format.Extent

extent

relation

Relation

cultural context

work type

type

genre

rights

Rights

source

Relation.IsReferencedBy

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subject

subject

classification

description

description

note

identifier

Resource Identifier

format

Format.Medium

note

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V. Write a Specification for the complete element set

Name:

Agent

Identifier: vra:agent
Subelements:
Name (required)
Attributes: type
Culture
Role (required)
Dates
Attributes: type
earliestDate
latestDate

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Description: The names, appellations, or other identifiers assigned to an individual, group, or


corporate body that has contributed to the design, creation, production, manufacture, or alteration
of the work or image.
Required:

Repeatable: Y
Data Values (controlled): recommend ULAN and LCNAF, ULAN Editorial Guidelines
Chapter 4.7 Appendix G, Nationalities and Places for culture terms.
Restricted schema data values for agent name type attribute: personal, corporate, family,
other
Restricted schema data values for agent dates type attribute: life, activity, other
Data value encoding for earliestDate and latestDate subelement: data values should be
formulated according to ISO 8601 standards for data content
(http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html), i.e. YYYY, YYYY-MM, or YYYY-MM-DD.
For artists still living, use the value present in the latestDate subelement.
Comment: Use of a Personal and Corporate Name Authority, from which these data values may
be derived, is recommended. See CCO Part 3, A1: Personal and Corporate Name Authority for a
more thorough discussion about the role of a name authority in the creation statement.

Name: Date
Identifier: vra:date
Attributes: type
Subelements:
earliestDate
latestDate
Required: N
Repeatable: Y
Description: Date or range of dates associated with the creation, design, production,
presentation, performance, construction, or alteration, etc. of the work or image. Dates may be
expressed as free text or numerical. The boolean circa attribute may be added to either
subelement to indicate an approximate date. For image records, the date element refers to the
view date, if known. See CCO Chapter 4: Stylistic and Chronological Information for a more
thorough discussion of dates.

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Data Values: earliestDate and latestDate subelements should be formulated according to ISO
8601 standards for data content (http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/iso-time.html), i.e. YYYY,
YYYY-MM, or YYYY-MM-DD. Dates before the Common Era (BCE or BC) should be entered
with a minus sign (-) in the form -YYYY. May contain up to 12 digits to accommodate ancient
dates.
Restricted schema data values for date type attribute: alteration, broadcast, bulk, commission,
creation, design, destruction, discovery, exhibition, inclusive, performance, publication,
restoration, view, other
Name: Location
Identifier: vra:location
Attributes: type
Subelements:
Name
Attributes: type
Refid
Attributes: type
Required: N
Repeatable: Y
Description: The geographic location and/or name of the repository, building, site, or other
entity whose boundaries include the Work or Image. Inclusion of a type attribute distinguishes
between different kinds of locations, e.g. repository locations, creation locations, discovery
locations, etc. The optional extent attribute may also be used here to further specify or
disambiguate geographic term types.
Data Values (controlled): TGN, BHA index, LCSH, Grove Dictionary of Art Location
Appendix. Use of a separate Locations Authority, with data values populated from controlled
vocabulary sources, is recommended. See CCO A2: Geographic Place Authority for further
discussion about the role of a Geographic Place Authority
Restricted schema data values for location type attribute: creation, discovery, exhibition,
formerOwner, formerRepository, formerSite, installation, intended (for unrealized projects),
other, owner, performance, publication, repository, site (use for current locations for architecture
and archaeology)
Restricted schema data values for location name type attribute: corporate, geographic, other,
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Restricted schema data values for location refid type attribute: accession, barcode, shelf List,
other

Name: Title
Identifier: vra:title
Attributes: type
Required: Y
Repeatable: N
Definition: The title or identifying phrase given to a Work or an Image. For complex works or
series the title may refer to a discrete component or unit within the larger entity (a print from a
series, a panel from a fresco cycle, a building within a temple complex) or may identify only the
larger entity itself. Record multiple titles in repeating instances of the title element. Indicate the
preferred title with pref ="true" and alternate titles with pref="false". For an Image record this
category describes the specific view of the depicted Work or Collection, and corresponds to the
CCO View Description.
Data Values: formulated according to data content rules for titles of works of art.
Restricted schema values for WORK title type: brandName, cited, creator, descriptive, former,
inscribed, owner, popular, repository, translated, other

Name: Material
Identifier: vra:material
Attributes: type, vocab, refid
Required: Y
Repeatable: Y
Description: .The substance of which a work or an image is composed.
Data Value: Recommend AAT
Restricted schema data values for the material type attribute: medium, support, other

Name: Measurements

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Identifier: vra:measurements
Attributes: type, unit
Required: N
Repeatable: Y
Description: The physical size, shape, scale, dimensions, or format of the Work or Image.
Dimensions may include such measurements as volume, weight, area or running time. If the
measurements do not describe the entire work or image, use the extent attribute to specify the
part of the work being measured. The unit used in the measurement must be specified.
Data Values: formulated according to standards for data content (e.g., AACR2)
Restricted schema data values for measurements:
type: area, base, bit-depth (for born-digital work), circumference, count, depth, diameter,
distanceBetween, duration, fileSize (for born-digital work), height, length, resolution (for borndigital work), runningTime, scale (for maps), size, target (for use with scale), weight, width,
other.
unit: Refer to ISO standard for units and measures:
http://ts.nist.gov/WeightsAndMeasures/Publications/appxc.cfm. Values should follow standard
2-letter abbreviations without punctuation (Example: cm)

Name: Relation
Identifier: vra:relation
Attributes: type, relids
Required: N
Repeatable: Y
Description: Terms or phrases describing the identity of the related work and the relationship
between the work being cataloged and the related work or image. Use this element to relate work
records to other work or collection records, or image records to work or collection records.
Restricted schema data values for relation type attribute: partOf

Name: Cultural Context


Identifier: vra:culturalContext

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Attributes: vocab, refid


Required: N
Repeatable: Y
Description: The name of the culture, people (ethnonym), or adjectival form of a country name
from which a Work, Collection, or Image originates, or the cultural context with which the
Work, Collection, or Image has been associated.
Data Values: ULAN Editorial Guidelines Chapter 4.7 Appendix G, Nationalities and Places,
AAT, LCSH

Name: Work Type


Identifier: vra:workType
Atttributes: vocab, refid
Required: Y
Repeatable: Y
Definition: Identifies the specific type of WORK, COLLECTION, or IMAGE being described
in the record. Data Values for WORK AND COLLECTION type (controlled vocabulary):
recommend AAT.
Recommended data values for IMAGE WORK type (AAT terms):
black-and-white transparency, color transparency (for slides or positive transparencies), blackand-white negative, color negative, (for negative transparencies), photographic print (for
photographic prints), or digital image

Name: Rights
Identifier: vra:rights
Attributes: type
Subelements: rightsHolder, text, notes
Required: N
Repeatable: Y

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Description: Information about the copyright status and the rights holder for a work, collection,
or image. The optional notes sub-element may include any justifications, conditions, or restraints
on use, contact or licensing information, or other intellectual property statements as may be
desired. The global href attribute may be used to hold a hypertext link to a website containing
more rights and/or contact information.
Data Values: MLA rules for bibliographic citation for print sources.
Restricted schema data values for the rights type attribute: copyrighted, publicDomain,
undetermined, other

Name: Source
Identifier: VRA.Source
Subelements:
Name
Attributes: type
Refid
Attributes: type
Required: N
Repeatable: Y
Description: A reference to the source of the information recorded about the work or the image.
For a work record, this may be a citation to the sole source of the information recorded in a
catalog record. For an image, it may be used to provide information about the supplying agency,
vendor or individual. In the case of copy photography, it can be used to record a bibliographic
citation or other description of the image source. In all cases, names and source identification
numbers may be included. If all information recorded about a work, image, or collection comes
from a single source, it should be recorded here. However, each individual element of the Core
may include a source attribute to reflect an information source pertaining specifically to that
element within a work, image, or collection.
Data Values: MLA rules for bibliographic citation

Name: Subject
Identifier: DC.Subject

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Required: N
Repeatable: Y
Definition: the topic of the content of the resource
Data Values: Can be represented using keywords, key phrases, or classification codes; best
practice is to use a controlled vocabulary; recommended: LCSH

Name: Description
Identifier: DC.Description
Required: N
Repeatable: Y
Definition: An account or explanation of the resource
Data Values: May include an abstract, a table of contents, a graphical representation, or a freetext account of the resource

Name: Identifier
Identifier: DC.Identifier
Required: N
Repeatable: Y
Definition: An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Data Values: Best practice is to identify the resource by means of a string conforming to a
formal identification system; recommended: URI of resource and/or item/call number

Name: Format
Identifier: DC.Format
Required: N
Repeatable: Y

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Definition: The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource


Data Values: 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]

Name: Language
Identifier: DC.Language
Required: N
Repeatable: Y
Definition: Language of the resource
Data Values: Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as RFC 4646
[RFC4646]; recommended: ISO-639-2

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>


<metadata>
<xmlns="http://www.vraweb.org/vracore4.htm"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"

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xsi:schemaLocation=http://www.vraweb.org/vracore4.htm
http://www.loc.gov/standards/vracore/vra-strict.xsd
xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/">

<vra:agentSet>
<vra:agent>
<name type=personal vocab=ULAN refid=500060426 dataDate=2015-0329> Hokusai, Katsushika</name>
<culture>Japanese</>
<dates type=life>
<earliestDate>1749</earliestDate>
<latestDate>1803</latestDate>
</dates>
<role vocab=ULAN refid=500060426>artist</role>
</vra:agent>
</vra:agentSet>
<vra:dateSet>
<display>1833 or 1834</display>
<vra:dateType=creation</dataDate=2015-03-29>
<earliestDate>1833</earliestDate>
<latestDate>1834</latestDate>
</vra:date>
</vra:dateSet>
<vra:titleSet>
<display>Tkaid ejiri tago no ura ryakuzu</display>

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<vra:title type=cited pref=true source=Title and other descriptive information compiled by


Nichibunken=sponsored Edo Print specialists in 2005-06 translated=A sketch of Tago Bay at
Ejiri along the Tokaido>Tkaid ejiri tago no ura ryakuzu</vra:title>
</vra:titleSet>
<vra:locationSet>
<vra:location type=repository>
<name type=Other>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Division (Washington, D.C.)</name>
<refid=reproduction number>LC-DIG-jpd-00864</refid>
<name type=geographic extent=inhabited place</Washington, D.C.>
</vra:location>
</vra:locationSet>
<vra:materialSet>
<display>woodcut,color></display>
<vra:material type=medium vocab=AAT refid=300041405color
woodcuts(prints)</vra:material>
</vra:materialSet>
<vra:measurementsSet>
<display>24.9 cm x 37.2 cm</display>
<vra:measurements type=height unit=cm>24.9</measurements>
<measurements type =width unit=cm>37.2</vra:measurements>
</vra:measurementsSet>
<vra:relationSet>
<vra:relation type=partOf> Fugaku sanj rokkei : 36 views of Mount
Fuji.</vra:relation>
<vra:relation type=partOf href= http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/jpd/>Fine
Prints: Japanese, pre-1915></vra:relation>
</vra:relationSet>

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<vra:culturalContextSet>
<vra:culturalContext vocab=ULAN>Japanese</vra:culturalContext>
</vra:culturalContextSet>
<vra:workTypeSet>
<display>woodcuts (prints)</display>
<vra:workType vocab=AAT refID=300041405>woodcuts
(prints)</vra:workType>
</vra:workTypeSet>
<vra:rightsSet>
<vra:rights>
<display>No known restrictions on publication</display>
<notes>Restricted access; material extremely fragile; please use online image
</notes>
<rightsHolder>unknown</rightsHolder>
<text> No known restrictions on publication</text>
</vra:rights>
</vra:rightsSet>
<vra:sourceSet>
<vra:source>
<name=electronic>Library of Congress Prints and Photographs
Division</name>
<refid type=URI>http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print</refid>
</vra:source>
</vra:sourceSet>

<dc:subject xsi:type="dcterms:LCSH">Boats--Japan--1830,1840</dc:subject>

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<dc:subject xsi:type="dcterms:LCSH">Fuji, Mount (Japan)</dc:subject>


<dc:subject xsi:type="dcterms:LCSH">Tokaido (Japan)</dc:subject>
<dc:description>Print shows men on a large boat on Tago Bay at the Ejiri station on the Tokaido
Road, with view of Mount Fuji in the distance</dc:description>
<dc:identifier> http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/jpd.00864</dc:identifier>
<dc:identifier>FP 2 JPD, no. 786 (A size) [P&P]</dc:identifier>

</metadata>

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