Data Model
This is a brief summary of the metadata model used for objects that are stored in the community repository of SWITCHcollection. For more details and explanations refer to the specification.
Metadata fields
The repository SWITCHcollection uses a subset of the Dublin Core Metadata Standard.
Mandatory Elements
| Element | Description | Examples |
| title | The name or title of the resource | DNA from the Beginning |
| creator + | Owner of the resource |
John Doe Erika Mustermann Sprachenzentrum Uni Basel |
| accessRights | Who may read the content of the resource (preview, download). Access terms: Private, group (GMT group-id), institution (aai attribute home organization), swiss aai users, public. |
access='private', 3562781242@zhaw.ch access='group', 3141592@lorgmt.switch.ch access='institution', unibas.ch access='aai-CH' access='public' |
| rights | Who may modify the resource. Access terms: Private, group, institution, swiss aai users, public. |
access='private', 3562781242@zhaw.ch access='group', 3141592@lorgmt.switch.ch access='aai-CH' access='institution', unibas.ch |
| license | Link to legal specification (swiss jurisdiction) what can be done with the resource and under what conditions. Either • "empty": copyright defined inside • A creative commons license URL (the default for video streaming: by-nc-nd) • a ODRL specification (not used yet) Complete list of possible values: http://collection.switch.ch/spec/2008/licenses/ |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ch/ |
| discipline + | Teaching discipline of the resource: Controlled SWITCHcollection vocabulary. Code as defined in http://collection.switch.ch/spec/2008/disciplines |
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| aaiid | AAI ID of the person who last modified the resource in the repository. This person may be the creator, the contributor or another person. (This is not a standard DC element.) | 3562781242@zhaw.ch |
Optional Elements
| Element | Description | Example |
| contributor + | Who contributes to the resource. Being listed here does not imply technical access rights (they are specified in rights). |
Jane Doe John Doe |
| publisher + | Who makes the resource available. Originating university or SWITCH | Université de Lausanne |
| rightsHolder | Person or organization owning or managing the rights over the resource | 3562781242@zhaw.ch |
| tableOfContents | Table of contents (unformatted free text) | 1. Introduction, 2. genetic alleles, 3. Inheritance, 4. Dominance, 5. Punnett squares, 6. Mendel’s laws |
| abstract | Abstract of the resource |
DNA from the Beginning is an animated tutorial on DNA, genes and heredity. The science behind each concept is explained using animations, an image gallery, video interviews, problems, biographies, and links. |
| subject + | Topic of the resource: keywords, key phrases, classification codes (free text) | Genetics, DNA, classical experiments |
| description + | An account of the content of the resource (currently only used by SWITCHcast to describe the location) |
Recorded at the ETHZ Joint SVC Project. |
| language + | Language(s) of the content. Vocabulary: ISO-639-2 alpha-3 code |
deu fra eng |
| educationLevel + | Description of education or training context (free text) |
basic studies bachelor basic master |
| instructionalMethod + | The way how instructional material is presented |
Experimental learning Observation |
| issued | Publication date of the resource. (Creation and modification dates are part of FOXML) |
2004-03-12 2004-03 2004 |
| alternative + | Alternative title, e.g. title abbreviations or title translations | DNS von Grund auf. |
| type | Nature or gerne of the resource (DCMI Vocabulary: “Dataset”, “InteractiveResource”, “MovingImage”, “Software”, “Sound”, “StillImage”, “Text”) DCMI Subset defined in http://collection.switch.ch/spec/2008/types/ |
InteractiveResource Sound |
| extent + | The duration of the resource in seconds. | 30 sec |
| source |
Unique id of the original resource. If the resource has been created by an automatic export/ingest process, the source should be used to determine if an existing resource has to be updated, or if a new resource should be created. For a harvested resource, this is the URL where it can be downloaded. |
uzh.ch-olat-2008-courseid12345 http://unige.ch/repo/id12345678 |
| identifier | Internal identifier (pid) of the resource. Can be used by the OAI Provider to unambiguously tag resource records. | chor_dcterms:12345678 |
+) element can be repeated