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Metadata Dictionary

Metadata Dictionary

Jun 28, 2023

Texas Data Repository Metadata Dictionary

The Texas Data Repository Metadata Dictionary is comprised of citation (including journal metadata) and domain specific (geospatial, social science and humanities, astronomy and astrophysics, and life sciences) metadata fields. The dictionary contains a definition for each field, describes any format specifications associated with each field, denotes if the field is mandatory or optional, and establishes whether the field is visible to the depositor during upload. Note that TDL members may choose to expand the number of mandatory fields based on the institution’s operating procedures.

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Citation Metadata

Field

Definition

Formatting

Mandatory/Optional

Viewable During Upload

Title

Full title by which the Dataset is known.

 

M

Y

Subtitle

A secondary title used to amplify or state certain limitations on the main title.

 

O

N

Alternative Title

A title by which the work is commonly referred, or an abbreviation of the title.

 

O

N

Alternative URL

A URL where the dataset can be viewed, such as a personal or project website.

Enter full URL, starting with http://

 

Example:

  • http://www.my.org




O

N

Other ID

Data in this section refer to another unique identifier that identifies this Dataset

(e.g., producer's or another repository's number).

Agency

Name of agency which generated this identifier.

 

O

N

Identifier

Other identifier that corresponds to this Dataset.

 

O

N

Author

Data in this section refer to the person(s), corporate body(ies), or agency(ies) responsible for creating the work.

Name

The author's Family Name, Given Name or the name of the organization responsible for this Dataset.

Personal name expressed as LastName, FirstName MiddleInitial.

 

Organizational name as it appears

 

Examples:

  • Obama, Barack H.

  • Texas Digital Library

M

Y

Affiliation

The organization with which the author is affiliated.

 

M

Y

Identifier Scheme

Name of the identifier scheme (ORCID, ISNI, LCNA).

 

O

Y

Identifier

Uniquely identifies an individual author or organization, according to various schemes.

 

O

Y

Contact

Data in this section refer to the contact(s) for this Dataset.

Name

The contact's Family Name, Given Name or the name of the organization.

Personal name expressed as LastName, FirstName MiddleInitial.

 

Organizational name as it appears

 

Examples:

  • Obama, Barack H.

  • Texas Digital Library

O

Y

Affiliation

The organization with which the contact is affiliated.

 

O

Y

E-mail

The e-mail address(es) of the contact(s) for the Dataset. This will not be displayed to the user.

 

M

Y

Description

Data in this section refer to a summary describing the purpose, nature, and scope of the Dataset.

Text

A summary describing the purpose, nature, and scope of the Dataset.

 

M

Y

Date

In cases where a Dataset contains more than one description (for example, one might be supplied by the data producer and another prepared by the data repository where the data are deposited), the date attribute is used to distinguish between the two descriptions.

Date expressed in ISO format (YYYY-MM-DD)

 

Example:

  • 2016-01-30

O

Y

Subject

Domain-specific Subject Categories that are topically relevant to the Dataset.

 

M

Y

Keyword

Data in this section refer to key terms that describe important aspects of the Dataset.

Term

Key terms that describe important aspects of the Dataset. Can be used for building keyword indexes and for classification and retrieval purposes. A controlled vocabulary can be employed.

 

O

Y

Vocabulary

For the specification of the keyword controlled vocabulary in use.

Abbreviated name of vocabulary

 

Examples:

  • LCSH

  • LCNA

  • MeSH

O

Y

Vocabulary URL

Keyword vocabulary URL points to the web presence that describes the keyword vocabulary, if appropriate.

Enter an absolute URL where the keyword vocabulary web site is found.

 

Example:

  • http://www.my.org

O

Y

Topic Classification

Data in this section refer to the classification field that

indicates the broad important topic(s) and subjects that the data cover.