Model Sharing: Thesis
A place to share modeling of what theses and dissertations look like at your institution. If your Theses & Dissertations are different, please put each down below. Please copy the following sample model or make changes if you've got XPaths instead of predicates, for example. Share what you know and what you have.
Model Type, Institution Name
Namespaces:
dce: http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
dct: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
...
| Field | Predicate | Obligation | Expected Value | Index (Y,N) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Definitions:
- Field - What the field is doing, the title, etc.
- Predicate - The shortened form of the predicate, e.g. dct:title
- Obligation - whether it's required and whether its use it limited. e.g. {1} for only 1 and required. {1,n} required and may have many. {0,1} for not required but may only have one. {0,n} not required but may have many.
- Expected value - xsd:string, xsd:dateTime, etc. (feel free to put in your best guess if you're not sure).
- Index (Y, N) - Whether or not it's indexed.
Feel free to add more columns, such as whether it's "facetable" (can it be faceted in search?).
Thesis or Dissertation, University of Notre Dame
Namespaces:
dct: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
mrel: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/
etdms: http://www.ndltd.org/standards/metadata/etdms/1.1/
Ruth's note: I feel like this should come with the disclaimers that we are not happy with this model and we intend to fix quite a few things about it.
| Field | Predicate | Obligation | Expected Value | Index (Y,N) | Facetable | Sortable | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Title | dct:title | {1} | xsd:string | y | n | n | |
| Alternate Title | dct:title#alternate | {0, many} | xsd:string | y | n | n | |
| Creator(s) | dct:creator | {0, many} | xsd:string | y | n | n | We generally expect to see 1 on thesis/dissertation but wanted to allow for complex cases. |
| Affiliation | dct:creator#affiliation | {0,1} | controlled list: faculty, staff, postdoc, graduate student, undergraduate student | y | y | n | Intended to be the highest level of the primary contributor. Here it's always "graduate student" but it could be set as something else. |
| dct:creator#organization | |||||||
| Departments and Units | dct:creator#administrative_unit | {0,n} | controlled list of departments and units | y | y | n | Currently handled as a string and we'd like to do this better by creating a set of URIs. |
Degree | etdms:degree | {1} | blank node (see appendix table 1) | n | n | n | We will likely change this. |
| Contributor (Committee) | dct:contributor | {1,n} | blank node (see appendix table 2) | n | n | n | |
| Abstract | dct:description#abstract | {1} | xsd:string | y | n | n | |
| Publisher | dct:publisher | {0,n} | xsd:string | y | y | n | |
| Rights | dct:rights | {1} | controlled list of CC and public domain URIs + "all rights reserved" | y | y | n | This is a mix of licenses and, I know. |
| Note | dct:description#note | {0,1} | xsd:string | n | n | n | |
| not labeled or displayed | dct:format#mimetype | n/a | xsd:string | n | n | n | Neither displayed nor something one can enter in a form. |
| Date Created | dct:date#created | {1} | xsd:string | y | n | n | this is used by the cataloger |
| Date Submitted | dct:dateSubmitted | {1} | xsd:date | y | n | y | system-controlled |
| not labeled or displayed | dct:modified | {1} | xsd:date | y | n | y | system-controlled |
| Defense Date | dct:date | {1} | xsd:string | y | n | y | |
| Approval Date | dct:date#approved | {1} | xsd:string | y | n | y | Not displayed. |
| Language | dct:language | {1,n} | xsd:string | y | y | n | Not controlled. Form field defaults display "English." |
| Spatial Coverage | dct:coverage#spatial | {0,n} | xsd:string | y | y | n | |
| Temporal Coverage | dct:coverage#temporal | {0,n} | xsd:string | y | y | n | |
| URN | dct:identifier#other | {0,1} | xsd:string | y | n | n | Indexed as "symbol" |
| DOI | dct:identifier#doi | {0,1} | xsd:string | y | n | n | Generated by system or validated if entered manually. |
| Subject | dct:subject | {0,n} | xsd:string | y | y | n | |
| Country | dct:publisher#country | {1} | xsd:string | n | n | n | Required for various cataloging/Google Scholar reasons. |
Appendix Table 1: Degree Blank Node
| Field | Predicate | Obligation | Expected Value | Index (Y,N) | Facetable | Sortable | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Degree Name | etdms:name | {1} | xsd:string | y | n | n | From controlled list |
| Degree Level | etdms:level | {1} | xsd:string | y | n | n | From controlled list |
| Degree Discipline | etdms:discipline | {1} | xsd:string | y | n | n | From controlled list |
Appendix Table 2: Commitee member blank node (repeats)
| Field | Predicate | Obligation | Expected Value | Index (Y,N) | Facetable | Sortable | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | dct:contributor | {1} | xsd:string | y | n | n | |
| Role | etdms:role | {1} | xsd:string | y | n | n | Apparently searchable. From controlled list. |