Metadata Requirements for Newspapers (RDF)
(NOTE 9/29/17: The latest version of this info can be viewed here. Using Google Sheet for now to expedite editing process. Info will be moved back to this page at some point.)
This page provides a list of metadata properties specific to newspaper objects. Descriptive, technical, administrative, etc.
(Holding off on annotating fields as searchable, facetable, repeatable, etc. for now.)
MODS metadata modeling:
http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/modsrdf/v1/
NDNP Technical Specifications:
http://www.loc.gov/ndnp/guidelines/archive/NDNP_200810TechNotes.pdf
Title
(A newspaper title, e.g. "The Bloom Picayune.")
| Field | RDF Namespace:Predicate | Type | URI | Controlled? | Required | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newspaper Title | dcterms:title | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/title | no | yes | |
| Alternative Newspaper Title | dcterms:alternative | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/alternative | no | no | |
| Type | dcterms:type | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/type | no | yes | |
| Date Coverage | dcterms:temporal | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/temporal | no | yes | Date range |
| Spatial | dcterms:spatial | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/spatial | no | no | Spatial: State/County/City |
| Publisher | dcterms:publisher | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher | no | yes | |
| Place of publication | loc:pup | descriptive | http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pup | |||
| Frequency | rdau:P60538 | descriptive | http://www.rdaregistry.info/Elements/u/#P60538 | |||
| ISSN | loc:issn | descriptive | http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/identifiers/issn | no | no | |
| LCCN | loc:lccn | descriptive | http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/identifiers/lccn | strongly recommended | http://www.loc.gov/marc/lccn_structure.html can contain multiple LCCN #s | |
| OCLC | bibo:oclcnum | descriptive | http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/oclcnum | |||
| Language | dcterms:language(ISO 639-2) | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/ISO639-2 | yes | yes | ISO 639-2 |
| *Rights | dcterms:rights | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/rights | no | yes | http://rightsstatements.org/en/ |
| Identifier (ARK) | dcterms:identifier | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier | no | Name | |
| *Identifier (internal) | dcterms:identifier | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier | no | yes | If ARKing is unavailable |
Container
(Microfilm reel, bound volume, etc.)
| Field | RDF Namespace:Predicate | Type | URI | Controlled? | Required? | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Container Title | dcterms:title | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/title | no | ||
| Publisher | dcterms:publisher | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher | no | ||
| *PhysicalMedium | dcterms:physicalmedium | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/PhysicalMedium | no | ||
| *Format | dcterms:format | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/format | yes | ||
| Date Coverage | dcterms:coverage | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/coverage | no | Date range | |
| Identifier | dcterms:identifier | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier | no | physical object identifier i.e. barcode | |
| Identifier (ARK) | dcterms:identifier | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier | no | Name/Container | |
| *Identifier (internal) | dcterms:identifier | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier | no | If ARKing is unavailable |
Issue
(An individual issue of a title.)
| Field | RDF Namespace:Predicate | Type | URI | Controlled? | Required? | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Issue Title | dcterms:title | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/title | no | ||
| Type | dcterms:type | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/type | no | ||
| Publisher | dcterms:publisher | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher | no | ||
| Place of publication | loc:pup | descriptive | http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/pup | |||
| Date | dcterms:date (ISO 8601) | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/date | no | ||
| Extent | dcterms:extent | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/extent | |||
| Volume | bibo:volume | descriptive | http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/volume | |||
| Issue | bibo:issue | descriptive | http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/issue | |||
| Edition | bf:editionStatement | descriptive | http://id.loc.gov/ontologies/bibframe.html#p_editionStatement | |||
| Rights | dcterms:rights | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/rights | no | ||
| Identifier (ARK) | dcterms:identifier | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier | no | Name/Issue | |
| *Identifier (internal) | dcterms:identifier | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier | no | ARKing is unavailable |
Page
(An individual page of an issue.)
| Field | RDF Namespace:Predicate | Type | URI | Controlled? | Required? | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *Title | dcterms:title | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/title | no | ||
| Type | dcterms:type | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/type | no | ||
| Page Number | schema:pagination | descriptive | http://schema.org/pagination | potential overlap with Title | ||
| *Publisher | dcterms:publisher | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher | no | ||
| *Date | dcterms:date (ISO 8601) | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/date | no | ||
| *Rights | dcterms:rights | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/rights | no | ||
| OCR Text | dcterms:description | descriptive | ||||
| Identifier (ARK) | dcterms:identifier | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier | no | Name/Issue/Page | |
| *Identifier (internal) | dcterms:identifier | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier | no | ARKing is unavailable | |
| file | technical | |||||
| thumb_nail | technical | |||||
| created | technical | |||||
| version | technical |
Article
(An individual intellectual object that appears within an issue.)
| Field | RDF Namespace:Predicate | Type | URI | Controlled? | Required? | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Article Title | dcterms:title | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/title | no | ||
| *Publisher | dcterms:publisher | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/publisher | no | ||
| *Date | dcterms:date (ISO 8601) | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/date | no | ||
| Type | dcterms:type | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/type | no | ||
| Genre | edm:hasType | descriptive | http://www.europeana.eu/schemas/edm/hasType | (Article,Advertisement, Obituary. etc) Suggestions? Use examples? | ||
| Description | dcterms:description | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/description | no | ||
| Subject | dcterms:subject | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject | no | ||
| Author | dcterms:creator | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator | no | ||
| Photographer | dcterms:contributor | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/contributor | no | ||
| Pages | bibo:pages | descriptive | http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/pages | Free text description of page(s) article appears on. | ||
| Rights | dcterms:rights | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/rights | no | ||
| OCR Text | dcterms:description | descriptive | ttp://purl.org/dc/terms/description | |||
| Identifier (ARK) | dcterms:identifier | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier | no | Name/Issue/Page/Article (Name/Qualifier) | |
| *Identifier (internal) | dcterms:identifier | descriptive | http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier | no | ARKing is unavailable | |
| file | technical | |||||
| thumb_nail | technical | |||||
| created | technical | |||||
| version | technical |
*Denotes a field that will be evaluated.