Metadata Element Set

Metadata Element Set for the Leslie Jones Collection

Element Description Example

Mandatory? 

Optional? 

Repeatable?

Value 

Controlled? 

How?

 Namespace
Creator The name of the individual responsible for creating the resource (i.e., the photographer). Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photogtrapher) O, R

Yes

ULAN/LOC

 dc.creator
Publisher The name of the institution or body responsible for publishing the image Boston Public Library, Print Department O

Yes

ULAN/LOC

 dc.publisher
Identifier BPL accession number

08_06_000000

(08_06 = Leslie Jones Collection)

(_000000 = image identifier)

 M No dc.identifier
Subject Series The topic describing the image. There are 23 top-level subjects, most with sub-category refinements, some without (see *)

Accidents

Crime/Police

Maritime

Transportation*

War Days *

 M

Yes

BPL 23 Categories

 dc.subject

Subject Series

(sub-category)

 The sub-category of each subject. This also serves as the finding aid. All of the boxes of glass plate negatives are labelled with these categories

Accidents : Auto

Crime/Police : Misc

Crime/Police : Prohibition

Maritime : Sailing Ships

Maritime : Leviathon

 M

Yes

BPL 103 Sub-Categories

 dc.subject
TGM Headings (Keywords) Keywords from LC's Thesaurus of Graphic Materials (TGM) describing the content of the image Elevated Railroads; Carts & Wagons; Sculpture; Airships; Sheep Shearing; Air Pilots M, R

Yes

LC TGM

 dc.subject
Name Headings Name Headings. These only apply if a noteworthy individual appears in the image (e.g., famous individuals or things)

Leviathon (Steamship)

McKineley, William, 1843-1901

 O, R

Yes

LOC Name Headings

 dc.subject
Title-Description

Transcription, if any, penciled on the sleeve of each physical glass plate surrogate. Most have brief description. This serves as the title of the image and the description (for web retrieval purposes). If nothing, "no title" used instead. 

"Fishing schooner sinks after crash with steamer in Boston Harbor. Police boat 'Watchman' nearby"

 M No

dc.description

dc.title
Date Creation date, either in form yyyy, yyyy-mm, or yyyy-mm-dd (most transcribed on image sleeve). Some qualified as "approximate". Some are a range of dates (in form yyyy-yyyy).

1930-04-01

1927 (approximate)

1931-06

1917-1935 (approximate)

 M

Yes

ISO 8601

 dc.date
Type DCMI Type vocabulary Still Image M

Yes

DCMI Type

 dc.type
Extent Size of image original (i.e., the glass plate) 4 x 5 in. M No

dc.format

OAI-PMH incompatible with dc.format.extent
Medium Physical medium of the original resource

1 negative : glass, black & white

1 negative : film, black & white

 M No

dc.format

OAI-PMH incompatible with dc.format.medium
Genre Category of the style/nature of the original resource

Glass negative

Film negative

 M No dc.format
Rights

Copyright statement

 Copyright © Leslie Jones M No dc.rights
License Creative Common Licensing agreement, provided by the family of Leslie Jones Some rights reserved (Attribution, Noncommercial, No Deriviative Works) M

Yes

Creative Commons

dc.rights

OAI-PMH incompatible with dc.rights.license