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Describing a Resource (Metadata)
Listed below are the fields you can use to describe a submission to KU ScholarWorks. Only a title is required, but the more descriptive information (metadata) you provide, the easier it will be to locate and cite your work.
KU ScholarWorks uses a metadata format called the Dublin Core Library Application Profile (DC-Lib). More information about the Dublin Core is available at http://dublincore.org.
Fields available during the submission process:
A person, organization, or service responsible for the content of the resource. Enter the last name followed by the first name for individuals.
Title statement/main title.
Alternative titles, such as an abbreviation or a translation.
Date of Issue
Date of publication or distribution; only displays if previously published or publicly distributed box checked during submission.
Entity responsible for publication, distribution, or imprint; publisher of the previously issued instance of the work; only displays if previously published or publicly distributed box checked during submission.
Bibliographic citation for works that have been published as a part of a larger work, e.g. journal articles, book chapters; only displays if previously published or publicly distributed box checked during submission.
Series name and number within that series, if available; used for working papers, technical reports, etc.
Select from ISSN, Other, ISMN, Govt Doc#, URI, ISBN, and enter the standard number.
Select one or more: Animation; Article; Book; Book Chapter; Dataset; Learning Object; Image; Image, 3-D; Map; Musical Score; Plan or blueprint; Preprint; Presentation; Recording, acoustical; Recording, oral; Software; Technical Report; Thesis; Video; Working Paper; Other.
Select: English (United States); English; Spanish; German; French; Italian; Japanese; Chinese; (Other); N/A (for non-language material)
Key words or phrases that describe the intellectual content of the work.
Abstract or summary.
Information about sponsoring agencies, individuals, or contractual arrangements (such as funding codes) for an item.
Any descriptive information not in the abstract (such as number of pages in a document, date and location of a presentation, etc.)
Additional metadata fields available to Collection Administrators from within the
KU ScholarWorks administrative interface:
Used primarily for thesis advisor
Editor for the resource
Illustrator of the resource
Use for contributor not covered by other contributor types.
Spatial characteristics of content
Temporal characteristics of content
Date of copyright
Date of creation or manufacture of intellectual content if different from date.issued
Recommended for theses/dissertations
Catchall for unambiguous identifiers not defined by qualified form; use identifier.other for a known identifier common to a local collection instead of unqualified form.
The history of custody of the item since its creation, including any changes successive custodians made to it.
To preserve statement of responsibility from MARC records.
A table of contents for this item.
Uniform Resource Identifier pointing to a description of this item.
Catchall for any format information not defined by qualifiers.
Catchall for references to other related items.
References additional physical form
References physically or logically containing the item.
References physically or logically contained item.
References earlier version.
References later version.
Pointed to by a referenced resource.
Reference resource is required to support function, delivery, or coherence of item
References preceding item.
References succeeding item.
References Uniform Resource Identifier for related item.
Catchall for value from local classification system; global classification systems will receive specific qualifier.
Dewey Decimal Classification Number
Library of Congress Classification Number
Library of Congress Subject Heading
Medical Subject Headings
Local controlled vocabulary