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Collection (Required)

Collection or aggregation of which described resource is a part(e.g. Ohio Postcard Collection, Toledo Area Jewish History)

Collection Example
Property Value
Label Collection
DPLA Propertydcterms:isPartOf
DescriptionCollection or aggregation of which described resource is a part
ExampleOhio Postcard Collection, Toledo Area Jewish History
Refinesdc:relation ; dcterms:relation
RepeatableNo
DC 1.1 Mappingdc:relation
Qualified DC Mappingdc.relation.isPartOf
NotesThe term 'collection' can be applied to any aggregation of physical or digital items. It is typically used to refer to collections of physical items, collections of digital surrogates of physical items, collections of 'born-digital' items and catalogues of such collections.
Property Glossary
Index of Properties
Label The unique name used in the Metadata Application Profile.
Status Status labels for elements can include Required, Recommended, and Optional.
Description Brief description of the element.
Refines The Dublin Core metadata field of which the described term is a sub-property.
Repeatable ‘YES’ means that a field may be used multiple times in an item record.
‘NO’ means that a field can onlt be used once in an item record.
Controlled Vocab/Syntax Recommended vocabulary for element, if available.
(For data quality and consistency)
DC 1.1 Mapping The Dublin Core element to which the metadata field name maps.
MARC Mapping The MARC field to which the Dublin Core metadata is crosswalked.
Notes Applicable notes for the element.
Example Examples of best practices for the described field.