Place (Recommended)
Spatial characteristics of described resource, such as a country, city, region, address or other geographical term. Captures aboutness(e.g. Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Downtown; 96 S Grant Avenue; 6.703, 46.627)
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Label | Place |
| DPLA Property | dcterms:spatial |
| Description | Spatial characteristics of described resource, such as a country, city, region, address or other geographical term. Captures aboutness |
| Example | Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Downtown; 96 S Grant Avenue; 6.703, 46.627 |
| Refines | dc:coverage ; dcterms:coverage |
| Repeatable | Yes |
| DC 1.1 Mapping | dc:coverage |
| Qualified DC Mapping | dc.coverage.spatial |
| MARC Mapping | 651 #0 (for LCSH place names) or #7 with the specific vocabulary source provided in subfield 2 (TGN, for example); 043 subfield c and 650 subfield z. (All of these refer to place names; geospatial coordinates are preferred when possible) |
| Notes | Spatial topic and spatial applicability may be a location specified by its geographic coordinates (latitude, longitude) or a named place. A jurisdiction may be a named administrative entity or a geographic place to which the resource applies. Recommended best practice is to use unambiguous data such as geospatial coordinates. Where appropriate, named places can be used (full names used in a consistent hierarchy). |
| 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. |