Dear all,
In Ithaca, we should bring Usage Board documentation into
synch with the NISO and ISO standards -- due to editorial
changes in the finalization of these standards, there are
subtle differences of wording, summarized below.
Tom
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Title: Differences between Usage Board declarations and NISO/ISO
Date: 2003-03-12
This is a summary of differences
between the hitherto authortative data at
http://stage.dublincore.org/documents/2002/10/06/current-elements
("UB-data") and the DCMES 1.1 document
http://stage.dublincore.org/documents/dces/ as brought
into synch by Makx with NISO Z39.85 ("ISO-doc"). (See also
http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-85.pdf.)
Makx found differences in the Comments for Language and Type
between http://dublincore.org/documents/1999/07/02/dces/
and http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/Z39-85.pdf,
but these differences were already corrected for
http://stage.dublincore.org/documents/2002/10/06/current-elements.
The remaining differences are:
Title
UB-data>Comment: Typically, a Title will be...
ISO-doc>Comment: Typically, Title will be...
Creator
UB-data>Comment: Examples of a Creator include...
ISO-doc>Comment: Examples of Creator include...
Subject
UB-data>Definition: The topic of the content...
ISO-doc>Definition: A topic of the content...
UB-data>Comment: Typically, a Subject will be expressed...
ISO-doc>Comment: Typically, Subject will be expressed...
Description
UB-data>Comment: Description may include but is not limited to...
ISO-doc>Comment: Examples of Description include, but is not limited to...
Publisher
UB-data>Comment: Examples of a Publisher include...
ISO-doc>Comment: Examples of Publisher include...
Date
UB-data>Definition: A date associated with an event in the life cycle...
ISO-doc>Definition: A date of an event in the lifecycle...
UB-data>Comment: ...and follows the YYYY-MM-DD format.
ISO-doc>Comment: ...and includes (among others) dates of the form YYYY-MM-DD.
Identifier
UB-data>Comment: Example formal identification systems include the...
ISO-doc>Comment: Formal identification systems include but are not limited to the...
Source
UB-data>Comment: ...best practice is to reference the resource...
ISO-doc>Comment: ...best practice is to identify the resource...
Relation
UB-data>Comment: Recommended best practice is to reference the resource...
ISO-doc>Comment: Recommended best practice is to identify the resource...
Coverage:
UB-data>Comment: Coverage will typically include spatial location...
ISO-doc>Comment: Typically, Coverage will include spatial location...
UB-data>...and that, where appropriate, named places or time periods be used...
ISO-doc>...and to use, where appropriate, named places or time periods...
Rights
UB-data>Comment: Typically, a Rights element will contain...
ISO-doc>Comment: Typically, Rights will contain...
UB-data>...no assumptions can be made about the status of these and
other rights with respect to the resource.
ISO-doc>...no assumptions may be made about any rights held in or over
the resource.
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Dr. Thomas Baker [log in to unmask]
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