User Guide
Guide to Dublin Core Terms:
Tags:
To search tags, click on a tag. To search for multiple tags at once please enter http://glencairnmuseum.omeka.net/items/browse/tag/[name of tag #1]/tag/[name of tag #2] etc. into your browsers web address bar. Tags that consist of multiple words should be entered [word#1+word#2] etc.
Example: http://glencairnmuseum.omeka.net/items/browse/tag/Ezekiel+Tower/tag/Stonework
Dublin Core:
A standardized series of categories by which an item can be described
Title:
The Title of an individual resource.
Examples: “South Side Ambulatory” “Edging of the Ezekiel Tower Roof 01” “Edging of the Ezekiel Tower Roof 02”
Subject:
The general topic of a resource.
Example: Bryn Athyn Cathedral Construction
Description:
A detailed description of a resource or its contents
Creator:
Who made it?
Source:
Where the object is stored, how to find it
Example: Archive Series x, Subsection y, Folder z
Publisher:
Who is the Publisher?
Date:
When was the object created? In the case of a photograph, when did the depicted events occur?
Examples: yyyy mm dd, circa yyyy
Contributor:
An entity responsible for making contributions to the source Rights: Information about who owns the rights to the resource, and what rights they own.
Relation:
Related resources. Resources that pertain to the resource being catalogued.
Format:
The format of the file which has been uploaded to Omeka.
Examples: “Jpeg, 600 dpi, medium compression,” “mp4, 6 GB” etc.
Type:
What kind of item was the original source
Examples: Collection, Image, Sound, Text
Identifier:
A unique series of letters and numbers that identifies the object.
Examples: “CATH_0028”
Coverage:
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource.
Examples: “Bryn Athyn, PA”
Item Type Metadata:
Data that describes the original resource rather than the uploaded file
Original Format:
Describes the specifications of the resource, is it a painting? A color photograph? A statue? Written on monogrammed stationary? Written with a fountain pen?
Examples: Black & White Photograph, Letter written in blue ink on Academy stationary, etc.
Physical Dimensions:
What are the dimensions of the resource?
Example: 4”x6”, 2’x3’x4’, etc. If no unit is noted, assume the dimensions are given in inches.