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Emory metadata usage definitions
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# Metadata usage hints
# attribute: usage
abstract: "Free-text, summary description of the content, such as an abstract. Provides additional search terms in natural language; provides important summary information for non-textual resources such as images, audio, and video"
access_right: "Information about access restrictions due to the nature of the information in the materials being described, such as those imposed by the donor, by the repository, or by statutory/regulatory requirements"
administrative_unit: "The name of a sub-unit within the Holding Repository; indicates a stewardship role"
arkivo_checksum: "-- system field - not directly editable --"
author_notes: "Free-text note that contains information from or about the authors of the material; may include or reference corresponding author information"
conference_dates: "Date range for conference at which a conference paper was presented"
conference_name: "The name of a conference, meeting, or event related to the material"
contact_information: "Contact information regarding the material (not necessarily for the author)"
content_genre: "A more detailed sub-type refining the broader Content Type element: provides a specific characterization of the nature or style of the original content source"
content_type: "Describes the nature and general type of the original content source (as opposed to the form of the resource); provides important context for users to inform how they can interact with the content"
contributor: "Identifies contributors to the material; can be used very broadly if exact contributions aren't known"
copyright_date: "The date (year) for which copyright was established [DESCRIPTIVE/USER FACING]"
create_date: # Can't find this in https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z0ebRLaPa4bEJayvTiqwU4ulFglWrpQPgVX6r6v29uY/edit#gid=714216589
creator: "Identifies the primary Creator(s) of the material"
data_classification: "Provides a classification of content/data included in an object, based upon Emory IT policies; used to monitor appropriate storage of data on the Emory network"
data_collection_dates: "Date range for when data was collected for a dataset (distinct from the date the actual dataset was created)"
data_producer: "Identifies research groups/centers/institutes who have some overarching responsibility for the data collection (may overlap with Creator)"
data_source_note: "Free text note about data sources used in the material"
date_created: "The date the material was created"
date_digitized: "Date that the item was originally digitized (as opposed to file creation date or ingest date)"
date_issued: "The date the material was formally released or published"
date_modified: "-- system field - not directly editable --"
date_uploaded: "-- system field - not directly editable --"
depositor: "-- system field - not directly editable --"
edition: "Indicates the specific edition of a published work which the repository object contains"
extent: "The extent or measurements of the original material (vs. a surrogate)"
final_published_version: "A link to the final published version of a work stored in the repository"
geographic_unit: "Lowest level of geographic aggregation covered by the dataset, e.g. village, county, region"
grant: "Identifies agencies providing grants or funding to the material"
grant_information: "Free-text note about associated grants or funding; may include grant numbers or other statements"
has_model: "-- system field - not directly editable --"
head: "-- system field - not directly editable --"
holding_repository: "The name of the holding Library within Emory University; indicates a stewardship role"
institution: "The name of the owner or the steward to the original source content (either physical or born-digital): the institution who is responsible for providing access to the resource. Useful for when exporting to aggregated/external repositories. [Typically this is "Emory University" unless we are including materials from other institutions in our repository]"
internal_rights_note: "Any notes for staff regarding rights decision points"
isbn: "ISBN for a published work"
issn: "ISSN for a published work"
issue: "The issue or number associated with the material"
keywords: "Uncontrolled keywords describing the material, often provided by content creators"
legacy_ark: "A legacy Emory-issued ark"
legacy_identifier: "An inactive identifier used in a previous system or workflow, useful for cross-referencing in migrations; may include a number of identifier types including filenames"
legacy_rights: "Legacy rights information which has been migrated from prior systems"
local_call_number: "The local call number for a physical item that has been digitized for inclusion in the repository."
modified_date: # Can't find this in https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Z0ebRLaPa4bEJayvTiqwU4ulFglWrpQPgVX6r6v29uY/edit#gid=714216589
note: "Free-text general purpose note"
on_behalf_of: "-- system field - not directly editable --"
owner: "-- system field - not directly editable --"
page_range_end: "The start of a range of page numbers for the material within the parent object/container where it was published (i.e. page numbers of an article within a journal)"
page_range_start: "The end of a range of page numbers for the material within the parent object/container where it was published (i.e. page numbers of an article within a journal)"
parent_title: "The title of the parent work that the material is part of, such as an article's parent journal title, a chapter or volume's parent book title, etc."
place_of_production: "A placename or location associated with the publication or production of the material"
primary_language: "The language of the source content being described: applies to textual or spoken word (linguistic) content"
primary_repository_ID: "The unique, persistent identifier for a repository object"
proxy_depositor: "-- system field - not directly editable --"
publisher: "The name of the entity formally publishing the work"
publisher_version: "Version of a scholarly work that is deposited in the repository (final published, post print, pre-print)"
re_use_license: "Provides license information to inform users of appropriate usage of an object, e.g. Creative Commons License [DESCRIPTIVE/USER FACING]"
related_datasets: "Datasets related to this material"
related_material: "Free-text field to record citations for related material"
related_publications: "Publications related to this material"
rights_documentation: "Link to any policy/deed etc available"
rights_holder: "The name of the entity that holds the rights to the material [DESCRIPTIVE/USER FACING]"
rights_statement: "Standardized rights statement from rightsstatements.org that can be used to communicate the copyright and re-use status of digital objects to the end users [DESCRIPTIVE/USER FACING]"
rights_statement_text: "The Emory-supplied statement describing the rights status of an object, including use and reproduction limitations based on that rights status [DESCRIPTIVE/USER FACING]"
scheduled_rights_review: "Date indicating when a review should occur in the future, to alert content curators to review when an access restriction in a deed may be changing"
scheduled_rights_review_note: "Provides context to content curators regarding in a contract/deed needs to be reviewed for change"
sensitive_material: "Indicates an Emory Libraries internal determination of sensitive or objectionable material"
sensitive_material_note: "Internal statement clarifying a determination of sensitive/objectionable material"
series_title: "The name of a larger series that the material is a part of"
sponsor: "Identifies a sponsor for the material produced"
staff_note: "Internal staff-only notes about the item; does not display to end users"
state: "-- system field - not directly editable --"
subject_geo: "Controlled terms or coordinates indicating geographic locations included in the content"
subject_names: "Controlled terms for the names of people or organizations included in the content"
subject_time_periods: "Controlled terms or time ranges describing time periods for the content"
subject_topics: "Controlled terms describing topics included in the content of the material"
sublocation: "Lists the physical sublocation of an object (e.g. a box/folder for archival material); not intended to denote a physical location that changes frequently"
system_of_record_ID: "The system identifier or record number from the canonical descriptive metadata system, used to import or sync metadata in the repository with an external source"
table_of_contents: "A table of contents for the material"
tail: "-- system field - not directly editable --"
technical_note: "Free text note providing user guidance for relevant software/technology associated with the material"
title: "The name of the resource being described. The title may either be transcribed from the resource itself, or it may need to be created."
transfer_engineer: "Name of the person who digitized/reformatted the master files for the object (not necessarily the additional/supplemental files)"
uniform_title: "The standardized version of a title, established when a work has been issued under varying names"
volume: "The volume indication for the material"
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