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Base Schema (preliminary)
<?XML version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE Base SYSTEM "Dictionary.dtd">
<!-- IMS Base Type Meta-Data Schema - 03 August 1998 - TDW-->
<Base>
<GENERAL
I_Obligation="M"
I_List="Sngl">
<Identifier
I_List="Sngl"
I_Obligation="M"
I_Caption="GUID"
I_Context="A unique label for the resource.">
DIdentifier
</Identifier>
<Title
I_Obligation="M"
I_Caption="Title"
I_Context="Name given to the resource. ">
DLangString
</Title>
</GENERAL>
<CHARACTERISTICS
I_Obligation="M"
I_List="Sngl"
I_Extensible="Yes">
<Language
I_Caption="Language"
I_Obligation="M">
DLocale
</Language>
<Description
I_Caption="Abstract"
I_Obligation="M"
I_Context="A textual description of the contents of the resource.">
DLangString
</Description>
<Discipline
I_Context="A specific knowledge domain. Disciplines are ordered
from the most relevant to the least relevant."
I_List="Ord"
I_Obligation="M">
<TaxonPath
I_Obligation="M"
I_Context="A taxonomic path in a specific taxonomy.
There may be different paths in the same or different
taxonomy that describe a particular discipline.">
<Source
I_Caption="Subject Taxonomy"
I_Context="a specific taxonomy."
I_List="Sngl"
I_Obligation="M">
DSource
</Source>
<Taxon
I_Caption="Subject taxon"
I_Context="An entry from a taxonomy that refers
to the discipline. An ordered list of Taxons
creates the taxon path, i. e., taxonomic
stairway. This is the path from a more general
to a more specific entry in the taxonomy. "
I_List="Ord"
I_Obligation="M">
DEntry
</Taxon>
</TaxonPath>
</Discipline>
</CHARACTERISTICS>
<LIFECYCLE
I_Obligation="M"
I_List="Sngl">
<Version
I_List="Sngl"
I_Obligation="M"
I_Caption="Version"
I_Context="The edition of the resource.">
DDecimal
</Version>
<Create
I_Obligation="M"
I_Context="Origin and edition of the resource. Create
includes edit.">
<Date
I_List="Sngl"
I_Obligation="M"
I_Caption="Create or Edit date"
I_Context="The date that the resource was created
or edited.">
DDate
</Date>
<Contribute
I_Obligation="M"
I_Context="Involvement in the creation or edition
of the resource.">
<Role
I_List="Sngl"
I_Obligation="M"
I_Caption="Contributor Role"
I_Context="Kind of involvement. Exactly one
instance of Creator must exist.">
DVocabulary:
creator,
author,
editor,
programmer,
graphics artist
</Role>
<Person
I_List="Ord"
I_Obligation="M"
I_Caption="Contributing person"
I_Context="Person involved.">
DPerson
</Person>
</Contribute>
</Create>
<Publish
I_Obligation="M"
I_Context="Making the resource available.">
<Organization
I_Caption="Publisher"
I_Context="A university department, company, agency, institute, etc., under whose responsibility the resource was published. "
I_List="Sngl"
I_Obligation="M">
DOrganisation
</Organization>
<Date
I_List="Sngl"
I_Obligation="M"
I_Caption="Publication Date"
I_Context="The date the resource was published.">
DDate
</Date>
</Publish>
</LIFECYCLE>
<METAMETADATA
I_Obligation="M"
I_List="Sngl">
<Create
I_List="Ord"
I_Obligation="M"
I_Context="Origin and edition of the meta-data">
<Date
I_List="Sngl"
I_Obligation="M"
I_Caption="Meta-data creation or edit date"
I_Context="The date the description was created or edited.">
DDate
</Date>
<Person
I_Obligation="M"
I_Caption="Meta-data editor"
I_Context="Person that created the description.">
DPerson
</Person>
<Organization
I_List="Sngl"
I_Obligation="M"
I_Caption="Meta-data source organization"
I_Context="A university department, company, agency"
institute, etc., under whose responsibility the
description was published.">
DOrganization
</Organization>
</Create>
<Schema
I_List="Sngl"
I_Obligation="M"
I_Extensible="No"
I_Caption="Meta-data schema"
I_Context="Describes the structure of the meta-data. This
includes version">
DVocabulary: IMS:1:1.0
</Schema>
</METAMETADATA>
<TECHNICAL
I_Obligation="M"
I_List="Sngl">
<Format
I_List="Sngl"
I_Obligation="M"
I_Caption="Technical Format"
I_Context="Technical data type of the resource. May include MIME
type.">
DFormat
</Format>
<LocSpec
I_List="Ord"
I_Obligation="M"
I_Caption="Location"
I_Context="A location or method that resolves to a location.
NOTE: This allows for a URL, URN, URI DOI, etc. The order
indicates the preferable LocSpec first.">
DLocSpec
</LocSpec>
<OSRequirements
I_List="Sngl"
I_Obligation="M"
I_Context="Needs with respect to the operating system in order
to access the resource.">
<OperatingSystem
I_Obligation="M"
I_Caption="Operating System"
I_Context="Name of the operating system. ">
DVocabulary:
Generic,
Windows95,
Win3.X,
WindowsNT,
MacOS,
Unix
</OperatingSystem>
</OSRequirements>
</TECHNICAL>
<RIGHTS
I_Obligation="M"
I_List="Unord"
I_Extensible="Yes">
<Role
I_List="Sngl"
I_Obligation="M"
I_Caption="Rights management role"
I_Context="Kind of use of the resource.">
DVocabulary:
read,
incorporate,
resell
</Role>
<Conditions
I_List="Sngl"
I_Obligation="M"
I_Context="Legal or economic requirements for the use according
to the role.">
<Price
I_Obligation="M"
I_Context="Amount of money to be paid to use the
resource in the way specified by the role.">
<MonetaryUnit
I_List="Sngl"
I_Obligation="C"
I_Caption="Currency"
I_Context="C: If amount =/= 0. the unit of
currency referred to by amount.">
DVocabulary
</MonetaryUnit>
<Amount
I_List="Sngl"
I_Obligation="M"
I_Caption="Price"
I_Context="Monetary Value. 0 is acceptable.">
DDecimal: 0.00
</Amount>
<Code
I_List="Sngl"
I_Caption="Price code"
I_Context="A price code.">
DVocabulary
</Code>
</Price>
</Conditions>
</RIGHTS>
</Base>