Interface DCMetadata

interface DCMetadata {
    accessRights?: string;
    audience?: string;
    available?: string;
    bibliographicCitation?: string;
    contributors?: string[];
    created?: string;
    educationLevel?: string;
    extent?: string;
    format?: string;
    hasVersion?: string;
    identifiers?: string[];
    instructionalMethod?: string;
    isPartOf?: string;
    isReferencedBy?: string[];
    issued?: string;
    language?: string;
    license?: string;
    medium?: string;
    publisher?: string;
    references?: string[];
    replaces?: string;
    requires?: string;
    spatial?: string;
    subjects?: string[];
    temporal?: string;
    type?: string;
}

Properties

`Optional`accessRights

accessRights?: string

Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status.

Example

Institutional subscription required

Example

Open access

`Optional`audience

audience?: string

A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful.

Example

Graduate students and researchers in physics

Example

Computer Science students

`Optional`available

available?: string

Date that the resource became or will become available.

Example

2025-09-01

Example

2025-09-01/2026-08-31

`Optional`bibliographicCitation

bibliographicCitation?: string

A bibliographic reference for the resource.

Example

Dirac, P. A. M. (1958). The Principles of Quantum Mechanics (4th ed.). Oxford University Press.

`Optional`contributors

contributors?: string[]

An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource. This is different from atom:contributor and represents funding, institutional support, etc.

Example

National Science Foundation (Grant #PHY-2012345)

`Optional`created

created?: string

Date of creation of the resource.

Example

2025-08-15

`Optional`educationLevel

educationLevel?: string

The level of education for which the resource is intended.

Example

Undergraduate

Example

Graduate

Example

K-12

`Optional`extent

extent?: string

The size or duration of the resource.

Example

314 pages

Example

18 hours

Example

pp. 1234-1242

`Optional`format

format?: string

The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.

Example

application/pdf

Example

video/mp4

`Optional`hasVersion

hasVersion?: string

A related resource that is a version, edition, or adaptation of the described resource.

Example

Digital edition

Example

Second edition

`Optional`identifiers

identifiers?: string[]

The identifier(s) of the resource. Can include ISBN, DOI, ISSN, etc.

Example

urn:isbn:978-0-19-852011-5

Example

https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-025-12345-6

`Optional`instructionalMethod

instructionalMethod?: string

The instructional method used in educational resources.

Example

Online lecture series

Example

Interactive tutorial

`Optional`isPartOf

isPartOf?: string

A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.

Example

International Series of Monographs on Physics

Example

Nature Physics, Vol. 21, No. 10

`Optional`isReferencedBy

isReferencedBy?: string[]

A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource.

Example

Subsequent works citing this publication

`Optional`issued

issued?: string

The date of formal issuance (publication) of the resource.

Example

1958-01-01

Example

2025-10-15

`Optional`language

language?: string

The language of the resource.

Example

en

Example

en-US

`Optional`license

license?: string

Information about rights held in and over the resource.

Example

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Example

All rights reserved

`Optional`medium

medium?: string

The physical or digital manifestation of the resource.

Example

Print

Example

Digital

`Optional`publisher

publisher?: string

The publisher of the resource.

Example

Oxford University Press

`Optional`references

references?: string[]

A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource.

Example

Previous research papers

`Optional`replaces

replaces?: string

A related resource that is supplanted, displaced, or superseded by the described resource.

Example

Previous editions (1930, 1935, 1947)

`Optional`requires

requires?: string

A related resource that requires the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence.

Example

Requires Adobe Reader

Example

High-speed internet connection

`Optional`spatial

spatial?: string

Spatial characteristics of the resource.

Example

Laboratory conditions, T = 10 mK

Example

New York, NY

`Optional`subjects

subjects?: string[]

The topic(s) of the resource. Can be keywords, key phrases, or classification codes.

Example

Quantum mechanics

Example

Physics

`Optional`temporal

temporal?: string

Temporal characteristics of the resource.

Example

Fall 2025 semester

Example

2023-2025

`Optional`type

type?: string

The nature or genre of the resource.

Example

Text

Example

Journal Article

Example

Moving Image

Interface DCMetadata

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Optionalavailable

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OptionalbibliographicCitation

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Optionalformat

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OptionalhasVersion

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Optionalidentifiers

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OptionalinstructionalMethod

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OptionalisPartOf

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OptionalisReferencedBy

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Optionalissued

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Optionallanguage

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Optionallicense

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Optionalmedium

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Optionalpublisher

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Optionalreferences

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Optionalrequires

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`Optional`accessRights

`Optional`audience

`Optional`available

`Optional`bibliographicCitation

`Optional`contributors

`Optional`created

`Optional`educationLevel

`Optional`extent

`Optional`format

`Optional`hasVersion

`Optional`identifiers

`Optional`instructionalMethod

`Optional`isPartOf

`Optional`isReferencedBy

`Optional`issued

`Optional`language

`Optional`license

`Optional`medium

`Optional`publisher

`Optional`references

`Optional`replaces

`Optional`requires

`Optional`spatial

`Optional`subjects

`Optional`temporal

`Optional`type