AncillaryDataType
The AncillaryData element contains information that could be an image, an audio, a list of references, a list of agents, rights, licenses... related with the element it belongs. Its definition is borrowed from the dataObjectBaseType element of the EOL scheme. Quick reference: eol:dataObjectbaseType
It is recommended to use a globally unique identifier to unambiguously refer to the resource.
Quick Reference: dc:identifier
Type: NormalString
Required. Describes the nature of the resource using the DCMI Type vocabulary: http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/MovingImage, http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Sound, http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage and http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text.
Type: NormalString
Describes the file format of the resource. Recommended for use in media resources, but not needed for text descriptions.
e.g. application/pdf, audio/mpeg, audio/x-ms-wma, audio/x-pn-realaudio, audio/x-realaudio, audio/x-wav, image/bmp, image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png, image/svg+xml, image/tiff, text/html, text/plain, text/richtext, text/rtf, text/xml, video/mp4, video/mpeg, video/quicktime, video/x-flv, video/x-ms-wmv.
Type: NormalString
Examples of an agent include a person, organization, and software agent which has contributed to the creation of the resource. Strongly recommended to include the role the agent played in the creation of the resource.
Type: NormalString
Date on which the resource was created.
Quick Reference: dc:created
Date on which the resource was changed.
Quick reference: [dcterms:modified] (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#dcterms:modified)
A name given to the resource. Recommended for use in all text descriptions as well as sound and video media. Detailed captions for media should be included in the description element below.
Quick reference: [dcterms:title] (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#dcterms:title)
License under which the resource is provided. To the greatest extent possible, the Encyclopedia of Life promotes an open-source, open-access approach.
Type: [NormalString] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/NormalString)
Statement of rights associated with the resource. Creative Commons licenses require the resource to be attributed "in the manner specified by the author or licensor", and this is where that should be specified.
Quick reference: [dcterms:rights] (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#dcterms:rights)
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Quick reference: [dcterms:rightsHolder] (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#dcterms:rightsHolder)
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Sufficient bibliographic details should be included to identify the resources as unambiguously as possible.
Quick reference: [dcterms:biliographicCitation] (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#dcterms:bibliographicCitation)
A type of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful. Controlled vocabulary: Expert users, General public and Children.
Type: [NormalString] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/NormalString)
The URL of a web page which describes the resource.
Quick reference: [dcterms:source] (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#dcterms:source)
The topic of the resource. Controlled vocabulary: [subjectTypes] (http://eol.org/info/toc_subjects)
Type: [xsd:anyURY] (http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#anyURI)
An account of the resource. For text descriptions, the entire account should be located here. For media resources, captions should be included here. Recommended to remove all embedded HTML tags and include only plain text.
Quick reference: [dcterms:description] (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm#dcterms:description )
A URL reference directly to the media resource.
Type: [xsd:anyURY] (http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#anyURI)
An URL reference directly to a thumbnail image associated with the media resource.
Type: [xsd:anyURY] (http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/#anyURI)
Natural language description of the locality where the resource was collected or created. Not recommended for use int text descriptions.
Type: [NormalString] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/NormalString)
Location of the entity in decimal WGS84 latitude and longitude (and optional altitude) as defined by the W3C Basic Geo Vocabulary.
Quick Reference: See http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/ for more information on this standard.
A related resource that is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the described resource. Recommended to use well-formed bibliographic citations. Strongly recommended to include identifiers which unambiguously refer to the specified resource when available.
e.g. bici, coden, doi, eissn, handle, isbn, issn, lsid, oclc, sici, url and urn.
Type: [NormalString] (https://github.com/tdwg/PlinianCore/wiki/NormalString)
Anything can be put in here. Use only when necessary as information in this element may be ignored by consumers.
Type: NormalString
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