Historic Niagara Digital Collections
Definitions
Abstract: Summary of the resource. Only used 7 times in the database, click here to see them
Access Rights: Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status.
Bibliographic Citation: Our reference database has a few digitized books in our collection. This comes in two forms a number that uniquely identifies a book, and a link to said book.
Contributor: Someone who helped with this item.
Creator: The person who created the resource.
Date: Only the Newspaper index has them searchable by date range, however there are many items that have the date as just the year, or year/month as YYYYMM or for example: 199101, or as text as in August 04, 1962. We are working on updating the dates so the are more easily read and searchable.
Date Copyrighted: Date of copyright.
Date Created: Date of creation of the resource as inputted by us at the library. There is an o:created property that the system uses to order search results, that one works off of when it was added to this new version of the site.
Description: Formally notes field.
The Dublin Core™: Metadata Initiative, or "DCMI", is an organization supporting innovation in metadata design and best practices across the metadata ecology. (Website)
Extent: The size or duration of the resource.
Friends of Friends:FOAF is a computer language defining a dictionary of people-related terms that can be used in structured data.(Website)
Format: The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.
Has Part: A related resource that is included either physically or logically in the described resource.
Identifier: The link from the old site.
Format of: A related resource that is substantially the same as the described resource, but in another format.
Is Format of: A related resource that is substantially the same as the described resource, but in another format.
Is Part Of: A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included.
Is Referenced By: A related resource that references, cites, or otherwise points to the described resource.
Is Version of: A related resource of which the described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation.
Medium: The material or physical carrier of the resource.
Provenance: A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the resource since its creation that are significant for its authenticity, integrity, and interpretation.
Publisher: An entity responsible for making the resource available.
Rights: Information about copy rights held in and over the resource.
Rights Holder: A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
Source: A related resource from which the described resource is derived.
Title: A name given to the resource.
Type: The nature or genre of the resource.
ISBN: International Standard Book Number
LCCN: Library of Congress Control Number (similar to ISBN)
Locator: Where in our library this book sits.
Number: document number.
URI: Website link associated with the item.