Resource reflecting a conceptual essence of a cataloging resource.
Resource reflecting an individual, material embodiment of a Work.
Resource intended to be perceived visually and understood through the use of language in written or spoken form.
Resource that shows spatial information, including maps, atlases, globes, digital, and other cartographic resources.
Resources expressed in an audible form, including music or other sounds.
Graphic, non-realized representations of musical works intended to be perceived visually.
Graphic, non-realized representations of movement intended to be perceived visually, e.g. dance.
Data encoded in a defined structure. Includes numeric data, environmental data,etc., used by applications software to calculate averages, correlations, etc., or to produce models, etc., but not normally displayed in its raw form.
Resource expressed through line, shape, shading, etc., intended to be perceived visually as a still image or images in two dimensions. Includes two-dimensional images and slides and transparencies.
Images intended to be perceived as moving, including motion pictures (using liveaction and/or animation), video recordings of performances, events,etc.
Resource in a form intended to be perceived visually in three-dimensions. Includes man-made objects such as models, sculptures, clothing, and toys, as well as naturally occurring objects such as specimens mounted for viewing.
Electronic resource that is a computer program (i.e., digitally encoded instructions intended to be processed and performed by a computer) or which consists of multiple media types that are software driven, such as videogames.
Resource comprised of multiple types which are not driven by software. This may include materials in two or more forms that are related by virtue of their having been accumulated by or about a person or body., archival fonds.
Resource that is written in handwriting or typescript. These are generally unique resources.
Resources organically created, accumulated, and/or used by a person, family, or organization in the course of conduct of affairs and preserved because of their continuing value.
Resource that is intended to be perceived by touch.
Aggregation of resources, generally gathered together artificially.
Resource that is intended for manipulation by a computer, accessed either directly or remotely.
Information, usually in textual form, on attributes of a resource or some aspect of a resource.
Token or name that is associated with a resource, such as a URI or an ISBN.
Function played or provided by a contributor, e.g., author, illustrator, etc.
Resource from which value or label came or was derived.
Designation of the validity or position of something, e.g., whether something is incorrect or available.
Entity having a role in a resource, such as a person or organization.
Individual or identity established by an individual (either alone or in collaboration with one or more other individuals).
Two or more persons related by birth, marriage, adoption, civil union, or similar legal status, or who otherwise present themselves as a family.
Corporation or group of persons and/or organizations that acts, or may act, as a unit.
Legal or political unit administering a geographic area.
Gathering of individuals or representatives of various bodies for the purpose of discussing and/or acting on topics of common interest.
Something that happens at a certain time and location, such as a performance, speech, or athletic event, that is documented by a resource.
Agent and role with respect to the resource being described.
Categorization reflecting the fundamental form of communication in which the content is expressed and the human sense through which it is intended to be perceived.
Categorization reflecting the general type of intermediation device required to view, play, run, etc., the content of a resource.
Categorization reflecting the format of the storage medium and housing of a carrier.
Characteristics of works with similar plots, themes, settings, etc. (e.g., westerns, thrillers), or with a particular format of purpose (e.g., animation, short), or a combination (e.g., horror film where horror is the genre and film is the form).
Title information relating to a resource: work title, preferred title, instance title, transcribed title, translated title, variant form of title, etc.
Title associated with the resource that is different from the Work or Instance title.
Unique title for a continuing resource that is assigned by the ISSN International Center in conjunction with an ISSN.
Title as abbreviated for citation, indexing, and/or identification.
Title in another language and/or script.
Summary statement of the medium for a musical work.
Instrument for which a musical work is appropriate.
Ensemble for which a musical work is appropriate.
Voice for which a musical work is appropriate.
Geographic coverage of the content of the resource.
Information that identifies the specific intended or target audience or intellectual level for which the content described is considered appropriate. Also used to record interest and motivation levels and special learner characteristics.
Information about the organization and arrangement of a collection of items. For instance, for computer files, organization and arrangement information may be the file structure and sort sequence of a file; for visual materials, this information may be how a collection is arranged.
Information about a work presented as part of the formal requirements for an academic degree.
Description of the content of a resource, such as an abstract, summary, etc..
Information about place and date associated with the capture (i.e., recording, filming, etc.) of the content of a resource.
Information on the alphabet, script, or symbol system used to convey the content of the resource, including specialized scripts, typefaces, tactile notation, movement notation, and musical notation.
Information that assists those with a sensory impairment for greater understanding of content, e.g., captions.
Information on the script, or symbol system used to convey the content of a text resource.
Information on the symbol system used to convey the content of a music resource.
Information on the symbol system used to convey the content of a tactile resource.
Information on the symbol system used to convey the content of a movement resource.
Information about content intended to illustrate a resource.
Index, bibliography, appendix, etc. intended to supplement the primary content of a resource.
Color characteristics of a resource, e.g., black and white, multicolored, etc.
Indication of whether the production of sound is an integral part of the resource.
Proportional relationship between an image's width and its height.
Layout for content of a resource that is presented in the form of musical notation.
Ratio of the dimensions of a form contained or embodied in a resource to the dimensions of the entity it represents, e.g., for images or cartographic resources.
Content that represents the whole or part of the earth, any celestial body, or imaginary place at any scale.
Method or system used to represent the surface of the earth or of a celestial sphere on a plane.
System of coding and organizing materials according to their subject.
Dewey Decimal Classification number used for subject access.
Library of Congress Classification number used for subject access.
Universal Decimal Classification number used for subject access.
National Library of Medicine Classification number used for subject access
Information about intervals at which the parts of a serially produced resource or the updates to an integrating resource are issued.
Information about whether a resource is issued in one or more parts, the way it is updated, and its intended termination.
Information about the agent or place relating to the publication, printing, distribution, issue, release, or production of a resource.
Information relating to distribution of a resource.
Information relating to manufacture of a resource.
Information relating to publication of a resource.
Information relating to production of a resource.
Information about an organization, person, etc., from which a resource may be obtained.
Copyright or Legal Deposit registration information
Number and type of units and/or subunits making up a resource.
Underlying physical material of a resource.
Physical or chemical substance applied to a base material of a resource.
Suspension of light-sensitive chemicals used as a coating on a microfilm or microfiche, e.g., silver halide.
Physical material used for the support or backing to which the base material of a resource has been attached.
Relationship between an original carrier and the carrier of a reproduction made from the original.
Arrangement of text, images, tactile notation, etc., in a resource.
Result of folding a printed sheet to form a gathering of leaves.
Size of the type used to represent the characters and symbols in a resource.
Relationship of the colors and tones in an image to the colors and tones of the object reproduced.
Size of a micro-image in relation to the original from which it was produced.
Technical specification relating to the encoding of sound in a resource.
Method used to encode audio content for playback, e.g., analog, digital.
Type of medium used to record sound on an audio carrier, e.g., magnetic, optical.
Speed at which an audio carrier must be operated to produce the sound intended, e.g., 78 rpm, 19 cm/s.
Groove width of an analog disc or the groove pitch of an analog cylinder, e.g., coarse groove, microgroove
Configuration of the audio track on a sound-track film, e.g., center track, edge track.
Number of tracks on an audiotape, e.g., 12 track.
Configuration/number of sound channels used to make a recording, such as one channel for a monophonic recording, e.g., mono, stereo, quadraphonic, surround.
Equalization system, noise reduction system, etc., used in making an audio recording, e.g., CCIR standard, CX encoded, Dolby.
Technical specification relating to the projection of a motion picture film.
Format used in the production of a projected image, e.g., Cinerama, IMAX.
Speed at which a projected carrier must be operated to produce the moving image intended, e.g., 20 fps.
Technical specification relating to the encoding of video images in a resource.
Standard, etc., used to encode the analog video content of a resource, e.g., Beta, 8mm.
System used to format a video resource for television broadcast, e.g., HDTV, PAL.
Technical specification relating to the digital encoding of text, image, audio, video, and other types of data in a resource.
General type of data content encoded in a computer file, e.g., text file, audio file.
Schema, standard, etc., used to encode the digital content of a resource, e.g., MP3, XML, JPEG.
Number of bytes in a digital file, e.g., 162 KB.
Clarity or fineness of detail in a digital image, expressed by the measurement of the image in pixels, etc., e.g., 3.1 megapixels.
Identification of the region of the world for which a videodisc has been encoded, e.g., region 4.
Speed at which streaming audio, video, etc., is designed to play, e.g., 32 kbps.
Data type for encoding of geospatial information in a cartographic resource, e.g., raster, vector, point.
Object type for encoding of geospatial information in a cartographic resource, e.g., point, line, polygon.
Number of objects in encoded geospatial information in a cartographic resource.
Equipment or system requirements beyond what is normal and obvious for the type of carrier or type of file, such as make and model of equipment or hardware, operating system, amount of memory, programming language, other necessary software, any plug-ins or peripherals required to play, view, or run the resource, etc.
Numbering or other enumeration and dates associated with issues or items held.
Numbering or other enumeration associated with issues or items held.
Dates associated with issues or items held.
Specific place within the holding entity where the item is located or made available.
Piece/item identifier, such as a call or other type of number.
Shelf mark based on Dewey Decimal Classification.
Shelf mark based on Library of Congress Classification.
Shelf mark based on Universal Decimal Classification.
Shelf mark based on National Library of Medicine Classification.
General statement of allowances and restrictions on access to a resource, including retention, reproduction, access, and lending.
Access restrictions and allowances regarding access to a resource, e.g., lending policy, access restrictions, embargos.
Usage limitations placed on a resource with respect to reproduction, publication, exhibition, etc..
Policy of holding institution for retaining resource.
Information about the circumstances, e.g., source, date, method, under which the resource was directly acquired.
American National Standards Institute identifier.
Number assigned by publishers of sound recordings to identify the issue designation, or serial identification, of the resource.
2017-02-03 (Revised property name and definition)
Identifier assigned to the smallest identifiable unit of a recording session, e.g., a specific recording of an individual song.
Optical machine-readable representation of data relating to the item to which it is attached.
2017-02-03 (Moved to Identifier class group from Item group)
Identifier for scientific and technical periodical titles assigned by the International CODEN Section of Chemical Abstracts Service.
Identifier assigned to a copyright registration or legal deposit.
Identifier assigned to a thesis or dissertation for identification purposes .
Identifier that is used to assist in the identification of antiquarian books by recording information comprising groups of characters taken from specified positions on specified pages of the book.
14 digit number assigned to identify trade items as various packaging levels. GTIN-14 encompasses EAN/UCC-128 and ITF-14.
Unique and persistent identifier for digital objects developed by the Corporation for National Research Initiatives.
International Standard Audiovisual Number.
International Standard Name Identifier, a unique, persistent reference number for the identities of contributors to creative works.
International Organization for Standardization standard number.
International Standard Serial Number that links together various media versions of a continuing resource.
International Standard Text Code, a numbering system developed to enable the unique identification of textual works.
International Standard Musical Work Code, a unique, persistent reference number for the identification of musical works.
Identification number assigned by the Library of Congress to works acquired through one of its collaborative overseas acquisition programs.
Library of Congress Control Number that identifies a resource description.
Identifier established locally and not a standard number.
Matrix identifier assigned to the master from which a specific sound recording was pressed.
Identifier appearing on a resource assigned by a distributor to a specific audio recording, notated music publication, music-related publication, or videorecording.
Identifiers assigned by a music publisher or printer to the printing plates for the notated portion of a notated music publication, or an identifier that emulates the printing plate tradition in contemporary publications.
Identifier assigned to a notated music publication other than an issue, matrix, or plate number.
National Bibliography Number that identifies a resource description.
Number assigned to a publication for which the specified postal service permits the use of a special mailing class privilege.
Number assigned by a publisher that is not one of the specific defined types.
Identification number of a technical report that is not a Standard Technical Report Number.
Serial Item and Contribution Identifier.
Identification number used for stock purposes and assigned by agencies such as distributors, publishers, or vendors.
Identification number for a computer data file.
Number assigned by a publisher to a video recording.
2017-02-03 (Corrected case in class name)
Metadata about the metadata, especially provenance information.
Rules used for the descriptive content of the resource description.
Indication of the program or process used to generate the description by application of a particular transformation.
Indication of specific types of reviews that have been carried out on the description information.
Character string associated with a resource that serves to differentiate that resource from other resources, i.e., that uniquely identifies an entity.
Resource that is associated with a character string that serves to differentiate one resource from another.
Qualifier of information, such as an addition to a title to make it unique or qualifying information associated with an identifier.
Date designation associated with a resource or element of description, such as date of title variation; year a degree was awarded; date associated with the publication, printing, distribution, issue, release or production of a resource. May be date typed.
Geographic location or place entity associated with a resource or element of description, such as the place associated with the publication, printing, distribution, issue, release or production of a resource, place of an event.
Entity associated with a resource or element of description, such as the name of the entity responsible for the content or of the publication, printing, distribution, issue, release or production of a resource.
Number associated with a measure of units, such as the number of units and/or subunits making up a resource.
Units in which a value is expressed, such as the physical or logical constituent of a resource (e.g., a volume, audiocassette, film reel, a map, a digital file).
String of characters that serves as a code representing information.
Resource from which value or label came or was derived, such as the formal source/scheme from which a classification number is taken or derived, list from which an agent name is taken or derived, source within which an identifier is unique.
General textual information relating to a resource, such as Information about a specific copy of a resource or information about a particular attribute of a resource.
Designation of the validity or position of something, such as indication that the classification number is canceled or invalid, circulation availability of an item, indication of whether the identifier is canceled or invalid.
Part of a resource to which information applies.
Language associated with a resource or its parts.
Form category or genre to which a resource belongs
Title being addressed. Possible title component.
Word, character, or group of words and/or characters that contains the remainder of the title after the main title. Possible title component.
Part or section enumeration of a title. Possible title component.
Part or section name of a title. Possible title component.
Type of title variation, e.g., acronym, cover, spine, earlier, later, series version.
Date or date range associated with the creation of a Work.
Place from which the creation of the Work originated.
Information about the history of a Work.
Instrumental, vocal, and/or other medium of performance for which a musical resource was originally conceived, written or performed.
Instrument for which a musical Work is appropriate.
Specific role of instrument, such as alternate, doubling, solo, ensemble.
Specific type of ensemble, such as orchestra, band, guitar ensemble.
Voice for which a musical work is appropriate, such as soprano, tenor, mixed.
Specific type of voice group, such as chorus, solo.
Numeric designation for musical works consecutively numbered in music reference sources.
Numeric designation of a musical work assigned by a composer, publisher, or a musicologist.
Numeric designation for a musical work as found in a thematic index for the composer.
Date of legal work, or promulgation of a law, or signing of a treaty.
Term or terms that identify works such as arranged for music, vulgate for religious work, etc.
Characterization that epitomizes the primary content of a resource, e.g., field recording of birdsong; combined time series analysis and graph plotting system.
2017-02-06 (Changed from data to object property)
Time period coverage of the content of the resource.
Information that identifies the specific audience or intellectual level for which the content of the resource is considered appropriate.
Information about the organization and arrangement of a collection of resources.
Pattern of arrangement of materials within a unit.
Hierarchical position of the described materials relative to other material from the same source.
Manner in which the resource is divided into smaller units.
Work presented as part of the formal requirements for an academic degree.
Degree for which author was a candidate.
Summary or abstract of the resource described.
Information about place and date associated with the capture (e.g., recording, filming) of the content of a resource.
Alphabet, script, or symbol system used to convey the content of the resource, including specialized scripts, typefaces, tactile notation, movement notation, and musical notation.
2017-02-03 (changed from data to object property)
Material such as an index, bibliography, appendix intended to supplement the primary content of a resource.
Color characteristics, e.g., black and white, multicolored.
Layout for content of a resource that is presented in the form of musical notation, such as full score, condensed score, vocal score, etc.
Information about the playing time, running time, etc. of a resource.
Cartographic data that identifies characteristics of the resource, such as coordinates, projection, etc.
System for identifying the location of a celestial object in the sky covered by the cartographic content of a resource using the angles of right ascension and declination.
Mathematical system for identifying the area covered by the cartographic content of a resource, expressed either by means of longitude and latitude on the surface of planets or by the angles of right ascension and declination for celestial cartographic content.
One of two points of intersection of the ecliptic and the celestial equator, occupied by the sun when its declination is 0 degrees.
Coordinate pairs that identify the closed non-intersecting boundary of the area contained within the G-polygon outer ring that is excluded.
Coordinate pairs that identify the closed non-intersecting boundary of the area covered.
Information on awards associated with the described resource.
Information in note form of credits for persons or organizations who have participated in the creation and/or production of the resource.
Designates whether the classification number is from the standard or optional part of a schedule or table.
Edition of the classification scheme, such as full, abridged or a number, when a classification scheme designates editions.
Number attached to a classification string that indicates a particular item.
Classification number (single class number or beginning number of a span) that indicates the subject by applying a formal system of coding and organizing resources.
Ending number of classification number span.
Number of the table from which the classification number in a subdivision entry is taken, e.g., a DDC table.
Sequence number or other identifier for an internal classification sub arrangement or add in a classification scheme.
Statement relating to any persons, families, or corporate bodies responsible for the creation of, or contributing to the content of a resource; usually transcribed.
Information identifying the edition or version of the resource and associated statements of responsibility for the edition; usually transcribed.
Enumeration of the edition; usually transcribed.
Statement relating to providers of a resource; usually transcribed.
Statement of the series the resource is in; usually transcribed; includes the ISSN if applicable.
Series enumeration of the resource; usually transcribed.
Statement of the subseries the resource is in; usually transcribed; includes the ISSN if applicable.
Subseries enumeration of the resource; usually transcribed.
Intervals at which the parts of a serially produced resource or the updates to an integrating resource are issued.
Citation to the resource preferred by its custodian of the resource.
Categorization reflecting whether a resource is issued in one or more parts, the way it is updated, and its intended termination.
Beginning date of a resource and/or the sequential designations.
Ending date of a resource and/or the sequential designations.
Place, name, and/or date information relating to the publication, printing, distribution, issue, release, production, etc. of a resource.
2017-02-03 (revised label and slightly revised definition)
Date associated with a claim of protection under copyright or a similar regime.
Information about the provenance, such as origin, ownership and custodial history (chain of custody), of a resource.
Conditions under which the publisher, distributor, etc., will normally supply a resource, e.g., price of a resource.
2017-02-06 (Changed from data to object property
Copyright and Legal Deposit registration information
Table of contents of the described resource.
Measurements of the carrier or carriers and/or the container of a resource.
2017-02-03 (fixed typo in property name)
Technical specification relating to the encoding of video images in a resource
Equipment or system requirement beyond what is normal and obvious for the type of carrier or type of file, such as make and model of equipment or hardware, operating system, amount of memory, programming language, other necessary software, any plug-ins or peripherals required to play, view, or run the resource, etc.
2017-02-06 (Changed from data to object property, changed property name from plural to singular)
Numbering and dates of issues or items held.
Entity holding the item or from which it is available.
Location in the holding agency where the item is shelved or stored.
Piece identifier, such as a call or other type of number.
Electronic location from which the resource is available.
Any relationship between Work, Instance, and Item resources.
Instance is related to described Work. For use to connect Works to Instances in the BIBFRAME structure.
Work the Instance described instantiates or manifests. For use to connect Instances to Works in the BIBFRAME structure.
Work that is an expression of a described Work. For use to relate Works under FRBR/RDA rules.
Work that the described Work is an expression of. For use to connect Works under FRBR/RDA rules.
Instance for which the described Item is an example.
2017-02-07 (slight revision of definition)
Item which is an example of the described Instance.
Work whose content is the described event.
Event that is the content of the described work.
Resource embodies the same content as the described resource.
Resource that is included either physically or logically in the described resource
Resource in which the described resource is physically or logically contained.
Resource that accompanies the described resource.
Resource that adds to or is issued with the described resource.
Resource that is a modification of the described work.
Source work from which the described resource is derived.
Resource that precedes the resource being described, e.g., is earlier in time or before in narrative.
Resource that succeeds the resource being described, e.g., later in time or after in a narrative.
Resource that is referenced by the described resource.
Resource that references the described resource
Resource that is issued on the same carrier as the resource being described.
Resource that is manifested in another physical carrier.
Resource that reproduces another Resource.
Resource that is a reproduction of another Resource.
Resource that is a data source to which the described resource is related. It may contain information about other files, printed sources, or collection procedures.
Resource in which the part has been issued; the title of the larger resource appears on the part.
2016-04-29 (added inverse, updated range)
Resource that is a part of a larger resource.
series resource that is part of another series.
Series resource of which the described resource is a part.
Resource that updates or otherwise complements the predominant resource.
Resource that is updated or otherwise complemented by the augmenting resource.
Resource that translates the text of the source entity into a language different from that of the original.
Resource that has been translated, i.e., the text is expressed in a language different from that of the original resource.
Resource is the original version of which this resource is a reproduction.
Resource has other available editions, for example simultaneously published language editions or reprints.
Relationship for archival, visual, and manuscript resources to a finding aid or similar control materials.
Finding aid or similar control materials for archival, visual, and manuscript resources.
Resource that spun off a part of its content to form a new resource.
One of two or more resources resulting from the division of an earlier resource into separate resources.
Earlier resource whose content has been replaced by a later resource, usually because the later resource contains updated or new information.
Later resource used in place of an earlier resource, usually because the later resource contains updated or new information.
One of two or more resources which came together to form a new resource.
One of two or more resources that come together to form a new resource.
Resource that is continued by the content of a later resource under a new title.
Resource that split into two or more separate resources with new titles.
Resource that has been incorporated into another resource.
Resource that incorporates another resource.
Resource whose content continues an earlier resource under a new title.
Resource part of whose content separated from an earlier resource to form a new resource.
Agent and its role in relation to the resource.
Function provided by a contributor, e.g., author, illustrator, etc.
2017-02-03 (Changed from data to object property, adjusted label and definition)
Entity that assigned the metadata, such as the entity that assigned a classification number, entity that assigned a name, entity that assigned an identifier.
Link to the metadata that was the source of the data.
Date or date and time on which the metadata was modified.
Date or date and time on which the original metadata first created.
Date of conversion of the metadata from another format.