Contact from Andy Powell Re: DC Metadata

An email from Andy Powell - regarding extending the Dublin Core Metatdata tree for this project:

Ben,
I no longer work at UKOLN and I no longer have much to do with metadata so this is a brief response.

Looking at your list of properties none look like they are sub-properties of the DC 15 with the exception of Validation Date.

On that basis, I would create a whole new set of properties using a namespace called something like 'qa' (for which you will need to assign a URI (e.,g. http://purl.org/qa/)).

Suggested properties listed below:
> 1 Teaching Institution (e.g. Staffordshire University, SURF, UK Non-SURF, Overseas) qa:teachingInstitution (http://purl.org/qa/teachingInstitution) - note URLs for further properties follow this format

> 2 Accreditation / Professional / Statutory Body qa:statutaryBody

> 3 Final Award (e.g. CertHE, BA, BA (Hons), BSc) qa:finalAward

> 4 Programme Title qa:programmeTitle

> 5 UCAS Code(s) qa:UCASCode

> 6 QAA Subject Benchmarking Group(s) qa:QAASubjectBenchmarkingGroup

> 7 Date of Production (validation date) qa:dateValidated

> 8 University Faculty / School qa:facultyOrSchool

> 9 Mode of Attendance / Delivery Method (e.g. Part Time / Full Time)qa:modeOfAttendance

> 10 Method of Delivery (e.g. Blended, Distance, Face-2-Face)qa:methodOfDelivery

> 11 THESIS / Award course code qa:courseCode

These properties need to be declared using RDFS (along the same lines as the DCMI properties at http://purl.org/dc/terms/) with dataValidated flagged as a subproperty of dcterms:date. You can put the RDFS anywhere you like, then set up the http://purl.org/qa/ URL to redirect to that place.

Hope this helps,
Andy

Although good to know - could be more work than necessary.