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Quick Reference:
Quick Reference:
Recommended to use a globally unique identifier to unambiguously refer to the resource.
Class:
Required. Describes the nature of the resource using the DCMI Type vocabulary.
Describes the file format of the resource. Recommended for use with media resources, but not needed for text descriptions.
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.
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.
Date on which the resource was changed.
A name given to the resource. Recommended for use with all text descriptions as well as sound and video media. Detailed captions for media should be included in the description element below.
License under which the resource is provided. To the greatest extent possible, the Encyclopedia of Life promotes an open-source, open-access approach.
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.
A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource.
A bibliographic reference for the resource. Sufficient bibliographic detail should be included to identify the resources as unambiguously as possible.
A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful.
The URL of a web page which describes the resource.
The topic of the resource.
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.
A URL reference directly to the media resource.
A URL reference directly to a thumbnail image associated with the media resource.
Natural language description of the locality where the resource was collected or created. Not recommended for use with text descriptions.
Location of the entity in decimal WGS84 latitude and longitude (and optional altitude) as defined by the W3C Basic Geo Vocabulary. 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.
Anything can be put in here. Use only when necessary as information in this element may be ignored by consumers