| Field name
|
Status |
Comments |
qDC Element.Qualifier |
|
Title |
Mandatory |
Full title, including any subtitle |
title |
|
Alternative Title |
Optional |
Other titles for the work, e.g. Translations or abbreviations. |
title.alternative (refinement) |
|
Author |
Mandatory |
The author of the work as on the title page. Separate the surname
(or family name) from the forenames, given names or initials with a
comma, e.g. Smith, Andrew J. |
creator |
|
Supervisor(s)/advisor |
Optional |
Thesis supervisor, other supervisors, and advisors. Format as for
author. |
contributor.advisor(local refinement) |
|
Subject keywords |
Optional |
Any keywords that the student or librarian feel belong in the
metadata. Populated by student for free text and librarian to verify and
add full subject headings based on DDC, LCSH etc. as below |
Subject |
|
Abstract |
Optional |
Include translations in "repeatable" section. |
description.abstract (refinement) |
|
DDC |
Optional |
Dewey Decimal Classification headings as assigned by librarian |
subject.DDC (encoding scheme) |
|
LCC |
Optional |
Library of Congress Classification headings as assigned by
librarian |
subject.LCC (encoding scheme) |
|
LCSH |
Optional |
Library of Congress Subject Headings as assigned by librarian |
subject.LCSH (encoding scheme) |
|
MESH |
Optional |
Medical Subject Headings as assigned by librarian |
subject.MESH (encoding scheme) |
|
UDC |
Optional |
Universal Decimal Classification headings as assigned by
librarian |
subject.UDC (encoding scheme) |
|
Awarding Institution |
Mandatory |
Name of institution awarding degree (e.g. The Robert Gordon
University) |
publisher.institution
(local refinement) |
|
Author Affiliation |
Optional |
Name of school, department, centre, faculty or college where the
author was based. Add the name of the host institution only if this was
not the same as the awarding institution. (Free text e.g. School of
Computing, Faculty of Design and Technology. Where the author's host
institution is NOT the same as the awarding institution enter: School of
Computing, Faculty of Design and Technology, The Robert Gordon
University) |
publisher.department
(local refinement) |
|
Publisher |
Optional |
Name of the formal publisher of a thesis |
publisher.commercial
(local refinement) |
|
Sponsors |
Optional |
Sponsor of student |
contributor.sponsor
(local refinement) |
|
Grant number |
Optional |
Grant number allocated by funding body |
identifier.grantnumber
(local refinement) |
|
Type |
Mandatory |
Type = Thesis or dissertation (default on system) |
Type |
|
Qualification level |
Mandatory |
Level = Diploma, Masters, Doctoral, Postdoctoral, etc (locally
controlled look up list) |
type.qualificationlevel
(local refinement) |
|
Qualification name |
Optional |
Name = Specific degree (MPhil ,PhD, DPhil etc). (locally
controlled look up list or free text) |
type.qualificationname
(local refinement) |
|
Language |
Optional |
Primary Language (Controlled look up list) using ISO639-2 |
language.ISO639-2 (encoding scheme) |
|
Thesis Date |
Mandatory |
Date appearing on the title page of the thesis in format: YYYY-MM (ISO8601), or YYYY is also
acceptable |
date.issued (refinement) |
|
Institution item page URL |
Optional |
The metadata ‘jump off’ page for the e-thesis at the
institutional archive |
relation.isReferencedBy (refinement) |
|
Citations |
Optional |
Citations to previously published sections of this thesis.
Applies particularly to "thesis by publication". Where
possible, citation information entered should conform to a recognised
citation standard |
relation.hasVersion (refinement)
or, for DSpace (for historical reasons)
identifier.citation
|
|
Included/Quoted work |
Optional |
References to other works |
relation.references (refinement) |
|
Rights |
Optional |
e.g. Copyright/IPR statement regarding rights management, or URI
of Creative Commons license. Possibility of a change in rights agreement
after a specified time. |
Rights |
|
Embargo type |
Optional |
Valid values are:
- None
- Partial
- Complete
- Cannot supply
|
Rights.embargotype
(local refinement) |
|
Embargo date |
Optional |
Date before which a thesis may not be released |
Rights.embargodate
(local refinement) |
|
Embargo reasons |
Optional |
Reasons that a thesis is embargoed |
Rights.embargoreason
(local refinement) |
|
Identifier |
Optional |
ID for electronic object(s) |
identifier.URI (encoding scheme) |
|
Identifier |
Optional |
ID for physical object(s) |
identifier |
The following fields were included in earlier versions of the core metadata set but their use is now deprecated:
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