Controlled Vocabularies and Standards in Use last updated July 2014
The following are the controlled vocabularies and standards that are in use by IDEALS. These are either system enforced (such as dates) or established through the use of defined vocabularies in the deposit workflow.
Dates (all dc.date+qualifier fields) follow the ISO 8601 standard. This is generally enforced by the DSpace software in use.
The following terms are currently in use for degree name (thesis.degree.name):
The following terms are currently in use for degree level (thesis.degree.level):
Recently updated best practices from CrossRef and DataCite recommend displaying DOIs as full URLs.
All DOIs should be prefaced with 'https://doi.org/', not DOI:, doi:, dx.doi.org, or http://doi.org/
CrossRef DOI example: https://doi.org/10.5468/ogs.2016.59.1.1
DataCite DOI example: https://doi.org/10.7939/r3qz22k64
The following are the terms currently in use for the field dc.type.genre:
Genre of Resource:
ISBNs should follow the standard for 13 number ISBNs where possible.
ISSNs should follow the standard for ISSNs.
Language (dc.language) follows the ISO 639-2 standard, which uses three letter language codes.
IDEALS uses registered Media Types (or MIME Types) to display information about file formats. MIME Types are automatically added to any file in a format recognized by the DSpace software.
IDEALS uses a subset of the Dublin Core DCMI Type vocabulary with some modification to names for the dc.type field. These are:
Each item that is deposited into IDEALS automatically receives a handle identifier, which can be thought of as the item's permanent home address.
It is also possible to link to other versions of the item through Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), Archival Resource Keys (ARKs), or other standardized uniform resource identifiers (URIs). It is preferable that the additional identifier be clickable; that is, it should direct a user to a web page.
Suggested reading: Digital Object Identifiers section of Ball, A. & Duke, M. (2015). ‘How to Cite Datasets and Link to Publications’. DCC How-to Guides. Edinburgh: Digital Curation Centre. Available online: http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/how-guides