Reference to metadata elements recommended by AgMES

Title : Reference of Elements Endorsed by AgMES.
Date Issued : 2003-10-21
Identifier : http://www.fao.org/agris/agmes/Documents/Elements.html
Supersedes :
Latest version : http://www.fao.org/agris/agmes/Documents/Elements.html
Status of document: : This is an AgMES Recommendation.
Description of document : The contents of this page are designed to serve as an easy-to-use reference on elements/refinements/schemes endorsed by the AgMES. The elements are taken from the following namespaces:
  • Agricultural Metadata Element Set http://www.fao.org/agris/agmes
  • Dublin Core Metadata Element Set http://www.dublincore.org/
  • Australian Government Locator Service http://www.naa.gov.au/recordkeeping/gov_online/agls/summary.html
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    Rights : http://www.fao.org/copyright_en.htm

    Introduction

    AgMES is the metadata standard developed by FAO for the description and discovery of agricultural information resources. This standard is an extension of Dublin Core and its utility rests in the fact that it promotes the use of metadata elements/schemes/refinements that are important for the description of information resources in the domain of Agriculture. Thus, AgMES as a namespace, defining the elements and refinements that are ONLY EXTENSIONS to those defined by DC and AGLS, must always co-exist concurrently with them.

    The contents of this page are designed to serve as a quick-to-use reference. It documents all the elements/refinements/schemes endorsed by the AgMES. The elements are taken from the following namespaces:

    Consequently, AgMES compliant application profiles (APs) for different applications, such as AGRIS resources, Web Pages, etc., are developed by selecting the appropriate elements from the AgMES endorsements listed below.

    Please contact us with your feedback and comments: contact us

    The following table summarizes all the elements endorsed by the AgMES Working Group. To print only the table Click Here

     

    Section 1: Elements

    Section 2: Refinements

    Section 3: Schemes

    (DC) Title (DCTERMS) Alternative
    (AGS) titleSupplement    		 -
    (DC) Creator (AGS) creatorCorporate
    (AGS) creatorPersonal
    (AGS) creatorConference     		-
    (DC) Subject (AGS) subjectClassification (AGS) ASC
    (AGS) CABC
    (DCTERMS) DDC
    (DCTERMS) LCC
    (DCTERMS) UDC
    (AGS) subjectThesaurus (AGS) AGROVOC
    (AGS) CABT
    (AGS) ASFAT
    (AGS) NALT
    (DCTERMS) MeSH
    (DCTERMS) LCSH
    (DC) Description (DCTERMS) Abstract
    (AGS) descriptionNotes
    (AGS) descriptionEdition     		-
    (DC) Publisher (AGS) publisherName
    (AGS) publisherPlace    		 -
    (DC) Date (DCTERMS) Created
    (DCTERMS) Valid
    (DCTERMS) Available
    (DCTERMS) Modified
    (DCTERMS) Issued     		(DCTERMS) W3CDTF
    (DC) Type - (DCTERMS) DCMIType
    (DC) Format (DCTERMS) Extent
    		 -
    (DCTERMS) Medium (DCTERMS) IMT
    (DC) Identifier - (DCTERMS) URI
    (AGS) ISSN
    (AGS) ISBN
    (AGS) RN
    (AGS) JN
    (AGS) DOI
    (DC) Source - (DCTERMS) URI
    (DC) Language - (DCTERMS) ISO639-2
    (DCTERMS) RFC1766
    (DCTERMS) RFC3066
    (DC) Relation (DCTERMS) Is Version Of
    (DCTERMS) Has Version
    (DCTERMS) Is Replaced By
    (DCTERMS) Replaces
    (DCTERMS) Is Required By
    (DCTERMS) Requires
    (DCTERMS) Is Part Of
    (DCTERMS) Has Part
    (DCTERMS) Is Referenced By
    (DCTERMS) References
    (DCTERMS) Is Format Of
    (DCTERMS) Has Format
    (AGS) relationIsTranslationOf
    (AGS) relationHasTranslation     		(DCTERMS) URI
    (DC) Coverage (DCTERMS) Spatial
    		 (DCTERMS) POINT
    (DCTERMS) ISO3166
    (DCTERMS) DCMIBOX
    (DCTERMS) TGN
    (DCTERMS) Temporal (DCTERMS) PERIOD
    (DCTERMS) W3CDTF
    (DC) Rights (AGS) rightsStatement
    (AGS) rightsTermsOfUse     		-
    (DCTERMS) Audience - -
    (AGLS) Availability (AGS) availabilityLocation
    (AGS) availabilityNumber     		-
    (AGS) Citation (AGS) citationTitle -
    (AGS) citationIdentifier (AGS) CODEN
    (AGS) ISSN
    (AGS) citationNumber -
    (AGS) citationChronology -

    Section 1: Elements

    Element Name: Title
      Label: Title
      Definition: A name given to the resource.
      Comment: Typically, Title will be a name by which the resource is formally known.
      Has Refinement(s) (DCTERMS) Alternative
    (AGS) titleSupplement
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Element Name: Creator
      Label: Creator
      Definition: Entity responsible for creating and making contribution to the intellectual content of the resource.
      Comment: Examples of a Creator include a person, an organization, a service or an agency. Typically, the name of the creator should be used. This element describes all entities (Agents) that handle the resource i.e. creating or contributing.
      Has Refinement(s) (AGS) creatorCorporate
    (AGS) creatorPersonal
    (AGS) creatorConference
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Element Name: Subject
      Label: Subject and Keywords
      Definition: A topic of the content of the resource.
      Comment: Typically, Subject will be expressed as keywords, key phrases or classification codes that describe a topic of the resource. Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary or formal classification scheme.
      Has Refinement(s) (AGS) subjectClassification (AGS) subjectThesaurus
      Has Scheme(s) (AGS) ASC
    (AGS) CABC
    (DCTERMS) DDC
    (DCTERMS) LCC
    (DCTERMS) UDC
    (AGS) AGROVOC
    (AGS) CABT
    (AGS) ASFAT
    (AGS) NALT
    (DCTERMS) MeSH
    (DCTERMS) LCSH

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    Element Name: Description
      Label: Description
      Definition: An account of the content of the resource.
      Comment: Examples of Description include, but is not limited to: an abstract, table of contents, reference to a graphical representation of content or a free-text account of the content.
      Has Refinement(s) (DCTERMS) Abstract
    (AGS) descriptionNotes
    (AGS) descriptionEdition
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Element Name: Publisher
      Label: Publisher
      Definition: An entity responsible for making the resource available
      Comment: Examples of Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.
      Has Refinement(s) (AGS) publisherName
    (AGS) publisherPlace
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    Element Name: Date
      Label: Date
      Definition: A date of an event in the lifecycle of the resource.
      Comment: Typically, Date will be associated with the creation or availability of the resource. Recommended best practice for encoding the date value is defined in a profile of ISO 8601 [W3CDTF] and includes (among others) dates of the form YYYY-MM-DD.
      Has Refinement(s) (DCTERMS) Created
    (DCTERMS) Valid
    (DCTERMS) Available
    (DCTERMS) Modified
    (DCTERMS) Issued
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) W3CDTF

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    Element Name: Type
      Label: Resource Type
      Definition: The nature or genre of the content of the resource.
      Comment: Type includes terms describing general categories, functions, genres, or aggregation levels for content. Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the DCMI Type Vocabulary [DCT1]). To describe the physical or digital manifestation of the resource, use the FORMAT element.
      Has Refinement(s) -
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) DCMIType

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    Element Name: Format
      Label: Format
      Definition: The physical or digital manifestation of the resource.
      Comment: Typically, Format may include the media-type or dimensions of the resource. Format may be used to identify the software, hardware, or other equipment needed to display or operate the resource. Examples of dimensions include size and duration. Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the list of Internet Media Types [MIME] defining computer media formats).
      Has Refinement(s) (DCTERMS) Extent
    (DCTERMS) Medium
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) IMT

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    Element Name: Identifier
      Label: Resource Identifier
      Definition: An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.
      Comment: Recommended best practice is to identify the resource by means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system. Formal identification systems include but are not limited to the Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) (including the Uniform Resource Locator (URL)), the Digital Object Identifier (DOI) and the International Standard Book Number (ISBN).
      Has Refinement(s) -
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) URI
    (AGS) ISSN
    (AGS) ISBN
    (AGS) RN
    (AGS) JN
    (AGS) DOI

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    Element Name: Source
      Label: Source
      Definition: A Reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived.
      Comment: The present resource may be derived from the Source resource in whole or in part. Recommended best practice is to identify the referenced resource by means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system.
      Has Refinement(s) -
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) URI

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    Element Name: Language
      Label: Language
      Definition: A language of the intellectual content of the resource.
      Comment: Recommended best practice is to use RFC 3066 [RFC3066] which, in conjunction with ISO639 [ISO639]), defines two- and three-letter primary language tags with optional subtags. Examples include "en" or "eng" for English, "akk" for Akkadian", and "en-GB" for English used in the United Kingdom.
      Has Refinement(s) -
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) ISO639-2
    (DCTERMS) RFC1766
    (DCTERMS) RFC3066

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    Element Name: Relation
      Label: Relation
      Definition: A reference to a related resource.
      Comment: Recommended best practice is to identify the referenced resource by means of a string or number conforming to a formal identification system.
      Has Refinement(s) (DCTERMS) Is Version Of
    (DCTERMS) Has Version
    (DCTERMS) Is Replaced By
    (DCTERMS) Replaces
    (DCTERMS) Is Required By
    (DCTERMS) Requires
    (DCTERMS) Is Part Of
    (DCTERMS) Has Part
    (DCTERMS) Is Referenced By
    (DCTERMS) References
    (DCTERMS) Is Format Of
    (DCTERMS) Has Format
    (AGS) relationIsTranslationOf
    (AGS) relationHasTranslation
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) URI

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    Element Name: Coverage
      Label: Coverage
      Definition: The extent or scope of the content of the resource.
      Comment: Typically, Coverage will include spatial location (a place name or geographic coordinates), temporal period (a period label, date, or date range) or jurisdiction (such as a named administrative entity). Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (for example, the Thesaurus of Geographic Names [TGN]) and to use, where appropriate, named places or time periods in preference to numeric identifiers such as sets of coordinates or date ranges.
      Has Refinement(s) (DCTERMS) Spatial
    (DCTERMS) Temporal
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) POINT
    (DCTERMS) ISO3166
    (DCTERMS) DCMIBOX
    (DCTERMS) TGN
    (DCTERMS) PERIOD
    (DCTERMS) W3CDTF

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    Element Name: Rights
      Label: Rights Management
      Definition: Information about rights held in and over the resource.
      Comment: Typically, Rights will contain a rights management statement for the resource, or reference a service providing such information. Rights information often encompasses Intellectual Property Rights (IPR), Copyright, and various Property Rights. If the Rights element is absent, no assumptions may be made about any rights held in or over the resource.
      Has Refinement(s) (AGS) rightsStatement
    (AGS) rightsTermsOfUse
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    Element Name: Audience
      Label: Audience
      Definition: A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful.
      Comment: A class of entity may be determined by the creator or the publisher or by a third party.
      Has Refinement(s)  
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Element Name: Availability
      Label: Availability
      Definition: How the resource can be obtained or contact information for obtaining the resource.
      Comment: The Availability element is primarily used for non-electronic resources to provide information on how to obtain physical access to the resource.
      Has Refinement(s) (AGS) availabilityLocation
    (AGS) availabilityNumber
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Element Name: Citation
      Label: Citation
      Definition: Citation information of a journal.
      Comment:
      Has Refinement(s) (AGS) citationTitle
    (AGS) citationIdentifier
    (AGS) citationNumber
    (AGS) citationChronology
      Has Scheme(s) (AGS) CODEN
    (AGS) ISSN

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    Section 2: Element Refinements

    Refinement Name: Alternative
      Label: Alternative
      Definition: Any form of the title used as a substitute or alternative to the formal title of the resource.
      Comment: This qualifier can include Title abbreviations as well as translations.
      Element Refined: (DC) Title
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    Refinement Name: titleSupplement
      Label: Supplement Title
      Definition: Secondary information related to the title.
      Comment: Title Supplement should be used sparingly and only in conjunction with Title element. It should be used to enter:
  • elements on the title page that do not properly belong to the title and subtitle but that are appended to it; and
  • elements taken from elsewhere than the title page that constitute useful additional information to the title.

    • Supplementary title information includes such phrases as:

  • Presented at a meeting of...
  • Proceedings of a conference held...
  • Based on the work of...
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      Element Refined: (DC) Title
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Refinement Name: creatorCorporate
      Label: Corporate Creator
      Definition: Organization or a group of people identified by a name responsible for creating or making contributions to the intellectual content of the resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Creator
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Refinement Name: creatorPersonal
      Label: Personal Creator
      Definition: Person responsible for creating or making contributions to the intellectual content of the resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Creator
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Refinement Name: creatorConference
      Label: Conference
      Definition: Conferences are named meetings of individuals or representatives of various bodies for the purpose of discussing and acting on topics of common interest, or meetings of representatives of a corporate body that constitute its legislative or governing body.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Creator
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Refinement Name: subjectClassification
      Label: Subject Classification
      Definition: The systematic arranging into classes (classifying), according to common characteristics or affinities, things, topics, themes or notions which are the subject of any branch of science or of a methodical inquiry.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Subject
      Has Scheme(s)

    (AGS) ASC
    (AGS) CABC
    (DCTERMS) DDC
    (DCTERMS) LCC
    (DCTERMS) UDC

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    Refinement Name: subjectThesaurus
      Label: Subject Keywords
      Definition: A classified list of terms or keywords, in a particular field, for use in indexing and information retrieval.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Subject
      Has Scheme(s)

    (AGS) AGROVOC
    (AGS) CABT
    (AGS) ASFAT
    (AGS) NALT
    (DCTERMS) MeSH
    (DCTERMS) LCSH

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    Refinement Name: Abstract
      Label: Abstract
      Definition: A summary of the content of the resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Description
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Refinement Name: descriptionNotes

      Label: Notes
      Definition: Brief statement, annotation, comment, or/and elucidation concerning any aspect of the resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Description
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Refinement Name: descriptionEdition

      Label: Edition Statement
      Definition: The formally designated version of the resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Description
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Refinement Name: publisherName

      Label: Name of Publisher
      Definition: A publisher is the individual, group, or organization named in the document as being responsible for that document’s publication, distribution, issuing, or release.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Publisher
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Refinement Name: publisherPlace

      Label: Place of Publication
      Definition: The place of publication of an item is the city, town, or other locality associated with the name of the publisher entered in the Publisher Name field.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Publisher
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Refinement Name: Created

      Label: Created
      Definition: Date of creation of the resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Date
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) W3CDTF

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    Refinement Name: Valid

      Label: Valid
      Definition: Date (often a range) of validity of a resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Date
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) W3CDTF

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    Refinement Name: Available

      Label: Available
      Definition: Date (often a range) that the resource will become or did become available.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Date
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) W3CDTF

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    Refinement Name: Modified

      Label: Modified
      Definition: Date on which the resource was changed.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Date
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) W3CDTF

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    Refinement Name: Issued

      Label: Issued
      Definition: Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Date
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) W3CDTF

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    Refinement Name: Extent

      Label: Extent
      Definition: The size or duration of the resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Format
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Refinement Name: Medium

      Label: Medium
      Definition: The material or physical carrier of the resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Format
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) IMT

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    Refinement Name: Is Version Of

      Label: Is Version Of
      Definition: The described resource is a version, edition, or adaptation of the referenced resource. Changes in version imply substantive changes in content rather than differences in format.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Relation
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) URI

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    Refinement Name: Has Version

      Label: Has Version
      Definition: The described resource has a version, edition, or adaptation, namely, the referenced resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Relation
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) URI

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    Refinement Name: Is Replaced By

      Label: Is Replaced By
      Definition: The described resource is supplanted, displaced, or superseded by the referenced resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Relation
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) URI

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    Refinement Name: Replaces

      Label: Replaces
      Definition: The described resource supplants, displaces, or supersedes the referenced resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Relation
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) URI

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    Refinement Name: Is required By

      Label: Is Required By
      Definition: The described resource is required by the referenced resource, either physically or logically.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Relation
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) URI

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    Refinement Name: Requires

      Label: Requires
      Definition: The described resource requires the referenced resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence of content.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Relation
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) URI

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    Refinement Name: Is Part Of

      Label: Is Part Of
      Definition: The described resource is a physical or logical part of the referenced resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Relation
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) URI

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    Refinement Name: Has Part

      Label: Has Part
      Definition: The described resource includes the referenced resource either physically or logically.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Relation
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) URI

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    Refinement Name: Is Referenced By

      Label: Is Referenced By
      Definition: The described resource is referenced, cited, or otherwise pointed to by the referenced resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Relation
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) URI

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    Refinement Name: References

      Label: References
      Definition: The described resource references, cites, or otherwise points to the referenced resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Relation
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) URI

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    Refinement Name: Is Format Of

      Label: Is Format Of
      Definition: The described resource is the same intellectual content of the referenced resource, but presented in another format.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Relation
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) URI

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    Refinement Name: Has Format

      Label: Has Format
      Definition: The described resource pre-existed the referenced resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content presented in another format.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Relation
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) URI

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    Refinement Name: relationIsTranslationOf

      Label: Is Translation Of
      Definition: The described resource is a translation of the referenced resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Relation
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) URI

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    Refinement Name: relationHasTranslation

      Label: Has Translation
      Definition: The described resource has a translation, namely, the referenced resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Relation
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) URI

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    Refinement Name: Spatial
      Label: Spatial
      Definition: Spatial characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Coverage
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) POINT
    (DCTERMS) ISO3166
    (DCTERMS) DCMIBOX
    (DCTERMS) TGN

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    Refinement Name: Temporal
      Label: Temporal
      Definition: Temporal characteristics of the intellectual content of the resource
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Coverage
      Has Scheme(s) (DCTERMS) PERIOD
    (DCTERMS) W3CDTF

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    Refinement Name: rightsStatement

      Label: Rights Statement
      Definition: Written assertion of ownership rights relating to resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Rights
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Refinement Name: rightsTermsOfUse

      Label: Rights Terms Of Use
      Definition: Extent and manner of use permitted to, and restrictions covering use of resource by the public.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (DC) Rights
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Refinement Name: availabilityLocation
      Label: Availability Location
      Definition: An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (AGLS) Availability
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Refinement Name: availabilityNumber
      Label: Availability Number
      Definition: An unambiguous reference to the location of the resource.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (AGLS) Availability
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Refinement Name: citationTitle

      Label: Title of the serial
      Definition: The serial title, also known as the key-title, is a name ascribed to a serial publication and is inseparably associated with its ISSN.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (AGS) Citation
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Refinement Name: citationIdentifier

      Label: Identifier of the serial
      Definition: A global standard identifier of a journal. This would usually be an ISSN, but may follow some other standards such as CODEN.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (AGS) Citation
      Has Scheme(s) (AGS) CODEN
    (AGS) ISSN

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    Refinement Name: citationNumber

      Label: Number of the issue
      Definition: The issue, part or number which denotes a particular issue of a journal, as it appears on the cover. In many cases this indicates a part of a journal volume.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (AGS) Citation
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Refinement Name: citationChronology

      Label: Chronological desigation of the issue
      Definition: Chronology is the formal date of a particular issue of a journal, as it appears on the cover in conjunction with the serial title.
      Comment:
      Element Refined: (AGS) Citation
      Has Scheme(s) -

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    Section 3: Schemes

    Refinement Name: ASC

      Label: AGRIS Subject Categories
      Definition: AGRIS Subject Categories are subject categories for indexing of agricultural resources developed and maintained by FAO.
      Comment: http://www.fao.org/agris/
      Element Refined: Subject (subjectClassification)

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    Refinement Name: CABC

      Label: CABI Codes
      Definition: CABI Codes are the main subject headings derived from the classification schemes used in the AGRICOLA and AGRIS databases, to group resources in to a specific subject maintained by CAB International.
      Comment: http://www.cabi-publishing.org/
      Element Refined: Subject (subjectClassification)

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    Refinement Name: DDC

      Label: DDC
      Definition: Dewey Decimal Classification
      Comment: http://www.oclc.org/dewey/index.htm
      Element Refined: Subject (subjectClassification)

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    Refinement Name: LCC

      Label: LCC
      Definition: Library of Congress Classification
      Comment: http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html
      Element Refined: Subject (subjectClassification)

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    Refinement Name: UDC

      Label: UDC
      Definition: Universal Decimal Classification
      Comment: http://www.udcc.org/
      Element Refined: Subject (subjectClassification)

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    Refinement Name: AGROVOC

      Label: AGROVOC
      Definition: Multilingual agricultural thesaurus produced by FAO, and used for indexing and cataloguing.
      Comment: http://www.fao.org/agrovoc/
      Element Refined: Subject (subjectThesaurus)

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    Refinement Name: CABT

      Label: CAB Thesaurus
      Definition: A controlled vocabulary of terms, especially key words, in agricultural sciences for use in indexing and information retrieval created and produced by CAB International.
      Comment: http://www.cabi-publishing.org/
      Element Refined: Subject (subjectThesaurus)

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    Refinement Name: ASFAT

      Label: ASFA Thesaurus
      Definition: A controlled vocabulary of terms, especially key words, in fisheries for use in indexing and information retrieval created by ASFA (Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts).
      Comment: http://www.fao.org/fi/asfa/asfa.asp
      Element Refined: Subject (subjectThesaurus)

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    Refinement Name: NALT

      Label: NAL Thesaurus
      Definition: A controlled vocabulary of terms, especially key words, in agricultural sciences for use in indexing and information retrieval created by National Agricultural Library (NAL) of United States.
      Comment: http://agclass.nal.usda.gov/agt/agt.htm
      Element Refined: Subject (subjectThesaurus)

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    Refinement Name: MESH

      Label: Medical Subject Headings
      Definition: Medical Subject Headings
      Comment: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html
      Element Refined: Subject (subjectThesaurus)

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    Refinement Name: LCSH

      Label: Library of Congress Subject Headings
      Definition: Library of Congress Subject Headings
      Comment: http://lcweb.loc.gov/cds/lcsh.html#lcsh20
      Element Refined: Subject (subjectThesaurus)

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    Refinement Name: W3CDTF

      Label: W3C-DTF
      Definition: W3C Encoding rules for dates and times - a profile based on ISO 8601
      Comment: http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime
      Element Refined: Date, Coverage (Temporal)

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    Refinement Name: DCMIType

      Label: DCMI Type Vocabulary
      Definition: A list of types used to categorize the nature or genre of the content of the resource.
      Comment: http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-type-vocabulary/
      Element Refined: Type

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    Refinement Name: IMT

      Label: Internet Media Types
      Definition: The Internet media type of the resource.
      Comment: http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types
      Element Refined: Format (Medium)

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    Refinement Name: URI

      Label: Uniform Resource Identifier
      Definition: A URI Uniform Resource Identifier
      Comment: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt
      Element Refined: Identifier, Source, Relation

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    Refinement Name: ISO6392

      Label: ISO 639-2
      Definition: ISO 639-2: Codes for the representation of names of languages.
      Comment: http://lcweb.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html
      Element Refined: Language

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    Refinement Name: RFC1766

      Label: RFC 1766
      Definition: Internet RFC 1766 'Tags for the identification of Language' specifies a two letter code taken from ISO 639, followed optionally by a two letter country code taken from ISO 3166.
      Comment: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1766.txt
      Element Refined: Language

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    Refinement Name: RFC3066

      Label: RFC 3066
      Definition: Internet RFC 3066 'Tags for the Identification of Languages' specifies a primary subtag which is a two-letter code taken from ISO 639 part 1 or a three-letter code taken from ISO 639 part 2, followed optionally by a two-letter country code taken from ISO 3166. When a language in ISO 639 has both a two-letter and three-letter code, use the two-letter code; when it has only a three-letter code, use the three-letter code. This RFC replaces RFC 1766.
      Comment: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3066.txt
      Element Refined: Language

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    Refinement Name: POINT

      Label: DCMI POINT
      Definition: The DCMI Point identifies a point in space using its geographic coordinates.
      Comment: http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-point/
      Element Refined: Coverage (Spatial)

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    Refinement Name: ISO3166

      Label: ISO 3166
      Definition: ISO 3166 Codes for the representation of names of countries.
      Comment: http://www.iso.org/iso/en/prods-services/iso3166ma/02iso-3166-code-lists/index.html
      Element Refined: Coverage (Spatial)

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    Refinement Name: DCMIBOX

      Label: DCMI BOX
      Definition: The DCMI Box identifies a region of space using its geographic limits.
      Comment: http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-box/
      Element Refined: Coverage (Spatial)

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    Refinement Name: TGN

      Label: TGN
      Definition: The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names
      Comment: http://www.getty.edu/research/tools/vocabulary/tgn/index.html
      Element Refined: Coverage (Spatial)

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    Refinement Name: PERIOD

      Label: DCMI PERIOD
      Definition: A specification of the limits of a time interval.
      Comment: http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-period/
      Element Refined: Coverage (Temporal)

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    Refinement Name: ISSN

      Label: ISSN
      Definition: International Standard Serial Number. It is a numerical code given to a serial (periodical) which uniquely identifies it.
      Comment: http://www.issn.org:8080/pub/
      Element Refined: Citation (Identifier)

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    Refinement Name: ISBN

      Label: ISBN
      Definition: International Standard Book Number. The ISBN is a unique machine-readable identification number used to uniquely mark a book. 159 countries and territories are officially ISBN members.
      Comment: http://www.isbn.org/standards/home/index.asp
      Element Refined: Identifier

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    Refinement Name: JN

      Label: Job Number
      Definition: Job Number is a number allotted to a resource for purposes of identification and retrieval.
      Comment: http://purl.org/agmes/1.1/
      Element Refined: Identifier

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    Refinement Name: DOI

      Label: Digital Object Identifier
      Definition: The Digital Object Identifier (DOI) is a system for identifying content objects in the digital environment. DOIs are names assigned to any entity for use on digital networks. They are used to provide current information, including where they (or information about them) can be found on the Internet. Information about a digital object may change over time, including where to find it, but its DOI will not change. For more information see: http://www.doi.org/
      Comment: http://purl.org/agmes/1.1/
      Element Refined: Identifier

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    Refinement Name: RN

      Label: Record Number
      Definition: A number uniquely identifying a report, results of an investigation, proceedings at a meeting, or of any occurrence, event or matter on which definite information is required.
      Comment: http://purl.org/agmes/1.1/
      Element Refined: Identifier

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    Refinement Name: CODEN

      Label: CODEN
      Definition: A system of alphanumeric codes developed by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM ) to uniquely and permanently identify sci-tech serial and monographic publications. Responsibility for administering the system was transferred to Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS ) in 1975. The CODEN is used in electronic information systems to process bibliographic data because it is more concise than the full title and less ambiguous than an abbreviated title."
      Comment: http://purl.org/agmes/1.1/
      Element Refined: Citation (Identifier)

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