15. Publication Type (M)

15.1. DC Field

dc:type

15.2. Usage

Publication type is used for the following purposes:

  • Mandatory (M): Publication type (controlled): to indicate the type of publication based on the info:eu-repo-publication-type-terms vocabulary.
  • Optional (O): Publication type (free): to indicate the type of publication based on a local repository vocabulary.

15.3. DCMI Definition

The type of scientific output the resource is a manifestation of. In the DC element type the kind of dissemination, or the intellectual and/or content type of the resource is described. It is used to explain to the user what kind of resource he is looking at. Is it a book or an article. Was it written for internal or external use, etc.

15.4. Usage Instruction

Publication types (controlled):

The first occurrence of the DC Element type is mandatory and should be used for the type indication of the scientific output based on the info:eu-repo publication type vocabulary:

  • info:eu-repo/semantics/article
  • info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis
  • info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis
  • info:eu-repo/semantics/doctoralThesis
  • info:eu-repo/semantics/book
  • info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart
  • info:eu-repo/semantics/review
  • info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObject
  • info:eu-repo/semantics/lecture
  • info:eu-repo/semantics/workingPaper
  • info:eu-repo/semantics/preprint
  • info:eu-repo/semantics/report
  • info:eu-repo/semantics/annotation
  • info:eu-repo/semantics/contributionToPeriodical
  • info:eu-repo/semantics/patent
  • info:eu-repo/semantics/other

Publication types (free text):

The second occurrence of the DC Element type is optional and should be used for the subtype indication of the scientific output.

15.5. Do Not Confuse With

DC element type describes the kind of academic output the resource is a representation of. DC element ‘format’ describes the media type of this resource.

15.6. Since

DRIVER Guidelines v2

15.7. Example

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<dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/article</dc:type>