Dublin Core

Here is a basic example of what decription of a medieval document in Dublin Core looks like, using the example of Ottawa, CU ARC charter 2.

For more exhaustive explanation of Dublin Core, see: http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/.

For the application of Dublin Core to medieval manuscripts/ folios, see Sheila A. Bair & Susan M. B. Steuer, "Developing a Premodern Manuscript Application Profile Using Dublin Core," Journal of Library Metadata, 13:1 (2013): 1-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2013.778725

Element	What to input	Example
Title	Title given to the artifact	Yorkshire Deed by William Bron, Collector of the King’s Rents
Subject	Keywords	deed, rents, yorkshire, legal, judicial, chirograph
Description	Free-text description of the item. All additional research should go here.
Type	Resource type	Envelope and Deed
Source	Call Number	Ottawa, Carleton University, Carleton University Archives and Research Collections, Charter 2
Relation	Do we know which larger work this artifact came from?	Missing duplicate of the chirograph, whereabouts unknown.
Coverage	Spatial location	Yorkshire, England
Creator	Who made this piece?	William Bron
Publisher	Who made this content available?	Carleton University Archives and Research Collections (CUARC)
Contributor	People who have contributed research for this item	[Your Name Here]
Rights	Who owns this? Are there restrictions?	CUARC, creative commons
Date	The likely date for this item	May 24, 1405
Format	The file format, physical medium, and/or dimensions of a resource.	IIIF Image Parchment, Ink.
Identifier	Unique DOI for this item	doi:10.1037/rmh0000008
Language	Languages used in the artifact	Latin
Provenience	Information about previous owners of this artefact.