Korean Canadian Heritage Archives project from East Asian (Cheng Yu Tung) Library, University of Toronto

Metadata

The KCHA uses the Simple Dublin Core Standard which comprises 15 elements to organize information of collection items.

The table below displays the 15 Dublin Core Metadata Elements and what information each element entails in the KCHA database.

METADATA ELEMENT	INFORMATION INCLUDED
dc:title	Title (Original script) Title (Romanization) Title (Romanization without diacritics) Title (English) Series title
dc:creator	Creator (Original script)/ author (for books) Creator (Romanization)/ author (for books) Creator (English)/ author (for books) Author 2, Author 3- if applicable
dc:subject	Subject
dc:description	Remark Call # (books) Permanent Link Volume/issue # [Serial] Location (holding)
dc:publisher	Publisher
dc:contributor	Translator Illustrator
dc:date	Published date Creation date
dc:type	Format Sub-format
dc:format	Measurements # of pages with content
dc:identifier	Accession code (= unique identifier)
dc:source	Collection name Dr. Yu collection, Korean Canadian Heritage Archives, East Asian Library, University of Toronto Korean Canadian Heritage Archives, East Asian Library, University of Toronto
dc:language	Language Original script, Romanization, Romanization without diacritics, English
dc:relation	Related Materials
dc:rights	Scanning/Reproduction Restrictions Copyright restrictions Copyright holder Donor Original/Photocopied