DC metadata for cartoons

These are draft metadata standards for cartoons in Digital Collections. Version 2021-02-18

Abbreviations in table: Y is for Yes; N is for No

Examples:

Bill Sanders, "Step right up, folks! Profit's my name, death's my game!" (https://hdl.handle.net/1811/17f298ab-b067-4a91-8b0a-c717af2c336a)

Label	Required	Repeatable	Description	CV/Syntax	Notes	Examples
Type/Resource Type	Y	N	The primary nature or genre of the described resource.	DCMI Type Terms	Use "Image" for all cartoons regardless of additional text	Image
Title	Y	N	The primary name given to the described resource.	BICLM prefers title case.	Title may be found on work or devised by cataloger based on speech balloon or description. See Description - Examples for how to clarify source of title in Description field.	Step right up, folks! Profit's my name, death's my game!
Alternative Title
Creator	N	Y	The person or group primarily responsible for the creation of the work.	Use of LCNAF is preferred. For creators not in LCNAF, follow LCNAF's standards, i.e. name in inverted order.		Sanders, Bill, 1933- (http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2010163117)
Contributor	N	Y	A person or group responsible for making secondary contributions to the work.
Genre				Getty AAT		editorial cartoons (http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300123431)
Language				ISO language codes
Publisher					Only use this field for published versions of works.
Date Created
Date Issued
Date Copyrighted
Date
Description					If appropriate, can transcribe copyright statement. If title was found on item, use example #1. For artificial titles, use example #2. If titles derived from text in speech balloons, use example #3.	Title appears as it is written on the item. Title devised by cataloger. Title devised from text in first speech balloon.
Version
Format
Medium
Extent					Record height × width in centimeters.	28.5 x 36 cm