DC metadata for cartoons

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

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	Obligation	Repeatable	Description	CV/Syntax	Notes	Examples
Type/Resource Type	Required	No	The primary nature or genre of the described resource.	DCMI Type Terms	Use "Image" for all cartoons regardless of additional text	Image
Title	Required	No	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	Optional	Yes	Any alternative title for the described resource, including abbreviations and translations.
Creator	Recommended	Yes	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	Optional	Yes	A person or group responsible for making secondary contributions to the work.
Genre	Recommended	Yes	A term or terms that designate a category characterizing a particular style, form, or content, such as artistic, musical, literary composition, etc.	Getty AAT		editorial cartoons (http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300123431)
Language	Recommended	Yes	The language(s) of the work's content.	ISO language codes		eng
Publisher	Recommended	Yes	The person or group making the work available in a formal publication process.	Use of LCNAF is preferred.	Only use this field for published versions of works.
Date Created	Required, if available	Yes	The date on which the work was created.
Date Issued	Required, if available	Yes	The date(s) on which the work was issued, e.g. published.
Date Copyrighted	Required, if available	Yes	The date(s) on which the work was copyrighted.
Date	Optional	Yes	A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource.		Use only for original art when the date on the work is the presumed date of publication.
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