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 | Required | Repeatable | Description | CV/Syntax | Notes | Examples |
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| Type/Resource Type | Yes | No | The primary nature or genre of the described resource. | DCMI Type Terms | Use "Image" for all cartoons regardless of additional text | Image |
| Title | Yes | 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 | No | 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 | No | 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 | Only use this field for published versions of works. | |||||
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| Extent | Record height × width in centimeters. | 28.5 x 36 cm | ||||