6. Application Profiles

Overview

The application profiles enumerate the elements in each of the three base layer element sets (i.e., archival collections, serial collections, and monograph collections) and provide the following specifications:

• Element Label—the official label or name of the element to be used for display purposes
• CSV Element—the label for the element in base layer CSV spreadsheets
• Element Node(s)—the node in the XML file at which the element value(s) is/are accessed
• Subelement(s)—child nodes of the element node, sometimes required for identifying the correct element node
• Attribute(s)—qualifiers that modify the element
• Dublin Core Element—the mapping to or equivalent element in the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, version 1.1 (unqualified Dublin Core)
• Mandatory—an indication of the obligation of an element ("yes" for mandatory; "no" for optional); based on whether or not values for the element exist in (nearly) all records
• Repeatable—an indication of whether or not an element can appear more than once in a record
• Vocabulary/Encoding Scheme—controlled vocabularies or encoding schemes that define permitted values for element
• Notes—notes describing the content and/or formatting of the element values
• Source Data Example—a snippet of XML representing the element, as it would appear in the source data file
• Base Layer Example—an example an element value, as it would appear in the base layer

Note: Multiple element values are separated by a triple pipe (|||) unless stated otherwise.

Spreadsheets

• Archival Collections
• Serial Collections
• Monograph Collections