Collection Registry

Collection editor

Editor options

Mandatory description

The fields in this block form the minimal base of required collection properties and are mandatory. A collection description must be provided in at least one language.
Title Acronym Language
Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum – Göttinger Universitätsgeschichte - Gedruckte Werke GDZ deu
Contains the basic descriptive elements 'title', 'acronym' and 'description' Each description set in associated with a specific language allowing multilingual collection descriptions. Please note, that the first entry is considered as primary language for the collection and serves as displayed default.
The nature or genre of the collection Use of standard vocabulary required. Provided values will be based on DARIAH-DE suggestions (the keywords provided in this current phase).
A statement of any rights held in/over the collection description Provides information concerning the collection description and NOT the items of the collections. A controlled vocabulary will be provided and maintained by DARIAH-DE based on the free-texts currently entered.
A statement of any restrictions placed on the provided collection image A controlled vocabulary will be provided and maintained by DARIAH-DE based on the free-texts currently entered.

Contact and agents

At least one of the fields in this block needs to be filled. All others are then optional.
Provides a web page related to the resource Only provide web pages when you can be sure that they will stay online for as long as the collection description is meant to be public or you have the resources to keep them alive.
Provides a primary email address related to the collection Only provide email addresses when you can be sure that they will stay responsive for as long as the collection description is meant to be public or you have the resources to update them.
Place Country
A location where the collection is held To record multiple locations, separate statements should be used. The importance of each statement is expressed by the applied order, beginning with the most important one. In case the collection´s item are digitized it is recommended to name the adress related with the person/organisation who has legal possession of the collection. Usually this person/organisation is also referenced as Owner.
Agent name Relation
Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen Creator
Agents that are related to the collection (e.g. as creator and/or owner)
A language of the items in the collection The value string must be a language name in the form of the three character code defined by ISO 639-3.
A subject or topic associated with the items in the collection Keywords or subject descriptors associated with items in the collection. The terms used indicate the subject matter of the collection. Currently free-texts can be entered. However, subjects should be taken from a controlled vocabulary, namely from GND, LCSH and DDC though the preferred vocabularies are GND and LCSH. Where multiple keywords or subject descriptors are provided, a separate statement should be used for each keyword or descriptor. The importance of each statement is expressed by the applied order, beginning with the most important one.
An indicator of the temporal scope of the resource. Provided values will be the base for a future DARIAH-DE controlled vocabulary.
An indicator of the spatial scope of the resource Has to be taken from a controlled vocabulary, namely from GND, GeoNames and Getty. Preferred are GeoNames and Getty because both provide gps coordinates. Where multiple spatial descriptors are provided, a separate statement should be used for each descriptor. The importance of each statement is expressed by the applied order, beginning with the most important one. Currently free-texts can be entered.
A range of dates over which the collection was accumulated To enable homogenous descriptions the values have to follow a syntax encoding scheme. To keep up the collection description´s human readability a label element should be provided.
A range of dates over which the individual items within the collection were created To enable homogenous descriptions the values have to follow a syntax encoding scheme. To keep up the collection description´s human readability a label element should be provided.
The nature or genre of one or more items within the collection The value strings are provided by DCMI Type Vocabulary. See: http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-type-vocabulary/#H7
The size of the collection i. e. the number of items The size or extent of the collection should be described by providing the number of the collection`s items. If the exact number is unknown or the collection is still growing a rough estimation should be provided.
The main accrual method of the collection Specify whether data is collected by curation or research (or both)

Context

Relation type Related Collection
Further collections that are related to this collection
An unambiguous reference to the resource within an already existing context like an institution or an application In case your resource is already supplied with one ore more identifiers which you would like keep on using to maintain interoperability.
A class of entity for whom the collection is intended or useful Where a collection is intended or useful for multiple audiences, a separate statement should be used for each audience. The importance of each statement is expressed by the applied order, beginning with the most important one.
A statement of any changes in ownership and custody of the collection that are significant for its authenticity, integrity and interpretation
Names and shortly describes the project in which context the collection was created It is recomended to provide a short description of the project and to provide a reference (URL) where further information can be found.
Collection image
A statement of any access restrictions placed on the collection A controlled vocabulary will be provided and maintained by DARIAH-DE based on the free-texts currently entered.

Collection policy

Method Policy Frequency
A method by which items are added to a collection
A statement of any rights held in/over the collection´s items Provides information concerning the collection´s items. A controlled vocabulary will be provided and maintained by DARIAH-DE based on the free-texts currently entered.

Collection access

URI Type
https://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/oai2/ OAI-PMH
Services that allow access to collected resources
User-specified parameter, which is published by means of the Collection Registry API. Parameters can e.g. be used to provide additional, collection-specific input variables to relevant data models.

Identification & Administration

Permanent link to the collection This ID and link provide a reference to the latest revision of this agent description.
Permanent link to this version This ID and link provide a reference to exactly this revision of this collection description. After saving, the collection receives a new version ID.
Creation of this version The timestamp and user of this version of the collection description.
A date of the creation of this collection description To enable homogenous descriptions the values of dcddm:collectionDescriptionCreated have to follow a syntax encoding scheme.