Vocabularies for Registry Schema

Vocabularies for Registry Schema 1.6.5 (last modified: 21 June 2022)

Access Rights Type
Activity Relation Type
Activity Type
Arg Type
Arg Use
Citation Date Type
Citation Style
Collection Relation Type (Collection)
Collection Relation Type (Publication)
Collection Type
Date Type
Date Format
Dates Type
Description Type
Electronic Address Type

Electronic Target
Identifier Type
Licence Type
Name Part Type
Name Type
Originating Source Type
Party Relation Type
Party Type
Physical Address Part Type
Physical Address Type
Related Information Type
Service Relation Type
Service Type
Spatial Type
Subject Type

Access Rights Type (collection)

open: Data is publicly accessible online
conditional: Data is publicly accessible subject to certain conditions. For example:
- a fee applies;
- the data is only accessible at a specific physical location.
restricted: Data access is limited. For example:
- following an embargo period;
- to a particular group of users;
- where formal permission is granted.

Activity Relation Type (activity)

hasAssociationWith: has an unspecified relationship with the related registry object
hasOutput: delivers materials in the related collection
hasPart: contains the related activity
hasParticipant: is undertaken by the related party
hasPrincipalInvestigator: is researched by the related party
isFundedBy: receives monetary or in-kind aid from the related program
isManagedBy: is organised and/or delivered by the related party
isOwnedBy: legally belongs to the related party
isPartOf: is contained in the related activity

Activity Type (activity)

award: something given to recognize excellence in a certain field
course: education imparted in a series of lessons or meetings
event: something that happens at a particular place or time as an organized activity with participants or an audience
grant: a funding grant awarded to partially or fully fund a research project, research facility, research program, equipment grant, fellowship, traineeship etc
program: system of activities intended to meet a public need
project: piece of work that is undertaken or attempted, with a start and end date and defined objectives

Arg Type (service)

string: (service only) Indicates the value of an argument is a plain text string
object: indicates the value of an argument is an object, most likely in serialized form

Arg Use (service)

inline: (service only) indicates the argument forms part of the base URL
keyValue: (service only) indicates the argument is passed using key=value pairings in the query component of a URL

Citation Date Type (service party activity collection)

publicationDate: the date when the data was or will be made publicly available
available: the date the resource is made publicly available. May be a range, or indicate the end of an embargo period
created: the date the resource itself was put together; this could be a date range or a single date for a final component, e.g. the finalised file with all of the data
date: any relevant date not otherwise specified
dateAccepted: the date that the publisher accepted the resource into their system
dateSubmitted: the date the creator submits the resource to the publisher. This could be different from dateAccepted if the publisher then applies a selection process
endPublicationDate: use when publicationDate is a range
issued: the date that the resource is published or distributed e.g. to a data centre
modified: the date of the last update to the resource, when the resource is being added to. (Equivalent to Datacite 'Updated')
startPublicationDate: use when publicationDate is a range
valid: the date or date range during which the dataset or resources are accurate

Citation Style (service party activity collection)

Harvard:
APA: American Psychological Association
MLA: Modern Language Association of America
Vancouver:
IEEE: Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
CSE: Council of Science Editors
Chicago: Chicago Manual of Style
AMA: American Medical Association
AGPS-AGIMO: Australian Style Manual
AGLC: Australian Guide to Legal Citation
ACS: American Chemical Society
Datacite: International Data Citation

Collection Relation Type (collection)

describes: is a catalogue for, or index of, of items in the related collection
hasPart: contains the related collection
hasAssociationWith: has an unspecified relationship with the related registry object
hasCollector: has been collected, generated, created or aggregated by the related party
hasPrincipalInvestigator: is researched by the related party
hasVersion: versioned by the related collection
isDescribedBy: is catalogued or indexed by the related collection
isLocatedIn: is held in the related repository
isLocationFor: is the repository where the related collection is held
isManagedBy: is maintained and made accessible by the related party
isOutputOf: is a product of the related activity
isOwnedBy: legally belongs to the related party
isPartOf: is contained within the related collection
isVersionOf: is a version of the related collection
supports: can be contributed to, accessed or used through the related service
isEnrichedBy: additional value provided to a collection by a party
isDerivedFrom: collection is derived from the related collection, e.g. through analysis
hasDerivedCollection: the related collection is derived from the collection, e.g. through analysis
isAvailableThrough: specialisation of isSupportBy type - for Harvest, Search and Syndicate
isProducedBy: specialisation of isSupportBy type - for Create, Generate and Assemble
isPresentedBy: specialisation of isSupportBy type - for Report
hasValueAddedBy: specialisation of supports type - for Annotate
isOperatedOnBy: specialisation of isSupportBy type - for Transform

Collection Relation Type (publication)

isCitedBy: indicates that B includes A in a citation
isReferencedBy: indicates A is used as a source of information by B
isDocumentedBy: indicates B is documentation about/explaining A
isSupplementedBy: indicates that A is a supplement to B
isSupplementTo: indicates that B is a supplement to A
isReviewedBy: the cited entity presents statements, ideas or conclusions that are reviewed by the citing entity
isSupportedBy: the cited entity receives intellectual or factual support from the citing entity

Collection Type (collection)

catalogueOrIndex: collection of resource descriptions describing the content of one or more repositories or collective works
classificationScheme: a list or arrangement of terms used in a particular context eg. ontologies, thesauri
collection: compiled content created as separate and independent works and assembled into a collective whole for distribution and use
dataset: collection of physical or digital objects generated by research activities
publication: scholarly material consisting mainly of written text eg. journal publications, book chapters
registry: collection of registry objects compiled to support the business of a given community
repository: collection of physical or digital objects compiled for information and documentation purposes and/or for storage and safekeeping
software: one or more items that collectively represent a software product; including computer instructions (ranging in format from machine code to high-level programming languages); and associated non-executable items such as documentation

Date Format (activity collection party service)

W3CDTF: W3C Date Time Format

Date Type (activity collection party service)

dateFrom: start date for a date range
dateTo: end date for a date range

Dates Type (collection)

dc.available: Date (often a range) that the resource became or will become available.
dc.created: Date of creation of the resource.
dc.dateAccepted: Date of acceptance of the resource.
dc.dateSubmitted: Date of submission of the resource.
dc.issued: Date of formal issuance (e.g.publication) of the resource.
dc.valid: Date (often a range) of validity of a resource.

Description Type (activity collection party service)

brief: short account for selection purposes
full: full account
logo: symbol used as an identifying mark
note: a brief informational message, not object metadata, to notify the record consumer of some important aspect regarding the object or its metadata
deliverymethod: (services only) information about how the service is delivered. Should be one of: webservice, software, offline, workflow
significanceStatement: (collections only) a statement describing the significance of a collection within its domain or context
researchAreas: Text describing a contributor organisation's distinctive research portfolio and research strengths.
researchDataProfile: Text describing and highlighting the research data (and related parties, projects and services) whose description the organisation has contributed to Research Data Australia.
researchSupport: Text describing specific data-related support services offered by the contributor organisation such as archives, repositories, data centres, metadata stores, high performance computing facilities, data-intensive instruments, e-research support centres, data management support services, etc.
lineage: Text describing the collection lineage
fundingAmount: (activities of type 'grant' only) The total amount of funding in Australian dollars approved by the funder for this particular research grant. It can also be used for activity records of type 'project' or 'program' supplied by a research institution or agency, where it would contain the total project budget if this information is available.
fundingScheme: (activities of type 'grant' only) The funding scheme under which the research funding was awarded.
researchers: (activities of type 'grant' only) The list of persons participating as a Chief Investigator, Partner Investigator or Fellow. This description type should only be used if the nature of the grant data supplied to ANDS prevents the creation of linked related party records for these researchers.

Electronic Address Type (activity collection party service)

email: string used to receive messages by means of a computer network
other: other electronic address
url: Uniform Resource Locator

Electronic Target (collection)

landingPage: Electronic URL value points to the metadata for the collection
directDownload : Electronic URL value triggers a direct download

Identifier Type (activity collection party service)

abn: Australian Business Number
arc: Australian Research Council identifier
ark: ARK Persistent Identifier Scheme
AU-ANL:PEAU: National Library of Australia identifier
doi: Digital Object Identifier
ean13: International Article Number
eissn: electronic International Standard Serial Number
fundref: Funder unique ID assigned by Crossref and maintained in its global FundRef registry
grid: Global Research Identifier Database
handle: HANDLE System Identifier
igsn: International Geo Sample Number
infouri: 'info' URI scheme
isbn: International Standard Book Number
isil: International Standard Identifier for Libraries
isni: International Standard Name Identifier
issn: International Standard Serial Number
istc: International Standard Text Code. http://www.istc-international.org/html
lissn:Linking International Standard Serial Number
local: identifer unique within a local context
mediaType: The Media Type (MIME type) of the information. Values should be taken from IANA Media Type assignment listing. You may choose to use application/x-{name} if it is well known within the relevant discipline.
nhmrc: National Health and Medical Research Council identifier
orcid: ORCID Identifier
pubMedId: PubMed ID
purl: Persistent Uniform Resource Locator
raid: Research Activity Identifier
researcherID: Thomson Reuters ResearcherID
ror: Research Organization Registry identifier
scopusID: a unique author identifier provided by the Scopus publications database
upc: Universal Product Code
uri: Uniform Resource Identifier
urn: Uniform Resource Name

Licence Type (service party activity collection)

CC0: No Rights Reserved
CC-BY: Attribution
CC-BY-SA: Attribution-SharedAlike
CC-BY-ND: Attribution-NoDerivs
CC-BY-NC: Attribution-NonCommercial
CC-BY-NC-SA: Attribution-NonCommercial-SharedAlike
CC-BY-NC-ND: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
GPL: General Public License
AusGoalRestrictive: AusGoal Restrictive License
NoLicence: No licence
Unknown/Other: Unknown license or record provider defined license

Name Part Type (party)

family: last name or surname
given: forename or given or Christian name
suffix: honours, awards, qualifications and other identifiers conferred
title: word or phrase indicative of rank, office, nobility, honour, etc., or a term of address associated with a person
superior: part of a name that describes a party (group) that contains one or more integral subordinate parties (sub-groups or sub-units).
subordinate: part of a name that describes a party (group) that is an integral sub-group or sub-unit of a superior party (group).

Name Type (activity collection party service)

primary: official name of the registry object
abbreviated: shortened form of, or acronym for, the official name
alternative: any other form of name used now or in the past as a substitute or alternative for the official name

Originating Source Type (registry object)

authoritative: the source holds the authoritative version of the metadata about the registry object

Party Relation Type (party)

hasAssociationWith: has an unspecified relationship with the related registry object
hasMember: (group only) has enrolled the related party in the group
hasPart: (group only) contains the related group
isCollectorOf: has collected, generated, created or aggregated the related collection
isFundedBy: receives monetary or in-kind aid from the related party or program
isFunderOf: provides monetary or in-kind aid to the related party or activity
isManagedBy: is overseen by the related party
isManagerOf: oversees the related party or administers the related collection
isMemberOf: is enrolled in the related group
isOwnedBy: legally belongs to the related party
isOwnerOf: legally possesses the related activity, collection, service or group
isPartOf: (group only) is contained in the related group
isParticipantIn: is enrolled in the related activity
isPrincipalInvestigatorOf: is a research in the related activity/collection
enriches: provides additional value to a collection

Party Type (party)

group: one or more persons acting as a family, group, association, partnership or corporation
person: human being or identity assumed by one or more human beings
administrativePosition: a kind of party where the position name and contact information are present but the identity of the party filling the role is not specified.

Physical Address Part Type (activity collection party service)

addressLine: an address part that is a separate line of a structured address
text: a single address part that contains the whole address in unstructured form
telephoneNumber: an address part that contains a telephone number including a mobile telephone number
faxNumber: an address part that contains a fax (facsimile) number

Physical Address Type (activity collection party service)

streetAddress: address where an entity is physically located
postalAddress: address where mail for an entity should be sent

Related Information Type (service party activity collection)

activity: An undertaking or process related to the creation, update, or maintenance of a collection.
collection: An aggregation of physical and/or digital resources which has meaning in a research context.
dataQualityInformation: data quality statements or summaries of data quality issues affecting the data.
metadata: An alternative metadata format for the Object. This is most likely to be a discipline or system-specific format. E.g. NetCDF or ANZLIC.
party: A person, group or role related to the creation, update, or maintenance of a collection, to an activity, or to the provision of a service.
publication: any formally published document, whether available in digital or online form or not.
provenance: information about how the data being described was derived or produced; including events (creation, assemble, annotate, and transform etc.), when and where an event happened, which instruments or software were used and who was involved
reuseInformation: information that supports reuse of data, such as data definitions, instrument calibration or settings, units of measurement, sample descriptions, experimental parameters, methodology, data analysis techniques, or data derivation rules.
service: A system (analogue or digital) that provides one or more functions of value to an end user.
website: any publicly accessible web location containing information related to the collection, activity, party or service.

Service Relation Type (service)

hasAssociationWith: has an unspecified relationship with the related registry object
hasPart: contains the related service
isManagedBy: is overseen by the related party
isOwnedBy: legally belongs to the related party
isPartOf: is contained in the related service
isSupportedBy: enables contribution and access to and use of the related collection
makesAvailable: specialisation of supports type - for Harvest, Search and Syndicate
produces: specialisation of supports type - for Create, Generate and Assemble
presents: specialisation of supports type - for Report
operatesOn: specialisation of supports type - for Transform
addsValueTo: specialisation of isSupportBy type - for Annotate

Service Type (service)

annotate:
assemble: aggregation
create: instrument
ESRI:ArcGIS:GPServer : ArcGIS GPS Server
ESRI:ArcGIS:ImageServer : ArcGIS Image Server
ESRI:ArcGIS:MapServer : ArcGIS Map Server
generate: simulator
harvest-oaipmh: OAI-PMH Harvest
OGC:WCS : Open Geospatial Consortium Web Coverage Service (WCS)
OGC:WFS : Open Geospatial Consortium Web Feature Service (WFS)
OGC:WMS : Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Service (WMS)
OGC:WMTS : Open Geospatial Consortium Web Map Tile Service (WMTS)
OGC:WPS : Open Geospatial Consortium Web Processing Service (WPS)
OPeNDAP : Open-source Project for a Network Data Access Protocol (OPeNDAP) service
report: visualisation, summary
search-http: Search service over HTTP
search-opensearch: OpenSearch search
search-sru: SRU search
search-srw: SRW search
search-z3950: z39.50 search
store: provides infrastructure for the storage of a data object
syndicate-atom: ATOM syndication
syndicate-rss: RSS feed
THREDDS : Thematic Real-time Environmental Distributed Data Services (THREDDS) service
transform: analysis, conversion

Spatial Type (activity collection party service)

gmlKmlPolyCoords: A set of KML long/lat co-ordinates derived from GML (OpenGIS Geography Markup Language) defining a polygon as described by the KML coordinates element but without the altitude component
gpx: the GPS Exchange Format
iso31661: ISO 3166-1 Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions - Part 1: Country codes
iso31662: Codes for the representation of names of countries and their subdivisions - Part 2: Country subdivision codes
iso31663: ISO 3166-3 Codes for country names which have been deleted from ISO 3166-1 since its first publication in 1974.
iso19139dcmiBox: DCMI Box notation derived from bounding box metadata conformant with the iso19139 schema
kmlPolyCoords: A set of KML (Keyhole Markup Language) long/lat co-ordinates defining a polygon as described by the KML coordinates element
dcmiPoint: spatial location information specified in DCMI Point notation
text: free-text representation of spatial location

Subject Type (activity collection party service)

anzsrc-for: Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification Field of Research (ABS 1297.0)
anzsrc-seo: Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification Socio-economic Objective (ABS 1297.0)
anzsrc-toa: Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification Type of Activity (ABS 1297.0)
apt: Australian Pictorial Thesaurus
GCMD: Global Change Master Directory
iso639: International Standard for language codes
local: Local Keyword
pont: Powerhouse Museum Object Name Thesaurus
psychit: Thesaurus of Psychological Index Terms
scot: Schools Online Thesaurus