dcterms.xsd
DCterms XML Schema XML Schema for http://purl.org/dc/terms/
namespace Created 2008-02-11 Created by Tim Cole (t-cole3@uiuc.edu) Tom Habing
(thabing@uiuc.edu) Jane Hunter (jane@dstc.edu.au) Pete Johnston (p.johnston@ukoln.ac.uk), Carl
Lagoze (lagoze@cs.cornell.edu) This schema declares XML elements for the DC elements and DC
element refinements from the http://purl.org/dc/terms/ namespace. It reuses the complexType
dc:SimpleLiteral, imported from the dc.xsd schema, which permits simple element content, and
makes the xml:lang attribute available. This complexType permits the derivation of other
complexTypes which would permit child elements. XML elements corresponding to DC elements are
declared as substitutable for the abstract element dc:any, and XML elements corresponding to
DC element refinements are defined as substitutable for the base elements which they refine.
This means that the default type for all XML elements (i.e. corresponding to all DC elements
and element refinements) is dc:SimpleLiteral. Encoding schemes are defined as complexTypes
which are restrictions of the dc:SimpleLiteral complexType. These complexTypes restrict values
to an appropriates syntax or format using data typing, regular expressions, or enumerated
lists. In order to specify one of these encodings an xsi:type attribute must be used in the
instance document. Also, note that one shortcoming of this approach is that any type can be
applied to any of the elements or refinements. There is no convenient way to restrict types to
specific elements using this approach. Changes in 2008-02-11 version: Add element declarations
corresponding to 15 new dcterms URIs, and amend use of substitutionGroups. Add compexType
definitions corresponding to ISO639-3, RFC4646.
Schema document information
Namespace: http://purl.org/dc/terms/
File path: dcterms.xsd
Properties: Element Form Default: qualified, Attribute Form Default: unqualified