Guidelines #
Choose one or more Resource Type values from the controlled list. Select the term or terms that best characterize or describes the resource.
| Resource Type | Definition |
|---|---|
| Article | A self-contained nonfiction prose composition on a particular subject, written by one or more authors who conducted the research and for publication in an academic or scholarly journal, or other serial publication. |
| Audio | A resource primarily intended to be heard. Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. |
| Book | A non-serial publication that is complete in one volume or a designated finite number of volumes. In physical form, a book is a collection of sheets of paper, parchment or other material bound together along one edge within covers. Books are often identified with an ISBN. |
| Conference Proceedings | A conference proceeding is the published record of a conference, congress, symposium, or other meeting sponsored by a society or association, usually but not necessarily including abstracts or reports of papers presented by the participants. |
| Dataset | Structured information encoded in lists, tables, databases, etc., which will normally be in a format available for direct machine processing. For example - spreadsheets, databases, GIS data, midi data. |
| Image | A visual representation other than text. |
| Periodical | A serial publication with its own distinctive title, characterized by a variety of contents and contributors (e.g. articles, editorials, reviews, columns), and issued at regular intervals. |
| Map or Cartographic Material | Graphic or photogrammetric representations of the Earth’s surface or a part of it. May include physical features and political boundaries, where each point corresponds to a geographical or celestial position according to a definite scale or projection. May also refer to similar depictions of other planets, suns, other heavenly bodies, or areas of the heavens. |
| Part of Book | A defined chapter or section of a book, usually with a separate title or number. |
| Poster | A conference poster that is submitted to a conference and presented there at a poster presentation. The conference poster may be published in proceedings. |
| Postcard | A card, often bearing a photograph, picture, etc., on one side, used for sending a message by post without an envelope. |
| Presentation | Spoken or visual representations of information, such as speeches, demonstrations, and slide shows. |
| Project | The output of an individual or collaborative enterprise that was carefully planned to achieve an explicit aim. |
| Report | A separately published record of research findings, research still in progress, or other technical findings, usually bearing a report number and sometimes a grant number assigned by a funding agency. Also, an official record of the activities of a committee or corporate entity, the proceedings of a government body, or an investigation by an agency, whether published or private, usually archived or submitted to a higher authority, voluntarily or under mandate. In a more general sense, any formal account of facts or information related to a specific event or phenomenon, sometimes given at regular intervals. |
| Research Paper | A document that describes the process, progress, or results of technical or scientific research or the state of a technical or scientific research problem. It might also include recommendationsandconclusionsoftheresearch. Insomedisciplines,e.g.Economics,thisis also called a Working Paper. |
| Software or Program Code | A computer program in source code (text) or compiled form. |
| Transcript | Transcribed textual material derived from audio recordings of conversations in which one person obtains information from another such as for research purposes, publication, or broadcast. |
| Video | A recording of visual images, usually in motion and with sound accompaniment, designed for playback via an electronic device. A moving display, either generated dynamically by a computer program or formed from a series of pre-recorded still images imparting an impression of motion when shown in succession. Examples include animations, cine films, videos, and computational simulations. Expressions of moving images may incorporate synchronized soundtracks. |
| Other | A category which may cover text, interactive, sound, or image-based resources not explicitly addressed in any concept in this vocabulary. |