Sample Metadata Record

oai:ethnologue.com:aaa


XML format

<olac:olac>
<dc:title>Ghotuo: a language of Nigeria</dc:title>
<dcterms:spatial xsi:type="dcterms:ISO3166">NG</dcterms:spatial>
<dc:date xsi:type="dcterms:W3CDTF">2018-02-21</dc:date>
<dc:description>A page from the online edition of Ethnologue: Languages of the World (21st edition) giving basic information about the language (including population, location, status, alternate names, dialects, and classification) with notes on language use and language development.</dc:description>
<dc:format xsi:type="dcterms:IMT">text/html</dc:format>
<dc:identifier xsi:type="dcterms:URI">http://www.ethnologue.com/language/aaa</dc:identifier>
<dc:language xsi:type="olac:language" olac:code="eng"/>
<dc:publisher>SIL International</dc:publisher>
<dc:subject xsi:type="olac:language" olac:code="aaa"/>
<dc:type xsi:type="dcterms:DCMIType">Text</dc:type>
</olac:olac>

Display format

 Title  Ghotuo: a language of Nigeria
 Spatial (ISO3166)  NG
 Date  (W3CDTF)  2018-02-21
 Description  A page from the online edition of Ethnologue: Languages of the World (21st edition) giving basic information about the language (including population, location, status, alternate names, dialects, and classification) with notes on language use and language development.
 Format (IMT)  text/html
 Identifier (URI)  http://www.ethnologue.com/language/aaa
 Language (ISO639-3)  English [eng]
 Publisher  SIL International
 Subject (ISO639-3)  Ghotuo [aaa]
 Type (DCMI)  Text

Metadata quality analysis

OLAC metadata records are scored for metadata quality on a 10-point scale explained in OLAC Metadata Metrics. The score for the above record (along with comments on changes that could improve the score) is as follows:

Component + - Comments
Title   1   0 
Date   1   0 
Agent   1   0 
About   1   0 
Depth   0.33   0.67  For the full score, add at least 4 more elements in addition to the ones counted explicitly in other components of the score.
Content Language   1   0 
Subject Language   1   0 
OLAC Type   0   1  Add a dc:type element that uses the OLAC linguistic-type encoding scheme to identify the type of the resource from a linguistic point of view.
DCMI Type   1   0 
Precision   1   0 
Quality score  8.33