Dublin Core Elements

 Title | Creator | Date | Subject | Publisher
Type | Description | Contributor | Format | Source
Rights | Identifier | Language | Relation | Coverage

4.11. Source

Label: Source
Element Description: Information about a second resource from which the present resource is derived. While it is generally recommended that elements contain information about the present resource only, this element may contain a date, creator, format, identifier, or other metadata for the second resource when it is considered important for the discovery of the present resource: recommended best practice is to use the Relation element instead. For example, it is possible to use a Source date of 1603 in a description of a 1996 film adaptation of a Shakespeare play, but it is preferred instead to use Relation "IsBasedOn" with a reference to a separate resource whose description contains a Date of 1603. Source is not applicable if the present resource is in its original form.
Guidelines for creation of content:
In general, include in this area information which does not fit easily into Relation.
    Examples
    <META NAME="DC.Source" CONTENT="RC607.A26W574 1996">
    [where "RC607.A26W574 1996" is the call number of the print version of the resource, from which the present version was scanned]

Qualifiers for DC.Source

    From LC
    For example, a PDF version of a novel might have a source element containing an ISBN number for the physical book from which the PDF version was derived.
      SCHEME:
        (Free text is default)
        URL
        URN
        ISBN
        ISSN
      TYPE: not necessary
    From UK
      Scheme
        Freetext
          A textual description of the source of the resource. This is the default scheme value if the scheme is not explicitly stated.
        URL
          The source of the resource is being identified by its Uniform Resource Locator (URL).
        URN
          The source of the resource is being identified by its Uniform Resource Name (URN).
        ISBN
          The source of the resource is being identified by its International Standard Book Number (ISBN).
        ISSN
          The source of the resource is being identified by its International Standard Serial Number (ISSN).
        FPI
          The source of the resoure is being identified by its Formal Public Identifier (FPI).
      Type: None