4.8. Resource Type

text	resources in which the content is mainly words for reading: for example - books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, archives of mailing lists
image	the content is primarily visual in two dimensions and is not text: for example - images, paintings, animations, diagrams
sound	the content is primarily audio: for example - music, speech, recorded sounds
data	information encoded in lists, tables, databases, etc., which will often be in a format ready for direct machine processing: for example - spreadsheets, databases, GIS data
software
	computer programs in source or compiled form which may be available for installation non-transiently on another machine
interactive
	resources which require interaction from the user to be understood, executed, or experienced: for example - forms on web pages, applets, multimedia learning objects
physical object
	three dimensional objects or substances which are not primarily text or image: for example - a person, a computer, the great pyramid, a sculpture, etc.

Examples
<META NAME="DC.Type" CONTENT="image">
Type="sound"
Type="text"

Note that if the resource has content of multiple mixed types then multiple or repeated Type elements should be used to describe the main components.

Examples
Electronic art exhibition catalog:
Type="image"
Type="text"

Multimedia educational program with interactive assignments
Type="text"
Type="image"
Type="software"
Type="interactive"

Qualifiers for DC.Type

From LC Nothing extra

From UK

[Whether these values are used as Schemes or Types is unclear]
Advertisment
A commerical advertisment for a product or service.
Article
A peer reviewed , refereed article from a journal.
Bibliography
A bibliography of other resources.
Book
A complete book, not formed from separate papers.
Booklet
A work that is printed and bound but without a named publisher or sponsering institution.
Collection
A book produced from a collection of separate papers.
Course Material
Syllabus, timetable, etc for a course.
Dataset
A set of data of some sort.
Honours Thesis
A university Honours thesis.
Image
A picture of some sort.
In Book
A part of a book, which may be a chapter and/or range of pages.
In Collection
A single paper or article from a published collection.
In Proceedings
A single paper from a published workshop or conference proceedings.
Journal
An entire issue of a refereed learned journal.
Magazine
An entire issue of an unrefereed journal or magazine.
Manual
An operations manual for a product.
Masters Thesis
A university Masters thesis.
Message On Moderated Mailing List
The resource is a message on a mailing list which is moderated.
Message On Unmoderated Mailing List
The resource is a message on a mailing list which is not moderated.
Misc
Work of another or undetermined type. This is the default scheme value if the scheme is not explicitly stated.
Music
A piece of music or a score.
Newspaper
A newspaper.
Organisation Info
Some sort of information about an organisation or group (eg: A library homepage on the web).
PhD Thesis
A university Doctoral thesis.
Personal Info
Some of information about an individual (eg: A person's homepage)
Poem
A piece of poetry.
Posting To Moderated Newsgroup
The resource is a message posted to a USENET newsgroup which is moderated.
Posting To Unmoderated Newsgroup
The resource is a message posted to a USENET newsgroup which is not moderated.
Preprint
Pre-publication of a research article.
Proceedings
A whole published workshop or conference proceedings.
Research Paper
A piece of research work.
Service
An online service of some description.
Tech Report
An internal university or research organisation technical report.
Unpublished
A document with an author and title, but not formally published.
Unrefereed Article
An unrefereed article from a journal, magazine or newspaper.
Video
A video of some sort.