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ISBD - International Standard Bibliographic Description

The ISBD provides the requirements for the description and identification of published resources. This namespace contains two element sets and seven concept vocabularies that support bibliographic description.

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Element Sets

370

Total Elements

150

Vocabulary Terms

Element Sets

ISBD Elements

185 elements

Core ISBD elements with domain and range constraints for RDF applications. These elements are formally defined with specific domains (typically Resource) and ranges (typically Literal or other RDF classes).

ISBD Unconstrained

185 elements

ISBD elements without domain/range constraints for maximum flexibility. These elements have the same labels and definitions as the constrained version but can be used with any RDF resource or literal.

Vocabularies

Content Form

25 terms

Fundamental forms in which content is expressed

Qualified content forms mapping to RDA/ONIX Framework

Media Type

12 terms

Types of carrier used to convey content

Spatial dimensions for image content perception

Motion

2 terms

Presence or absence of movement in image content

Human senses for perceiving content

Type

53 terms

Content qualification types