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Element irm:subjectCoverage

Namespace | urn:us:gov:ic:irm
Annotations | ? ded:CategoryDescription: Metadata that characterize the subject matter of a resource, including categories, keywords(s), production metrics, and non-state actors. ded:CategorySource: DCMI: subject, v. 004 ded:CategoryComment: The subjectCoverage consists of one subjectCoverage element, which must have at least one of category, keyword, productionMetric, or nonStateActor elements, with all elements allowing an unbounded number of elements. Typically, subjectCoverage will be expressed as keywords, key phrases, enumerated classification codes that describe a topic of the resource, production metrics that are used by specific intelligence organizations, and non-state actors, where the subject is an organization or group of places or people who are not limited to a specific geographical area. Recommended best practice ist o select a value from a controlled vocabulary or formal classification scheme. This may list keywords that apply to the resource, or particular subject category, which will aid the user in understanding the genre of the content. A specific example of the use of the category element is the specification or a specific set of values from a community or enterprise taxonomy, such as ucore taxonomy. In this case qualifier refers to the taxonomy and the value is the specific entry from the taxonomy. The subjectCoverage element can be marked according to SMP guidelines. ded:Definition: The top-level element that contains categories and keywords desribing a given information resource. Container for the categorical subject and natural language subject classifications. It is assumed that all content under subjectCoverage is related to the same subject. See also SubjectType. NOTE: At least one of either Keyword or Category must appear, after one instance of either appears, additional categories must appear before additional keywords. See IRM Spec Category: Subject. ded:Obligation: (Mandatory) ded:Comment: The subjectCoverage element can be marked according to SMP guidelines.
Diagram |
Type | irm:SubjectType
Properties |
content | complex
Used by |
Complex Type | irm:ICResourceMetadataType
Model | irm:category | irm:keyword | irm:nonStateActor
Children | irm:category , irm:keyword , irm:nonStateActor
Instance |
    <irm:subjectCoverage xmlns:irm="urn:us:gov:ic:irm">
      <irm:category irm:code="" irm:label="" irm:qualifier="">{1,1}</irm:category>
      <irm:keyword irm:value="">{1,1}</irm:keyword>
      <irm:nonStateActor irm:order="" irm:qualifier="">{1,1}</irm:nonStateActor>
    </irm:subjectCoverage>
Source |
    <xsd:element name="subjectCoverage" type="irm:SubjectType">
      <xsd:annotation>
        <xsd:documentation>&#x2028;
          <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ism:classification="U" ism:ownerProducer="USA" data-ded="ded:CategoryDescription">ded:CategoryDescription: Metadata that characterize the subject matter of a resource, including categories, keywords(s), production metrics, and non-state actors.</p>
          <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ism:classification="U" ism:ownerProducer="USA" data-ded="ded:CategorySource">ded:CategorySource: DCMI: subject, v. 004</p>
          <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ism:classification="U" ism:ownerProducer="USA" data-ded="ded:CategoryComment">ded:CategoryComment: The subjectCoverage consists of one subjectCoverage element, which must have at least one of category, keyword, productionMetric, or nonStateActor elements, with all elements allowing an unbounded number of elements. Typically, subjectCoverage will be expressed as keywords, key phrases, enumerated classification codes that describe a topic of the resource, production metrics that are used by specific intelligence organizations, and non-state actors, where the subject is an organization or group of places or people who are not limited to a specific geographical area. Recommended best practice ist o select a value from a controlled vocabulary or formal classification scheme. This may list keywords that apply to the resource, or particular subject category, which will aid the user in understanding the genre of the content. A specific example of the use of the category element is the specification or a specific set of values from a community or enterprise taxonomy, such as ucore taxonomy. In this case qualifier refers to the taxonomy and the value is the specific entry from the taxonomy. The subjectCoverage element can be marked according to SMP guidelines.</p>
          <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ism:classification="U" ism:ownerProducer="USA" data-ded="ded:Definition">ded:Definition: The top-level element that contains categories and keywords desribing a given information resource. Container for the categorical subject and natural language subject classifications. It is assumed that all content under subjectCoverage is related to the same subject. See also SubjectType. NOTE: At least one of either Keyword or Category must appear, after one instance of either appears, additional categories must appear before additional keywords. See IRM Spec Category: Subject.</p>
          <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ism:classification="U" ism:ownerProducer="USA" data-ded="ded:Obligation">ded:Obligation: (Mandatory)</p>
          <p xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" ism:classification="U" ism:ownerProducer="USA" data-ded="ded:Comment">ded:Comment: The subjectCoverage element can be marked according to SMP guidelines.</p>
        </xsd:documentation>
      </xsd:annotation>
    </xsd:element>
Schema location | IC-IRM.xsd Copy and paste this link to your file browser, clicking the link MAY open in the browser. Opening in an XML aware editor is best.

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