Full draft mapping as of 3/20/2013. See active GoogleDoc for more functionality and latest updates: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AgU-htsSmo31dEtaM1M1Q2E1NlRxNG11ZHFrSkMxNFE#gid=0 

For examples and decision points, see: Samples and decision points for mappings

For a draft of phased schema modifications see: Proposed phased schemas


"""dc"" schema that ships with DSpace [note: check against DSpace 3.0, make any update needed and label/link below for 3.0]",,,"mapping to DCTERMS, the latest recommendation from DCMI",,,,mapping to QDC,"these columns may no longer be relevant-- were based on our expectation, in August, that we were mapping everything to QDC",,mapping to local,,
DSpace terms from registry,,,properties in the official /terms/ namespace from DCMI,,,,Qualified Dublin Core fields from DCMI,,,,,
ID ,Field ,Scope Note,relation to DCTERMS properties,Field,syntax-encoding,vocabulary-encoding,2005 QDC user guide,Pure DC Recommendation,Tentative Recommendation,field,rationale,Further information
n/a,n/a,,matches,accrualMethod,,,dc.accrualMethod,dc.accrualMethod,dc.accrualMethod,local.accrualmethod,"Amy: While a controlled vocabulary is recommended for this field, this seems like a local practice case to me.",http://dublincore.org/documents/usageguide/elements.shtml#accrualMethod
n/a,n/a,,matches,accrualPeriodicity,,,dc.accrualPeriodicity,dc.accrualPeriodicity,dc.accrualPeriodicity,local.accrualPeriodicity,"Amy: The resource may be issued on a regular basis, but the harvesting/addition to the IR may not follow that same schedule.  This field should reflect local practice of entry into the IR, not necessarily the practice of the resource.",
n/a,n/a,,matches,accrualPolicy,,,dc.accrualPolicy,dc.accrualPolicy,dc.accrualPolicy,local.accrualpolicy,Amy: Policy decisions are very much local.,
n/a,n/a,,matches,educationLevel,,,dc.audience.educationLevel,dc.audience.educationLevel,dc.audience.educationLevel,n/a,,
n/a,n/a,,matches,mediator,,,dc.audience.mediator,dc.audience.mediator,dc.audience.mediator,n/a,,
n/a,n/a,,matches,audience,,,dc.audience,dc.audience,dc.audience,n/a,,Should perhaps add [Amy: I think this should be added.]
2,dc.contributor.advisor ,Use primarily for thesis advisor.,refines,contributor,,,dc.contributor,dc.contributor,retain as is; migrate to dc.contributor with roles designated as part of name; migrate to local terms? ,local.contributor.advisor,,On the DC refinement with MARC Relator Terms: http://dublincore.org/usage/documents/relators/
3,dc.contributor.author ,,refines,creator or contributor,,,dc.contributor,dc.creator,dc.creator,n/a,,"Miller notes of the role refinements discussed in the above lnks: ""But this possibility has not been widely adoped in practice or implemented in most digitial resource content management systems such as CONTENTdm, and the examples are given only in XML ad RDF formats"" (81). He notes the option of including the role defining terms as part of the value (e.g., ""dc.contributor: Carle, Eric, illustrator"")."
4,dc.contributor.editor ,,refines,contributor,,,dc.contributor,dc.contributor,retain as is; migrate to dc.contributor with roles designated as part of name; migrate to local terms? ,local.contributor.editor?,,"May be optimal to migrate to dc.contributor, with recommendation of using MARC relator terms as part of value, to ease eventual migration to dcterms"
5,dc.contributor.illustrator ,,refines,contributor,,,dc.contributor,dc.contributor,retain as is; migrate to dc.contributor with roles designated as part of name; migrate to local terms? ,local.contributor.illustrator?,,
6,dc.contributor.other ,,refines,contributor,,,dc.contributor,dc.contributor,retain as is; migrate to dc.contributor with roles designated as part of name; migrate to local terms? ,local.contributor.other?,,
1,dc.contributor ,"A person, organization, or service responsible for the content of the resource. Catch-all for unspecified contributors.",matches,contributor,,,dc.contributor,retain as is.,retain as is; migrate to dc.contributor with roles designated as part of name; migrate to local terms? ,n/a,,
n/a,n/a,,matches,coverage,,,dc.coverage,dc.coverage,? [Amy: not needed if the qualified element is included.],n/a,,Should be added. [Who uses dc.coverage?]
7,dc.coverage.spatial ,Spatial characteristics of content.,matches; refines,spatial; coverage,,,dc.coverage.spatial,retain as is.,retain as is.,n/a,,Note: alterred mapping to DCTERMS
8,dc.coverage.temporal ,Temporal characteristics of content.,matches; refines,temporal; coverage,,,dc.coverage.temporal,retain as is.,retain as is.,n/a,,Note: alterred mapping to DCTERMS
9,dc.creator ,Do not use; only for harvested metadata.,matches ,creator,,,dc.creator [do not qualify],retain as is.,retain as is.,n/a,,
11,dc.date.accessioned ,Date DSpace takes possession of item.,refines or matches,date or dateAccepted,,,dc.date.accepted?,dc.date.accepted,dc.date.accepted,n/a,,Note: alterred mapping to DCTERMS
12,dc.date.available ,Date or date range item became available to the public.,matches,available,,,dc.date.available,retain as is.,retain as is.,n/a,,
13,dc.date.copyright ,Date of copyright.,matches,dateCopyrighted,,,dc.date.copyrighted,dc.date.copyrighted,dc.date.copyrighted,n/a,,
14,dc.date.created ,Date of creation or manufacture of intellectual content if different from date.issued.,matches,created,,,dc.date.created,retain as is.,retain as is.,n/a,,
15,dc.date.issued ,Date of publication or distribution.,matches ,issued,,,dc.date.issued,retain as is.,retain as is.,n/a,,
16,dc.date.submitted ,Recommend for theses/dissertations.,matches,dateSubmitted,,,dc.date.submitted,retain as is.,retain as is.,n/a,,
67,"dc.date.updated (NOTE: Included as SWORD metadata, not currently in default DSpace registry)",The last time the item was updated via the SWORD interface,matches,modified,,,dc.date.modified,dc.date.modified,dc.date.modified,n/a,, (Note: dc.date.updated is not included as a default element in the DSpace metadata registry; rather it is included as SWORD metadata) Note: alterred mapping to DCTERMS
n/a,n/a,,matches,valid,,,dc.date.valid,dc.date.valid,?,local.date.accessioned?,, Unclear what the use case is for this element in Dspace.  [Amy: Could someone make a case for using this field to indicate a superseded resource?]
10,dc.date ,Use qualified form if possible.,matches,date,,,dc.date,retain as is.,retain as is.,n/a,,
27,dc.description.abstract ,Abstract or summary.,matches,abstract,,,dc.description.abstract,retain as is.,retain as is.,n/a,,
28,dc.description.provenance ,"The history of custody of the item since its creation, including any changes successive custodians made to it.",matches,provenance,,,,dc.description,dc.provenance (see 2006 Dspace Terms List ),local.dspace.provenance,," possibility, here, of splitting this field into a DSpace-specific provenance record and the descriptive provenance element recommended by DC (e.g., data stored related to an item's ingest would be automatically sent to local.dspaceadmin.provenance and descriptive information relating to the chain of custody of the item would be retained as qdc.provenance)"
29,dc.description.sponsorship ,"Information about sponsoring agencies, individuals, or contractual arrangements for the item.",refines,description,,,,dc.description,retain or migrate to local.description.sponsorship or dc.description,local.description.sponsorship,,what does Dspace use this for?
30,dc.description.statementofresponsibility ,To preserve statement of responsibility from MARC records.,refines,description,,,,dc.description,retain or migrate to dc.description or local.description.statementofresponsibility,local.description.statementofresponsibility,,
31,dc.description.tableofcontents ,A table of contents for a given item.,matches,tableOfContents,,,dc.description.tableOfContents,retain as is.,retain as is.,n/a,,
32,dc.description.uri ,Uniform Resource Identifier pointing to description of this item.,matches ,description,URI,,,dc.description,"retain, migrate to dc.description, migrate to local?",local.description.uri?,,
68,"dc.description.version  (NOTE: Included as SWORD metadata, not currently in default DSpace registry)",The Peer Reviewed status of an item,refines,description,,,,dc.description,"retain, migrate to dc.description, migrate to local?",local.description.version?,, (Note: dc.description.version is not included as a default element in the DSpace metadata registry; rather it is included as SWORD metadata)
26,dc.description ,Catch-all for any description not defined by qualifiers.,matches,description,,,dc.description,retain as is.,retain as is.,n/a,,
34,dc.format.extent ,Size or duration.,matches,format,,,dc.format.extent,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
35,dc.format.medium ,Physical medium.,matches,format,,,dc.format.medium,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
36,dc.format.mimetype ,Registered MIME type identifiers.,matches,format,IMT,,,dc.format,"migrate to dc.format, retain as dc.format.mimetype, migrate to local.format.mimetype?",local.format.mimetype?,,
33,dc.format ,Catch-all for any format information not defined by qualifiers.,matches,format,,,dc.format,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
18,dc.identifier.citation ,"Human-readable, standard bibliographic citation of non-DSpace format of this item",matches,bibliographicCitation,,,dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation,dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation,migrate to dc.identifier.bibliographicCitation,n/a,,
19,dc.identifier.govdoc ,A government document number,refines,identifier,,,,dc.identifier,retain as is or migrate to local?,local.identifier.govdoc?,,
20,dc.identifier.isbn ,International Standard Book Number,refines,identifier,,,,dc.identifier,retain as is or migrate to local?,local.identifier.isbn?,,
23,dc.identifier.ismn ,International Standard Music Number,refines,identifier,,,,dc.identifier,retain as is or migrate to local?,local.identifier.ismn?,,
21,dc.identifier.issn ,International Standard Serial Number,refines,identifier,,,,dc.identifier,retain as is or migrate to local?,local.identifier.issn?,,
24,dc.identifier.other ,A known identifier type common to a local collection.,refines,identifier,,,,dc.identifier,retain as is or migrate to local?,local.identifier.other?,,
22,dc.identifier.sici ,Serial Item and Contribution Identifier,refines,identifier,,,,dc.identifier,retain as is or migrate to local?,local.identifier.sici?,,
69,"dc.identifier.slug  (NOTE: Included as SWORD metadata, not currently in default DSpace registry)","a uri supplied via the sword slug header, as a suggested uri for the item",refines,identifier,,,,dc.identifier,retain as is or migrate to local?,local.identifier.slug?,, (Note: dc.identifier.slug is not included as a default element in the DSpace metadata registry; rather it is included as SWORD metadata)
25,dc.identifier.uri ,Uniform Resource Identifier,matches,identifier,URI,,dc.identifier,dc.identifier,retain as is or migrate to local?,local.identifier.uri?,,
17,dc.identifier ,Catch-all for unambiguous identifiers not defined by qualified form; use identifier.other for a known identifier common to a local collection instead of unqualified form.,matches,identifier,,,dc.identifier,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
n/a,n/a,,matches ,InstructionalMethod,,,dc.InstructionalMethod,dc.InstructionalMethod,?  [Amy: Should be added],n/a,,
38,dc.language.iso ,"Current ISO standard for language of intellectual content, including country codes (e.g. ""en_US"").",refines,language,,,,dc.language,retain as is,n/a,,
70,"dc.language.rfc3066  (NOTE: Included as SWORD metadata, not currently in default DSpace registry)",The rfc3066 form of the language for the item,matches,language,RFC3066,,,dc.language,migrate to dc.language.rfc3066?,n/a,, (Note: dc.language.rfc3066 is not included as a default element in the DSpace metadata registry; rather it is included as SWORD metadata) Amy: RFC 4646 is the current best practice under Metadata Terms (http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/#terms-language).  Do we need to update to that standard?  
37,dc.language ,"Catch-all for non-ISO forms of the language of the item, accommodating harvested values.",matches,language,,,dc.language,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
39,dc.publisher ,"Entity responsible for publication, distribution, or imprint.",matches,publisher,,,dc.publisher,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
44,dc.relation.haspart ,References physically or logically contained item.,matches,hasPart,,,dc.relation.haspart,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
46,dc.relation.hasversion ,References later version.,matches,hasVersion,,,dc.relation.hasversion,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
41,dc.relation.isformatof ,References additional physical form.,matches,isFormatOf,,,dc.relation.isformatof,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
42,dc.relation.ispartof ,References physically or logically containing item.,matches,isPartOf,,,dc.relation.ispartof,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
43,dc.relation.ispartofseries ,"Series name and number within that series, if available.",refines,isPartOf,,,,dc.relation.ispartof,retain as is or migrate to local?,local.relation.ispartofseries?,,
48,dc.relation.isreferencedby ,Pointed to by referenced resource.,matches,isReferencedBy,,,dc.relation.isreferencedby,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
51,dc.relation.isreplacedby ,References succeeding item.,matches,isReplacedBy,,,dc.relation.isreplacedby,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
45,dc.relation.isversionof ,References earlier version.,matches,isVersionOf,,,dc.relation.isversionof,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
50,dc.relation.replaces ,References preceeding item.,matches,replaces,,,dc.relation.replaces,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
49,dc.relation.requires ,"Referenced resource is required to support function, delivery, or coherence of item.",matches,requires,,,dc.relation.requires,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
52,dc.relation.uri ,References Uniform Resource Identifier for related item.,matches,relation,URI,,,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
40,dc.relation ,Catch-all for references to other related items.,matches,relation,,,dc.relation,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
n/a,n/a,,matches,conformsto,,,dc.relation.conformsto,retain as is,add dc.relation.conformsTo?,n/a,,
n/a,n/a,,matches,isRequiredBy,,,dc.relation.isrequiredby,retain as is,add dc.relation.isrequiredBy?,n/a,,
n/a,n/a,,matches,references,,,dc.relation.references,retain as is,add dc.relation.references?,n/a,,
n/a,n/a,,matches,hasFormat,,,dc.relation.hasFormat,retain as is,add dc.relation.hasFormat?,n/a,,
n/a,n/a,,matches,accessRights,,,dc.rights.accessRights,dc.rights.accessRights,add dc.rights.accessRights? [Amy votes yes],n/a,,
71,"dc.rights.holder  (NOTE: Included as SWORD metadata, not currently in default DSpace registry)",The owner of the copyright,matches,rightsHolder,,,,dc.rights,dc.rights.holder,n/a,, (Note: dc.rights.holder is not included as a default element in the DSpace metadata registry; rather it is included as SWORD metadata)
n/a,n/a,,matches,license,,,dc.rights.license,,add dc.rights.license,n/a,,
54,dc.rights.uri ,References terms governing use and reproduction.,matches,rights,URI,,,dc.rights,dc.rights.uri,n/a,,
53,dc.rights ,Terms governing use and reproduction.,matches,rights,,,dc.rights,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
56,dc.source.uri ,Do not use; only for harvested metadata.,matches,source,URI,,dc.source.uri,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,Need to update to make distinction between use of this field by DSpace for technical metadata. Confusion in documentation over this field-- how and when is it used by DSpace? Should it  be filled by users?
55,dc.source ,Do not use; only for harvested metadata.,matches,source,,,dc.source,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,Need to update to make distinction between use of this field by DSpace for technical metadata. Confusion in documentation over this field-- how and when is it used by DSpace? Should it  be filled by users?
58,dc.subject.classification ,Catch-all for value from local classification system; global classification systems will receive specific qualifier,refines,subject,,,dc.subject,retain as is,retain as is?,n/a,,
59,dc.subject.ddc ,Dewey Decimal Classification Number,matches,subject,,DDC,dc.subject.ddc,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,These four use vocabulary encoding schemes rather than properties.
60,dc.subject.lcc ,Library of Congress Classification Number,matches,subject,,LCC,dc.subject.lcc,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,These four use vocabulary encoding schemes rather than properties.
61,dc.subject.lcsh ,Library of Congress Subject Headings,matches,subject,,LCSH,dc.subject.lcsh,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,These four use vocabulary encoding schemes rather than properties.
62,dc.subject.mesh ,Medical Subject Headings,matches,subject,,MESH,dc.subject.mesh,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,These four use vocabulary encoding schemes rather than properties.
63,dc.subject.other ,Local controlled vocabulary; global vocabularies will receive specific qualifier.,refines,subject,,,,dc.subject,dc.subject? dc.subject.local? local.subject?,local.subject,"Amy: If this field is for a truly local controlled vocabulary, this is the spot for it.",
57,dc.subject ,Uncontrolled index term.,matches,subject,,,dc.subject,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
65,dc.title.alternative ,"Varying (or substitute) form of title proper appearing in item, e.g. abbreviation or translation",matches,alternative,,,dc.title.alternative,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
64,dc.title ,Title statement/title proper.,matches,title,,,dc.title,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,
66,dc.type ,Nature or genre of content.,matches,type,,,dc.type,retain as is,retain as is,n/a,,