The coverageType element is used to identify the actual type of keywords that are being used by its companion metadata element coverage. coverageType provides a picklist of types, namely spatial or temporal, because coverage in intellectual content may be expressed spatially by geographic location or it may also be expressed temporally by a date, period, era, or time-based event.
XPATH LOCATION:
/ pbcoreDescriptionDocument / pbcoreCoverage / coverageType
USAGE RULES:
Occurs:
1 time or less
May Contain:
Contained by:
Contained with:
[Any elements used MUST appear in this relative order]
- /pbcoreDescriptionDocument/pbcoreCoverage/coverage
- /pbcoreDescriptionDocument/pbcoreCoverage/coverageType
EXAMPLES:
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<pbcoreCoverage> <coverage>1607-1631</coverage> <coverageType annotation="historical">Temporal</coverageType> </pbcoreCoverage> <pbcoreCoverage> <coverage>2007</coverage> <coverageType annotation="current">Temporal</coverageType> </pbcoreCoverage> <pbcoreCoverage> <coverage source="GeoNames" ref="http://www.geonames.org/maps/google_37.208_-76.774.html">Jamestown, VA</coverage> <coverageType>Spatial</coverageType> </pbcoreCoverage> <pbcoreCoverage> <coverage source="latitude, longitude">37.2000,-76.7667</coverage> <coverageType source="PBCore coverageType" ref="http://pbcore.org/vocabularies/coverageType#spatial">Spatial</coverageType> </pbcoreCoverage> <pbcoreCoverage> <coverage source="Wikipedia" ref="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werowocomoco">Werowocomoco</coverage> <coverageType source="PBCore coverageType" ref="http://pbcore.org/vocabularies/coverageType#spatial">Spatial</coverageType> </pbcoreCoverage>
VOCABULARIES:
- PBCore coverageType (required)
Your examples show that this element uses attributes, yet those attributes are not listed on the page. Can they be added if they are indeed allowed to be used with this element?