AbcdConcept0022

Identifier

DataSets/DataSet/Metadata/Description/Representation/Title

Group

Subgroup

Full Name

Dataset title

Documentation

A short concise title for the dataset.

Content

A short concise title for the dataset. This is to be used as source for the Dublin-Core standard element "Title", defined as "A name given to the resource" and described as "A name, by which the resource is formally known". See http://dublincore.org/.

Recommended or Prescribed Values

Example Value

W3TROPICOS?

Example Explanation

The name for the Access System to the Missouri Botanical Garden's VAST (VAScular Tropicos) nomenclatural database and associated authority files.

Reviewer

Berendsohn 25 May 2005

Editorial Notes

I did not understand references to Dublin Core that I have come across for numerous elements so I have just copied them as is.

Dublin Core is a metadata standard used to describe documents. It is becoming widely used.