Class: RecordMetadata

A re-usable structure that encapsulates provenance metadata that applies to a specific concrete record/encoding of information, as opposed to provenance of the abstract information content/knowledge the record represents.

URI: vaspec:RecordMetadata

Parents

• is_a: Element - The base definition for all elements that comprise the model (classes, complex data types, value sets)

Referenced by Class

• Entity Entity➞sourceRecordMeta _0..* RecordMetadata
• Entity Entity➞thisRecordMeta _0..1 RecordMetadata

Attributes

Own

• RecordMetadata➞description _0..1
  • Description: A free text description of the RecordMetadata object.
  • Range: String
• RecordMetadata➞recordIdentifier _0..1
  • Description: The business identifier of the record described in the RecordMetadata object (required when the record described is not the one in the present system)
  • Range: Identifier
• RecordMetadata➞partOfDataset _0..1
  • Description: The dataset of which the described record is a part (releveant when the record described is not the one in the present system)
  • Range: DataSet
• RecordMetadata➞recordVersion _0..1
  • Description: The version number of the record-level artifact the object describes
  • Range: String
• RecordMetadata➞previousVersion _0..1
  • Description: The version of a record in the same system that the current record replaces/follows.
  • Range: Identifier
• RecordMetadata➞dateRecordCreated _0..1
  • Description: The date the record was initially created.
  • Range: Ga4ghDateTime
• RecordMetadata➞dateRecordLastModified _0..1
  • Description: The date the record was last edited/updated/modified to its present concrete form.
  • Range: Ga4ghDateTime
• RecordMetadata➞qualifiedContribution _0..*
  • Description: Links to a 'Contribution' object allowing richer representation of specific types of contributions made by an agent to the creation, modification, or administrative management of a record.
  • Range: Contribution
• RecordMetadata➞recordURL _0..*
  • Description: A web address where the entity is found or described.
  • Range: Url
• RecordMetadata➞xref _0..*
  • Description: A cross-reference linking to an identifier for an entity/record that represents the same or a closely related concepts or knowledge as the present record.
  • Range: String

Inherited from Element:

• Element➞extensionElement _0..*
  • Description: A key-value data structure that allows definition of custom fields to capture information not directly supported by the VA specification.
  • Range: Extension

Other properties

Comments:		Record-level metadata applies to a specific concrete encoding/serialization of knowledge (e.g as a record in a specific database, or an online digital resource). A RecordMetadata object can capture provenance and other metadata, including when, how, and by whom a specific record was generated or modified; what upstream resources it was derived/retrieved from; and record-level administrative information such as versioning and system / lifecycle status.