Required Metadata Field Standards

For more information about required metadata field standards, please visit the VP Comm Metadata Site.

 

School College Unit (SCU)

• Predefined List of SCU represented as the asset group

Description

• Quick Who, What, When, Where, Why in one place

Keywords

• U-M_Keyword_Taxonomy.txt in DAC
• If you add keywords, fill out this Google form to send to Lee.

Location

• U-M_Location_Names.txt in DAC

Copyright Notice (three options)

• U-M Regents (Most common): Copyright [Insert 4-digit year of creation], Regents of the University of Michigan.
• Third-party: Copyright [Insert 4-digit year of creation], Name of Copyright holder.
• Public Domain.

Credit Line

• Name of Photographer, [Insert SCU here], Regents of the University of Michigan

Copyright URL

• Option 1: https://vpcomm.umich.edu/resources/digital-asset-collaborative-dac/dac-copyright/
• Option 2: Insert URL for Copyright holder, if applicable (ex. https://www.shutterstock.com/license)
• Option 3: Insert URL to Public Domain source (ex. https://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/102_det.html)

Rights and Usage Terms

• For use by Originating SCU Only
• For use by permission; Contact Information below
• Approved for use in editorial context only
• U-M Unlimited; Approved for any University of Michigan Official Business
• CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International)
• CC BY-NC 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International)
• CC BY-SA 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International)
• CC BY 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International)
• CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International)
• CC BY-ND 4.0 (Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International)
• CC0 aka CC Zero (The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication)

Creator

• Name of person who captured the image or footage, or who designed the graphics.  For collaborative projects, list the names of all the creators separated by commas in alphabetical order.

Contact Information

• Consists of Contact Address, Contact Phone Number, Contact Email address, and Contact Website.  Contact email address is required and should be a general email address.