Title:

NISO Metasearch Initiative Proposed Vocabulary Encoding Scheme : ConspectusLevel
Creator:
NISO Metasearch Initiative Task Group 2
Date Issued:
2005-05-07
Identifier:
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/nisomi/ConspectusLevel/2005-05-07/
Replaces:
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/nisomi/ConspectusLevel/2005-03-19/
Is Replaced By:
Not applicable
Latest Version:
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/nisomi/ConspectusLevel/
Status of Document:
This is a Working Draft of NISO Metasearch Initiative Task Group 2
Description of Document: This document presents a proposal from the NISO Metasearch Initiative Task Group 2 for a new encoding scheme, ConspectusLevel.

Proposal

Name ConspectusLevel
Label Conspectus Level
Definition A set of six numeric values used to indicate the level of completeness of a collection in a specified subject area.
Values

[Full definitions to follow]

0

Out of scope. There is no collecting in this area.

1

Minimal.

2

Basic information level.

3

Study level or instructional support level.

4

Research level; adequate to support doctoral research.

5

Comprehensive level.
Examples

[as SubjectCompletenessIndicator]

Subject: [LCSH] Finland

Level of Completeness: [Conspectus Level] 5

RDF/XML example (RDF Graph)

    <rdf:RDF
          xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
          xmlns:rdfs="http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"
          xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
          xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/"
          xmlns:prop="http://example.org/proposed/terms/">
      <rdf:Description>
        <dc:title xml:lang="en">The Finnish National Collection</dc:title>
        <prop:subjectCompleteness>
          <prop:SubjectCompletenessIndicator>
            <prop:completenessSubject rdf:type="http://purl.org/dc/terms/LCSH"
                                      rdfs:label="Finland" />
            <prop:completenessLevel rdf:type="http://example.org/proposed/terms/ConspectusLevel"
                                    rdf:resource="http://example.org/proposed/terms/ConspectusLevel/5" />
          </prop:SubjectCompletenessIndicator>
        </prop:subjectCompleteness>
      </rdf:Description>
    </rdf:RDF>
Type of term Class/Vocabulary Encoding Scheme
Term qualified

(Proposed property) completenessLevel
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/nisomi/completenessLevel/
Why needed

Conspectus has been in use in the U.S.A. since 80’s, and it is becoming popular in Europe as well; for instance the national collection description initiatives in Czech Republic and Finland have chosen to rely on Conspectus. It is the only generic tool for indicating the completeness of collections.
Working Group support
Proposed status
Related DCMI terms

None
Related non-DCMI terms

(Proposed property) completenessLevel
See http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/nisomi/completenessLevel/

The Conspectus levels are defined within the Conspectus specification. However, no URIrefs have been assigned to denote the level scheme or the individual levels.
About the proposers

Changes made in this version