This document provides the semantic definition for the GEDCOM X SourceDescription data type for use in structured data (e.g. RDFa, Microdata, JSON-LD, etc.). This data type is specified by the GEDCOM X Conceptual Model.
This data type extends the http://gedcomx.org/v1/HypermediaEnabledData data type.
Description
Represents a description of a source.
Properties
| property | expected type | description |
|---|---|---|
Properties from SourceDescription |
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| about | anyURI | The URI (if applicable) of the actual source. |
| lang | string | The language of this genealogical data set. See http://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/. Note that some language-enabled elements MAY override the language. |
| mediaType | string | Hint about the media (MIME) type of the resource being described. |
| version | string | gets the version of this resource |
| resourceType | ResourceType | The type of the resource being described. |
| citation | SourceCitation | The bibliographic citations for this source. |
| mediator | ResourceReference | A reference to the entity that mediates access to the described source. |
| publisher | ResourceReference | A reference to the entity responsible for making the described source available. |
| author | ResourceReference | A reference to the entity that authored the described source. |
| source | SourceReference | References to any sources to which this source is related (usually applicable to sources that are derived from or contained in another source). |
| analysis | ResourceReference | A reference to the analysis document explaining the analysis that went into this description of the source. |
| componentOf | SourceReference | A reference to the source that contains this source. |
| title | TextValue | A list of titles for this source. |
| titleLabel | TextValue | A label for the title of this description. |
| note | Note | Notes about a source. |
| attribution | Attribution | The attribution metadata for this source description. |
| identifier | Identifier | The list of identifiers for the source. |
| rights | string | The rights for this source. |
| replacedBy | string | The URI that this resource has been replaced by. |
| replaces | string | The list of resources that this resource replaces. |
| created | timestamp | When the resource being described was created. |
| modified | timestamp | When the resource being described was last modified. |
| published | timestamp | When the resource being described was last published. |