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  Temp RDF Schema declaration for the Qualified Dublin Core Element Set 
  $Id: dcq.xml,v 1.3 2001/11/27 19:34:24 em Exp $
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<!-- Description of Schema -->	

<eor:Schema rdf:about="&dcqns;">
  <rdf:value>The Dublin Core Element Set Qualifier Vocabulary</rdf:value>
  <dc:title>The Dublin Core Element Set Qualifier Vocabulary</dc:title>
  <dc:publisher>The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative</dc:publisher>
  <dc:description>The Dublin Core Element Set Qualifier Vocabulary is
  an richer vocabulary
      intended to facilitate discovery of resources. </dc:description>
  <dc:language>English</dc:language>
  <dc:relation rdf:resource="http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmes-qualifiers/"/>
  <dc:date>2000-07-11</dc:date>
</eor:Schema>


<!-- Begin: Title  -->

<!-- Title refinement declarations  -->

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;alternative">
  <rdfs:label>Alternative</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Any form of the title used as a substitute or
  alternative to the formal title of the resource.</rdfs:comment>
  <eor:comment>This qualifier can include Title abbreviations as well as translations.</eor:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource =
  "&dcns;title" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<!-- End: Title Declaration -->


<!-- Begin: Subject -->

<!-- Subject refinement declarations -->

<!-- Subject range declarations -->

<rdf:Description rdf:about = "&dcns;subject">
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource = "&dcqns;SubjectScheme" />
</rdf:Description>

<!-- Encoding Scheme declarations -->

<rdfs:Class rdf:about = "&dcqns;SubjectScheme">
  <rdfs:label>Subject Encoding Schemes</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>A set of subject encoding schemes and/or formats</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdfs:Class>

<dcq:SubjectScheme rdf:about = "&dcqns;LCSH">
  <rdfs:label>LCSH</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Library of Congress Subject Headings</rdfs:comment>
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</dcq:SubjectScheme>

<dcq:SubjectScheme rdf:about = "&dcqns;LCC">
  <rdfs:label>LCC</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Library of Congress Classification</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</dcq:SubjectScheme>

<dcq:SubjectScheme rdf:about = "&dcqns;DDC">
  <rdfs:label>DDC</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Dewey Decimal Classification</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource = "http://www.oclc.org/fp/" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</dcq:SubjectScheme>

<dcq:SubjectScheme rdf:about = "&dcqns;UDC">
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  <rdfs:comment>Universal Decimal Classification</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</dcq:SubjectScheme>

<dcq:SubjectScheme rdf:about = "&dcqns;MESH">
  <rdfs:label>MeSH</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Medical Subject Headings</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</dcq:SubjectScheme>

<!-- End: Subject -->



<!-- Begin: Description -->

<!-- Description refinement declarations -->

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;abstract">
  <rdfs:label>Abstract</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>A summary of the content of the resource.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource =
  "&dcns;description" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;tableOfContents">
  <rdfs:label>Table Of Contents</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>A list of subunits of the content of the
  resource.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource =
  "&dcns;description" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<!-- End: Description -->


<!-- Begin: Date -->

<!-- Date refinement declaration -->

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;created">
  <rdfs:label>Created</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Date of creation of the resource.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource =
  "&dcns;date" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;issued">
  <rdfs:label>Issued</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Date of formal issuance (e.g., publication) of the
  resource.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;date" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;modified">
  <rdfs:label>Modified</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Date on which the resource was changed.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource =
  "&dcns;date" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource =
  "&dcqns;" /> </rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;valid">
  <rdfs:label>Valid</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Date (often a range) of validity of a resource.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource =
  "&dcns;date" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;available">
  <rdfs:label>Available</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Date (often a range) that the resource will become or
  did become available.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource =
  "&dcns;date" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<!-- Date range declarations -->

<rdf:Description rdf:about = "&dcns;date">
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource = "&dcqns;DateScheme" />
</rdf:Description>

<!-- Encoding Schemes -->

<rdfs:Class rdf:about = "&dcqns;DateScheme">
  <rdfs:label>Date Encoding Schemes</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>A set of date encoding schemes and/or formats</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdfs:Class>

<dcq:DateScheme rdf:about = "&dcqns;W3CDTF">
  <rdfs:label>W3C-DTF</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>W3C Encoding rules for dates and times - a profile
  based on ISO8601 </rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource = "http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" /> 
</dcq:DateScheme>

<dcq:DateScheme rdf:about = "&dcqns;Period">
  <rdfs:label>DCMI Period</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>A specification of the limits of a time
  interval.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource =
  "http://purl.org/dc/documents/rec-dcmiperiod-20000619.htm" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" /> 
</dcq:DateScheme>

<!-- End: Date -->


<!-- Begin: format -->

<!-- format refinement declarations -->

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;extent">
  <rdfs:label>Extent</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The size or duration of the resource.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;format" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;medium">
  <rdfs:label>Medium</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The material or physical carrier of the
  resource.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;format" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<!-- format range declarations -->

<rdf:Description rdf:about = "&dcns;format">
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource = "&dcqns;FormatScheme" />
</rdf:Description>

<!-- Encoding Scheme declarations -->

<rdfs:Class rdf:about = "&dcqns;FormatScheme">
  <rdfs:label>Format Encoding Schemes</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>A set of format encoding schemes.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdfs:Class>

<dcq:FormatScheme rdf:about = "&dcqns;IMT">
  <rdfs:label>IMT</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The Internet media type of the resource.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
  <rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource =
  "http://www.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/media-types"
  /> 
</dcq:FormatScheme>

<!-- End: format -->


<!-- Begin: Identifier -->

<!-- Identifier refinement declarations -->

<!-- Identifier range declarations -->

<rdf:Description rdf:about = "&dcns;identifier">
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource = "&dcqns;IdentifierScheme" />
</rdf:Description>

<!-- Encoding Scheme declarations -->

<rdfs:Class rdf:about = "&dcqns;IdentifierScheme">
  <rdfs:label>Identifier Encoding Schemes</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>A set of Identified encoding schemes and/or
  formats.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdfs:Class>

<dcq:IdentifierScheme rdf:about = "&dcqns;URI">
  <rdfs:label>URI</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>A URI Uniform Resource Identifier</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource = "http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2396.txt" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</dcq:IdentifierScheme>

<!-- End: Identifier -->



<!-- Begin: Language -->

<!-- Language refinement declarations -->

<!-- Language range declarations -->

<rdf:Description rdf:about = "&dcns;language">
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource = "&dcqns;LanguageScheme" />
</rdf:Description>

<!-- Encoding Scheme declarations -->

<rdfs:Class rdf:about = "&dcqns;LanguageScheme">
  <rdfs:label>Language Encoding Schemes</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>A set of language encoding schemes and/or
  formats.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdfs:Class>

<dcq:LanguageScheme rdf:about = "&dcqns;RFC1766">
  <rdfs:label>RFC1766</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Internet RFC 1766 'Tags for the identification of
  Language' specifies a two letter code taken from ISO 639, followed
  optionally by a two letter country code taken from ISO
  3166.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource = "http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1766.txt" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</dcq:LanguageScheme>

<dcq:LanguageScheme rdf:about = "&dcqns;ISO639-2">
  <rdfs:label>ISO 639-2</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>ISO 639-2: Codes for the representation of names of languages.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource =
  "http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-2/langhome.html" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</dcq:LanguageScheme>

<!-- End: language -->


<!-- Begin: Relation -->

<!-- Relation refinement declarations -->

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;isPartOf">
  <rdfs:label>Is Part Of</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The described resource is a physical or logical part 
of the referenced resource.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;relation" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;hasPart">
  <rdfs:label>Has Part</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The described resource includes the referenced
  resource either physically or logically. </rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;relation" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;isVersionOf">
  <rdfs:label>Is Version Of</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The described resource is a version, edition, or
  adaptation of the referenced resource. Changes in version imply
  substantive changes in content rather than differences in
  format. </rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;relation" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;hasVersion">
  <rdfs:label>Has Version</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The described resource has a version, edition, or
  adaptation, namely, the referenced resource. </rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;relation" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;isFormatOf">
  <rdfs:label>Is Format Of</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The described resource is the same intellectual
  content of the referenced resource, but presented in another
  format. </rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;relation" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;hasFormat">
  <rdfs:label>Has Format</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The described resource pre-existed the referenced
  resource, which is essentially the same intellectual content
  presented in another format. </rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;relation" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;references">
  <rdfs:label>References</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The described resource references, cites, or otherwise
  points to the referenced resource.  </rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;relation" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;isReferencedBy">
  <rdfs:label>Is Referenced By</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The described resource is referenced, cited, or
  otherwise pointed to by the referenced resource. </rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;relation" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;requires">
  <rdfs:label>Requires</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The described resource requires the referenced
  resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence of
  content. </rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;relation" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;isRequiredBy">
  <rdfs:label>Is Required By</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The described resource is required by the referenced
  resource, either physically or logically.  </rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;relation" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;replaces">
  <rdfs:label>Replaces</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The described resource supplants, displaces, or
  supersedes the referenced resource.  </rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;relation" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;isReplacedBy">
  <rdfs:label>Is Replaced By</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The described resource is supplanted, displaced, or
  superceded by the referenced resource.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;relation" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about="&dcqns;conformsTo">
	<rdfs:label>ConformsTo</rdfs:label> 
	<rdfs:comment>A reference to an established standard to which the resource conforms.</rdfs:comment>
   <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;relation" />
   <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" /> 
</rdf:Property>

<!-- Relation range declarations -->

<rdf:Description rdf:about = "&dcns;relation">
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource = "&dcqns;IdentifierScheme" />
</rdf:Description>

<!-- Encoding Scheme declarations -->

<!-- End: Relation -->



<!-- Begin: coverage -->

<!-- Coverage refinement declarations -->

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;spatial">
  <rdfs:label>Spatial</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Spatial characteristics of the intellectual content of
  the resoure.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource = "&dcqns;SpatialScheme" />
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;coverage" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<rdf:Property rdf:about = "&dcqns;temporal">
  <rdfs:label>Temporal</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>Temporal characteristics of the intellectual content
  of the resource.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:range rdf:resource = "&dcqns;DateScheme" />
  <rdfs:subPropertyOf rdf:resource = "&dcns;coverage" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdf:Property>

<!-- Coverage range declarations -->

<!-- Encoding Schemes -->

<rdfs:Class rdf:about = "&dcqns;SpatialScheme">
  <rdfs:label>Place Encoding Schemes</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>A set of geographic place encoding schemes and/or
  formats</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</rdfs:Class>

<dcq:SpatialScheme rdf:about = "&dcqns;Box">
  <rdfs:label>DCMI Box</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The DCMI Box identifies a region of space using its
  geographic limits.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
  <rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource =
  "http://purl.org/dc/documents/rec-dcmibox-20000619.htm" />
  </dcq:SpatialScheme>

<dcq:SpatialScheme rdf:about = "&dcqns;Point">
  <rdfs:label>DCMI Point</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The DCMI Point identifies a point in space using its
  geographic coordinates.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
  <rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource =
  "http://purl.org/dc/documents/rec-dcmipoint-20000619.htm" />
  </dcq:SpatialScheme>

<dcq:SpatialScheme rdf:about = "&dcqns;TGN">
  <rdfs:label>TGN</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>The Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
  <rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource =
  "http://www.gii.getty.edu/vocabulary/tgn.html" /> </dcq:SpatialScheme>

<dcq:SpatialScheme rdf:about = "&dcqns;DD">
  <rdfs:label>Decimal Degrees</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>A latitude and longitude expressed in decimal
  degrees</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</dcq:SpatialScheme>

<dcq:SpatialScheme rdf:about = "&dcqns;DMS">
  <rdfs:label>Degrees, minutes, seconds</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>A latitude and longitude expressed in degrees,
  minutes, seconds.</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</dcq:SpatialScheme>

<dcq:SpatialScheme rdf:about = "&dcqns;ISO3166">
  <rdfs:label>ISO3166</rdfs:label>
  <rdfs:comment>ISO3166 Codes for the representation of names of
  countries</rdfs:comment>
  <rdfs:seeAlso rdf:resource = "ftp://dkuug.dk/i18n/ISO_3166" />
  <rdfs:isDefinedBy rdf:resource = "&dcqns;" />
</dcq:SpatialScheme>

<!-- End: coverage -->

</rdf:RDF>
