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Table 1. Thesaurus metadata scheme
Elements Specifications
Table ID dc:identifier URI
skos:conceptScheme
(conceptScheme is further
Resource Type rdf:type subdivided into thesaurus,
mainTable, classification,
auxiliaryTable, and so on.)
Formal Name dc:title
Table Name
Alternative Name dct:alternative
Introduction dc:description
CLC
Subject dc:subject (the Chinese Library
Classification)
Language dc:language
Next Edition dct:replaces
Outer Association
Previous Edition dct:isReplacedBy
Parent Table dct:isPartOf
Association dc:relation Table ID
Child Table dct:hasPart
Inner Association
Referencing Table dct:references
Referenced Table dct:isReferencedBy
Major Creator dc:creator
Creator
Contributor dct:contributor
Publisher dc:publisher
Copyright Specification dc:rights
Copyright
Copyrighter dct:rightsHolder
Publication Time dct:issued
Concept Amount totalConceptAmount
Top Concept Amount topConceptAmount
Non-preferred Term Amount altLableAmount
Statistics
Relation Amount relationAmount
Hierarchical Level level
…… ……

Thesaurus macrostructure is described with relationship “Association” between concept
schemes. “Association” includes “Inner Association” and “OuterAssociation”. “Associations”
between a thesaurus and its constituent parts are defined as “Inner Association”. “Associations”
between different editions are defined as “Outer Association”. The property “Inner Association”
has sub-properties “dct:hasPart”, “dct:isPartOf”, “dct:references”, “dct:isReferencedBy”. The
property “Outer Association” has sub-properties “dct:replaces” and “dct:isReplacedBy”.
Thesaurus statistic metadata generally include “totalConceptAmount”, “topConceptAmount”,
“altLableAmount” (non-preferred term amount), “relationAmount”, and “level” (hierarchical