Metadata

In-Depth Breakdown of Fields

Identifier
- Alternative Name: Wikidata URI
- Schema: Dublin Core
  - URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/identifier
  - Definition: An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.
- Comment: Unique Wikidata identifier for the webcomic.
- Required? Yes
- Repeatable? No
homepage
- Alternative Name: URL
- Schema: Friend of a Friend
  - URI: https://xmlns.com/foaf/spec/#term_homepage
  - Definition: A homepage for some thing.
- Comment: The website associated with, or currently hosting, the webcomic.
- Required? Yes
- Repeatable? No
Type
- Schema: Dublin Core
  - URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/type
  - Definition: The nature or genre of the resource.
- Comment: Describes the comic by type, or form.
- Required? Yes
- Repeatable? Yes
- Controlled Vocabulary: Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)
Title
- Schema: Dublin Core
  - URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/title
  - Definition: A name given to the resource.
- Comment: The name of the webcomic.
- Required? Yes
- Repeatable? Yes
Creator
- Schema: Dublin Core
  - URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/creator
  - Definition: An entity responsible for making the resource.
- Comment: The predominant artist responsible for writing/drawing the webcomic.
- Required? Yes
- Repeatable? No
Contributor
- Schema: Dublin Core
  - URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/contributor
  - Definition: An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.
- Comment: Any additional artists/writers that had a role in the creation of the webcomic.
- Required? No
- Repeatable? Yes
Date created
- Schema: VRA Ontology
  - URI: http://purl.org/vra/dateCreated
  - Definition: date of creation
- Comment: The date or year of the webcomic's first published page.
- Required? Yes
- Repeatable? No
End Date
- Schema: VRA Ontology
  - URI: http://purl.org/vra/endDate
  - Definition: endDate of a schema:Event
- Comment: The date or year of the webcomic's final published page. Generally not used if the webcomic is currently ongoing.
- Required? No
- Repeatable? No
accrualPeriodicity
- Alternative Name: Update Schedule
- Schema: Dublin Core
  - URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/accrualPeriodicity
  - Definition: The frequency with which items are added to a collection.
- Comment: A description of when the webcomic is updated, if the project is currently ongoing.
- Required? No
- Repeatable? No
Description
- Schema: Dublin Core
  - URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/description
  - Definition: An account of the resource.
- Comment: A description or summary of what the webcomic is about.
- Required? Yes
- Repeatable? No
Subject
- Schema: Dublin Core
  - URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/subject
  - Definition: A topic of the resource.
- Comment: A list of subject headings that describe the topics or themes involved in the webcomic's story.
- Required? Yes
- Repeatable? Yes
- Controlled Vocabulary:
  - Homosaurus: an international LGBTQ linked data vocabulary
  - Library of Congress Subject Headings
Language
- Schema: Dublin Core
  - URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/language
  - Definition: A language of the resource.
- Comment: The language, or translations, that the webcomic was published in.
- Required? No
- Repeatable? Yes
Audience
- Alternative Name: Age Rating
- Schema: Dublin Core
  - URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/audience
  - Definition: A class of agents for whom the resource is intended or useful.
- Comment: The intended audience of the webcomic, described by an age rating recommendation, as defined by the former Comics Code Authority or the current Marvel rating system.
- Required? No
- Repeatable? No

Medium
- Schema: Dublin Core
  - URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/medium
  - Definition: The material or physical carrier of the resource.
- Comment: Structured vocabulary terms that describe the materials with which the webcomic was created.
- Required? No
- Repeatable? Yes
- Controlled Vocabulary: Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)
Format
- Alternative Name: Comic Format
- Schema: Dublin Core
  - URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/format
  - Definition: The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource.
- Comment: The panel structure of the webcomic.
- Required? No
- Repeatable? No

has component
- Schema: VRA Ontology
  - URI: http://purl.org/vra/hasComponent
  - Definition: vra:relation type componentIs
- Comment: Additional components of the webcomic that are accessible via its unique online format.
- Required? No
- Repeatable? Yes

is composed of
- Schema: CIDOC CRM Ontology
  - URI: http://cidoc.ics.forth.gr/docs/cidoc_crm_version_6.1.pdf
  - Definition: This property associates an instance of E90 Symbolic Object with a part of it that is by itself an instance of E90 Symbolic Object, such as fragments of texts or clippings from an image. This property is transitive and non-reflexive.
- Comment: Components that, in tandem, constitute the webcomic (such as chapters).
- Required? No
- Repeatable? Yes

Has Format
- Alternative Name: Alternate Media
- Schema: Dublin Core
  - URI: http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasFormat
  - Definition: A related resource that is substantially the same as the pre-existing described resource, but in another format.
- Comment: Alternate forms of the webcomic, whether in a public or published form, that are currently available for consumers.
- Required? No
- Repeatable? Yes
- Controlled Vocabulary: Getty Art & Architecture Thesaurus (AAT)