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DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SCIENCE

INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT COVER PAGE

Name of Student Sindisiwe Dotwana

Student Number 23600480

Name of Module INL

Module Code 220

Name of Lecturer

Title of Assignment Database Practical Part 1

Date of Submission 18 October 2024

Declaration: I declare that this assignment, submitted by me, is my own work and that I
have referenced all the sources that I have used.

Signature of Student S.Dotwana

Date received

Signature of administrator

Mark

Date

Signature of Lecturer
INL 220 – Information Organisation and Representation

Database Creation

Due date: 18 October 2024

PART 1

Background

The VRA Core is a data standard for the description of works of visual culture as well as the
images that document them. The standard is hosted by the Network Development and MARC
Standards Office of the Library of Congress (LC) in partnership with the Visual Resources
eAssociation.

Items/collections that will be described using VRA:

Mona Lisa Painting The Aphrodite of Milos

The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set is one of the simplest and most widely
used metadata schema. Originally developed to describe web resources, Dublin Core has been
used to describe a variety of physical and digital resources.

Book Journal article


Provide a description for the following Dublin Core Metadata elements: (15)

Element Explanation
Contributor An person/organization/service that has
made contributions to the resource.

Coverage Information about the resource such as the


geographic locations or time period
Creator The person who made the resource such as
an author, a artist etc
Date When the resource was created or
published
Description Used to describe what the resource is about
such as an abstract,
Format What format the resource is in like file size,
JPEG etc.
Identifier An explicit address to the resource within a
given context, such as a URL, DOI, or
ISBN.
Language The codes used for the resource
Publisher The person/organization who made the
resource available
Relation A similar entity to the resource for example
a different version or file type
Rights Who owns the resource legally for example
who has the copyright
Source References used to create the resource
Subject The topic of the resource
Title What the resource is named
Type What format the resource is like is it an
image, book, journal etc.
Notes All the elements come together to make a
whole resource

Provide a description for the following VRA elements: (15)

Element Explanation
Cultural context The setting of the work like the time period
and history
Date When the work/image was created
Inscription All marks or written words added to the
object at the time it was made
Location Where the work/image was made and
where it was kept
Description How the work/image is described or talked
about
Material What is the work/image made of
Measurements The sizing of the image
Relation Adjectives and phrase used to catalogue
the work/image.
Rights Who owns the work/image legally such
copyright status
State edition The identifying number or name given
to the state of a work that exists in more
than one form
Style period The defined style based on history, time etc.
represented in the image/work
Subject What is the image/work speaking to or
what is it about
Technique Skill used to create the work/image
TextRef A reference to a textual source associated
with the object
Title The name given to the work/image
Work Type Identifies the specific type of work/image
being described

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