4.4.4: Type

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The type property refers to a description of the nature or genre of the content of a resource (e.g. a stylistic category, a function or an aggregation level). To describe the physical or digital manifestation, use format.

Guidelines for the creation of type content

We recommend to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (e. g. DCMI Type Vocabulary).

type	dctype
		Still Image

as linked data

But you may also use plain text.

type

Conference

as linked data

If no formal controlled vocabulary exists, you could create a domain specific one.

type

conference

identifier	conference
label	Conference	eng
label	Tagung	ger
label	съезд	rus

as linked data

Is the resource composed of multiple components of different types the property should be repeated.

type	dctype
		Interactive Resource
type	dctype
		Text

as linked data

Different communities use a variety of type vocabularies. To ensure interoperability you can use terms from different vocabularies side by side - e.g. a type of the DCMI Type vocabulary in addition to a non-controlled or domain specific type term.

type
		PC Game
type	dctype
		Software

as linked data