Metadata Policy

Deposit of materials to BDEARS requires a minimum set of descriptive information (metadata) to be provided at the point of deposit. Some of this metadata will be automatically generated by the software used by BDEARS; other pieces will be provided by the depositor. The Required Metadata Fields for BDEARS are provided in the DSpace software.

The metadata will be indexed and will be used in both the search and browse functions of BDEARS. In addition, the metadata will be made available for services to gather and include in external databases through the use of the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (BDEARS OAI data provider). The metadata is also available for search engines to index and provide in external search services. Additional metadata fields are also available. These may or may not be applicable to deposited resources and are not required.

Metadata fields in BDEARS have instructions in the submission process, including for those that require particular forms. Using controlled vocabularies and forms makes metadata more accessible by search. The Controlled Vocabularies and Standards in Use information assists with some of these fields.

Specific metadata fields such as abstracts may be subject to copyright. BDEARS provides its metadata under an open license - Creative Commons License, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/