DOI Data Dictionary, 2015-03-23

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Intro

Creation

A message term for doi:kernelMetadata.

A Resource made, directly or indirectly, by one or more human beings.

Relationships
Parents	Resource	An Entity in a Context playing a role other than that of Time or Place.
Children	Abstraction	A Creation which exists as a concept and is recognised only through one more more physical, digital or spatio-temporal Manifestations.
	Audio	A Creation which is intended to be listened to.
	AudioVisual	A Creation which is intended to be looked at and listened to.
	Book	A non serial Creation, capable of being expressed in printed form with multiple bound pages and covers, published with a distinct Title and not as part of another Publication unless it is set of similar Resources. A DOI applied at this level may refer to a Book which appears in physical, digital and audio forms.
	Dataset	A Set of numeric and related data (typically associated with scientific research).
	Derivation	A Creation made, in whole or part, from one or more existing Creations.
	IsSameAs	A Creation that is the same as another Creation.
	Language	A Creation whose content is expressed in human or machine-readable Language.
	LearningObject	A Resource for use in teaching and learning.
	LinkedCreation	A Creation with which a Creation is associated.
	Manifestation	A perceivable Creation that is a realization of an Abstraction.
	Music	A Creation whose content is expressed in musical notes.
	Other	A Creation whose content is expressed in a form other than Language, Music, or Image.
	Part	A Part of a Creation.
	Physical	A Creation which is expressed in physical form.
	PromotionalResource	A Creation which promotes the use of another Creation.
	Publication	A Creation made available for access.
	ReferentCreation	A Creation identified by a DoiName.
	Season	A sub-grouping of an Audio or AudioVisual Series.
	Series	A Set of related Creations published sequentially, typically under some common Name.
	SharesContent	A Creation that shares some content with another Creation (for example, two books which have common Chapters, or a TV show that contains an excerpt of a Film).
	Standard	A formal standard adopted by ISO or another recognized standards body.
	SupplementalResource	A Creation which accompanies another Creation (this includes, for example, all kinds of preface or epilogue in a textual Creation, or trailers or outtakes in an Audiovisual Creation).
	TakesContent	A Creation that contains content coming from one or more places in another Creation (for example, a text which contains some paragraphs from a pre-existing text). The content may or may not be identified as a distinct Part.
	Undefined	A Creation with a relationship with another Creation which is unknown or not covered by the available options.
	Visual	A Creation which is intended to be looked at.
	WebResource	A Creation made for, or first published on, the World Wide Web.
Belongs to AVS	doiavs:primaryReferentType	Allowed values for the primary type of a referent.

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