---
vocabulary:
  name: ETD@IISc DSpace Vocabulary
  description: >-
    Controlled vocabulary for the terms used by the ETD@IISc Electronic Theses
    and Dissertations repository's DSpace 6 REST API and its Dublin Core metadata.
    Definitions reflect the live API observed during enrichment.
  version: '1.0.0'
  terms:
    - term: Community
      definition: >-
        A top-level or nested organizational unit (division, department, or
        centre) that groups collections and sub-communities.
      tags: [dspace, hierarchy, organization]
    - term: Collection
      definition: >-
        A named set of items belonging to a community; the container into which
        theses are deposited.
      tags: [dspace, hierarchy, container]
    - term: Item
      definition: >-
        An archived repository record representing a single thesis or dissertation,
        carrying Dublin Core metadata and zero or more bitstreams.
      tags: [dspace, record, thesis]
    - term: Bitstream
      definition: >-
        A file attached to an item, such as the full-text thesis PDF, with a
        mimeType, sizeBytes, and retrieveLink.
      tags: [dspace, file, content]
    - term: Handle
      definition: >-
        A persistent identifier assigned to communities, collections, and items
        (for example 2005/141) under the Handle System.
      tags: [identifier, persistence]
    - term: MetadataEntry
      definition: >-
        A single qualified Dublin Core field on an item, composed of schema,
        element, qualifier, value, and language.
      tags: [metadata, dublin-core]
    - term: OAI-PMH
      definition: >-
        The Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting interface
        exposed by the repository at /oai/request for metadata reuse.
      tags: [harvesting, interoperability, metadata]
    - term: expand
      definition: >-
        Query parameter listing sub-resources to inline in a response, such as
        metadata, bitstreams, collections, or subcommunities.
      tags: [query, api]