# x-operator: MIXED — see per-term notes below.
#   institution : DR-NTU (Data) / Dataverse terms. researchdata.ntu.edu.sg is NTU-hosted
#                 (CNAME dataverse.ntu.edu.sg -> 155.69.19.238, whois = Nanyang Technological University).
#   tenant      : DSpace / DSpace-CRIS / OAI-PMH terms. dr.ntu.edu.sg CNAMEs to
#                 ntu-cris.4science.cloud; the vocabulary is the vendor platform's.
generated: '2026-08-19'
method: derived
source: openapi/_original/ntu-drntu-data.yaml, openapi/_original/ntu-drntu-repo-rest.yaml, openapi/_original/ntu-drntu-repo-oai.yaml
vocabulary:
  name: NTU Repository & Research Data Vocabulary
  description: >-
    Controlled terms observed across the publicly documented, machine-readable
    APIs of Nanyang Technological University: DR-NTU (Data) on Dataverse 6.1, and
    DR-NTU (Digital Repository) on DSpace 7.6.3 with DSpace-CRIS, including its
    OAI-PMH endpoint. Terms are grounded in live API responses.
  version: '1.0.0'
  terms:
    - term: Dataverse
      definition: >-
        The open-source research data repository software (v6.1) powering
        DR-NTU (Data); also the name of a collection/container of datasets.
      tags: [dataverse, platform, research-data]
    - term: Dataset
      definition: >-
        A published research data record with a persistent DOI, metadata,
        version state, and one or more files.
      tags: [dataverse, object]
    - term: global_id
      definition: >-
        The persistent global identifier of a Dataverse object, typically a DOI
        such as doi:10.21979/N9/MUULD6.
      tags: [dataverse, identifier]
    - term: versionState
      definition: >-
        Lifecycle state of a dataset version, e.g. RELEASED or DRAFT.
      tags: [dataverse, field]
    - term: DSpace
      definition: >-
        The institutional repository software (v7.6.3) powering DR-NTU (Digital
        Repository), exposing a HAL-based REST API.
      tags: [dspace, platform, repository]
    - term: DSpace-CRIS
      definition: >-
        The Current Research Information System extension layered on DSpace,
        adding entity types such as Publication and Person.
      tags: [dspace, cris]
    - term: Item
      definition: >-
        The core DSpace content object representing a publication, thesis, or
        final year project, identified by a UUID and a handle.
      tags: [dspace, object]
    - term: handle
      definition: >-
        A persistent identifier for a repository item in the 10356/ prefix
        space, e.g. 10356/213929.
      tags: [dspace, identifier]
    - term: metadata
      definition: >-
        A map of Dublin Core / DSpace-CRIS field keys (e.g. dc.title,
        dc.contributor.author) to arrays of value objects.
      tags: [dspace, dublin-core, field]
    - term: indexableObject
      definition: >-
        The concrete repository object (item, collection, community) embedded in
        a discovery search hit.
      tags: [dspace, discover]
    - term: HAL
      definition: >-
        Hypertext Application Language; the hypermedia convention used by the
        DSpace REST API via _embedded and _links.
      tags: [dspace, hypermedia]
    - term: OAI-PMH
      definition: >-
        Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting v2.0, used to
        harvest metadata records from the repository.
      tags: [oai-pmh, harvesting, metadata]
    - term: verb
      definition: >-
        The OAI-PMH request parameter selecting the operation, e.g. Identify,
        ListRecords, GetRecord, ListMetadataFormats.
      tags: [oai-pmh, parameter]
    - term: metadataPrefix
      definition: >-
        The OAI-PMH metadata format selector, e.g. oai_dc for simple Dublin
        Core.
      tags: [oai-pmh, parameter]
    - term: resumptionToken
      definition: >-
        Flow-control token returned in incomplete OAI-PMH list responses to page
        through large result sets.
      tags: [oai-pmh, pagination]