OtherMaterialType

OtherMaterialType describes the structure of the OtherMaterial element, used to reference external resources. It includes citations to materials related to the content of the DDI Instance. This includes citations to such material, an external reference to a URL (or other URI), and a statement about the relationship between the cited OtherMaterial the contents of the DDI instance.

Properties

Name

Type

Description

TypeOfMaterial

CodeValueType

0..1

Designation of the type of material being described. Supports the use of a controlled vocabulary.

Description

StructuredStringType

0..1

A description of the referenced material. This field can map to a Dublin Core abstract. Note that Dublin Core does not support structure within the abstract element. Supports multiple languages and optional structured content.

Citation

CitationType

0..1

Bibliographic citation for the external resource.

ExternalURLReference

anyURI

0..n

Contains a URL which indicates the location of the cited external resource.

ExternalURNReference

anyURI

0..1

Contains a URN which identifies the cited external resource.

Relationship

RelationshipType

0..n

Reference to the item within the DDI Instance to which the external resource is related.

MIMEType

CodeValueType

0..1

Provides a standard Internet MIME type for use by processing applications.

Segment

SegmentType

0..n

Can describe a segment within a larger object such as a text or video segment.

Lang

language

0..1

Language of the metadata describing the other material.

Properties Inherited from IdentifiableType

Name

Type

Description

URN

string

1..1

Agency

string

1..1

ID

string

1..1

Version

string

1..1

UserID

UserIDType

0..n

Allows for the specification of identifiers other than the specified DDI identification of the object. This may be a legacy ID from DDI-C, a system specific ID such as for a database or registry, or a non-DDI unique identifier. As the identifier is specific to a system the system must be identified with the UserID structure.

InheritanceAction

string

0..1

The attribute “action” is used for inheritance situations where there is an override at the local level (within a grouped StudyUnit) which is not available for further inheritance. There are three possible values for “action”: Add - A new identifiable object (an Identifiable, Versionable, or Maintainable element) is provided locally with a new identifier (one that is not inherited). All properties (elements and attributes contained in the object) of the object are as specified. If an object with an existing id is created, this is an error.; Update - An object is provided locally with the SAME id as the inherited object. For each type of property that is specified locally, a full set of those properties is specified for local use. These properties replace any properties of this type which were inherited. Unspecified properties are used as inherited.; Delete - An object is provided locally with the SAME id as the inherited object. All properties specified locally in this object will be deleted if their types and values match those inherited. Note that to completely delete an object at the local level, all properties of the inherited object must be listed.