AgRes is an metadata application profile of the Dublin Core metadata standard. Application Profiles (AP) consist of data elements drawn from one or more namespaces, combined together by implementers, and optimised for a particular local application.
AgRes is entirely compatible and interoperable with Dublin Core and does not displace any other metadata standard. Moreover, AgRes can coexist with other metadata specifications based on different semantics.
Two levels of the VOA3R AgRes AP have been defined:
- AgRes AP โ Level 2 constitutes a flat metadata set focused on the description of the resource.
- AgRes AP - Level 4 implements the modular metadata approach, offering DSP interoperability. It conforms to the DCMI Description Set Profile specification.