Concept help - Object Class Specialisation

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An Object Class Specialisation describes a relationship between Object Classes, where multiple specialised Object Classes are all contained by a common broader Object Class.

Fields available on this metadata type

Field

ISO definition and Registry Help (where available)

Name

The primary name used for human identification purposes.

Definition

Representation of a concept by a descriptive statement which serves to differentiate it from related concepts. (3.2.39)

Target Stewardship Organisation

Stewardship Organisation the user selected when they create the item, which is where they wanted to item to end up in.

Is Federated

Is Not Federable

Version

Unique version identifier of this metadata item.

References

Significant documents that contributed to the development of the metadata item which were not the direct source for the metadata content.

Citations in Metadata.NSW should be formatted in the author-date style, as detailed in the Australian Government Style Manual.

Please note that Metadata.NSW includes the full URL in angle brackets in citations for accessibility purposes.

Structures for common resource types include:

Entire website

Structure:
Author A (Year) Name of website, Short URL [optional], accessed Day Month Year. <url>
Example:
APSC (Australian Public Service Commission) (2021) Australian Government Style Manual, stylemanual.gov.au, accessed 3 October 2021. <https://www.stylemanual.gov.au/>

Webpage written by an organisation

Structure:
Organisation Name or Abbreviation (Year) Title of webpage, Name of Website website, accessed Day Month Year. <url>
Example:
Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet (n.d.) Australian National Anthem, PM&C website, accessed 20 January 2020. <https://www.pmc.gov.au/honours-and-symbols/australian-national-symbols/australian-national-anthem>

Webpage with authors listed

Structure:
Author A (Year) Title of webpage, Name of Website website, accessed Day Month Year. <url>
Example:
Clement J (2020) Device usage of Facebook users worldwide as of July 2020, Statista website, accessed 16 September 2020. <https://www.statista.com/statistics/377808/distribution-of-facebook-users-by-device/>

Online document

Structure:
Author A (Year) Title of document, Organisation Name or Name of Website, accessed Day Month Year. <url>
Example:
Western Australian Government (n.d.) Island guide, Rottnest Island, accessed 31 December 2019.<https://www.rottnestisland.com/visit/guides-tips>

For more information and additional formats, see the Australian Government Style Manual, ‘Author-date’.

Origin

The source (e.g. document, project, discipline or model) for the item (8.1.2.2.3.5)

Comments

Descriptive comments about the metadata item (8.1.2.2.3.4)

Deleted

The date after which the item has been soft deleted and is no longer visible in the registry

Broader Class