Table 2.
Medical Core Metadata Resource Types
| MCM Resource Type | MCM Metadata Syntax | Medline Publication Type | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meeting | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)Clinical Conference”> | Addresses, consensus conferences, lectures, meeting reports | Meeting announcements and reports |
| Directory | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)Directory”> | Directory, periodical index | A list of items from other sources |
| Abstract | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)Abstract”> | None | Introduction to the content of full text articles or resources |
| Homepage | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)Homepages”> | None | Institutional or personal resource starting points |
| News | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)News”> | News | Releases, newsletters, and updates |
| Cases | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)Cases”> | None | Case presentations |
| Images | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)Image”> | None | Pathology, radiographic, and clinical images |
| Review | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)Review”> | Review-academic, review-tutorial, etc. | Analysis of research reports or synopses of referenced materials |
| Study | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)Study”> | Clinical trials, metanalysis | Formal, peer-reviewed, structured, referenced research reports and clinical trials |
| Procedure | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)Procedure”> | Technical report | Interventions, techniques, surgeries, instrumentation, technical manuals |
| Educational material | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)Educational Material”> | Bibliography, comments, editorials, letters, retracted publication, | Default category that includes learning modules, lectures, forms, continuing medical education materials, brief items, tables, charts, tracings, and algorithms |
| Video | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)Video”> | None | Video transmissions or clips |
| Audio | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)Procedures”> | None | Sound clips, radio programs |
| Database | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)Database”> | None | Searchable collection of items or documents |
| Textbook | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)Textbook”> | Dictionary | Includes encyclopedia and sections of textbooks |
| FAQ | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)FAQ”> | Guidelines, monographs | Reference sources that include subject-specific instructions, tutorials, standards, protocols, or critical paths |
| Software | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)Forums”> | None | Decision tools, interfaces for queries of formulas, and computer programs |
| Patient education | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)Forums”> | None | Consumer teaching materials |
| Forums | <META NAME = “DC.type” CONTENT = “(SCHEME=MCM-Resource Type)Forums”> | None | Includes mailing list and news-group content |