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</section>
<section id="list-of-terms-excluded-from-the-mapping">
<h3><span class="secno">3.5 </span>List of terms excluded from the mapping</h3>
+ <p>
<a href="#list-of-terms-excluded-from-the-mapping-properties"> Table 9</a> and <a href="#list-of-terms-excluded-from-the-mapping-classes"> Table 10</a>
list the properties and classes excluded from the mapping,
- either because they are not suitable or because they do not represent provenance information.
+ either because they are not suitable or because they do not represent provenance information. Regarding the classes, it is important to note that
+ when a class is found to be defined as the range of some DC property that does not describe the provenance of a resource (but its descriptive metadata),
+ it has been left out of the mapping rather than adding it as a subclass of <code>prov:Entity</code> (e.g., <code>dct:MediaType</code>, <code>dct:Standard</code>).
+ </p>
<table id="list-of-terms-excluded-from-the-mapping-properties">
<caption> <a href="#list-of-terms-excluded-from-the-mapping-properties"> Table 9:</a> List of properties excluded from the mapping </caption>
@@ -1839,8 +1843,8 @@
<tr>
<td><b id="term_FileFormat"><a href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/FileFormat">dct:FileFormat</a></b></td>
<td>Descriptive metadata</td>
- <td>Format of a digital resource. This class is not described by any of the DC properties
- and normally is directly associated to literals (such as ".doc", "jpg", etc.). Therefore it is not part of this mapping.</td>
+ <td>Format of a digital resource. This class is the range of <code>dct:format</code> and normally is associated to literals
+ (such as ".doc", "jpg", etc.). Therefore it is not part of this mapping.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b id="term_Frequency"><a href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/Frequency">dct:Frequency</a></b></td>
@@ -1850,20 +1854,20 @@
<tr>
<td><b id="term_Jurisdiction"><a href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/Jurisdiction">dct:Jurisdiction</a></b></td>
<td>Descriptive metadata</td>
- <td>Defined as "The extent or range of judicial, law enforcement, or other authority." This class is not described by any of the DC properties
- and is used to describe a particular aspect of the resource for which the provenance is not further described. Therefore it is not part of this mapping. </td>
+ <td>Defined as "The extent or range of judicial, law enforcement, or other authority." This class is used to describe a particular aspect
+ of a resource for which the provenance is not further described. Therefore it is not part of this mapping. </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b id="term_MediaType"><a href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/MediaType">dct:MediaType</a></b></td>
<td>Descriptive metadata</td>
- <td>File format or physical medium. This class is not described by any of the DC properties
- and normally is directly associated to literals (such as "paper", "PNG", etc.). Therefore it is not part of this mapping.</td>
+ <td>File format or physical medium. This class is the range of <code>dct:format</code> and normally is associated to literals
+ (such as "paper", "PNG", etc.). Therefore it is not part of this mapping.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b id="term_MediaTypeOrExtent"><a href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/MediaTypeOrExtent">dct:MediaTypeOrExtent</a></b></td>
<td>Descriptive metadata</td>
- <td>Superclass of <code>dct:MediaType</code>. This class is not described by any of the DC properties
- and normally is directly associated to literals (such as "paper", "PNG", etc.). Therefore it is not part of this mapping.</td>
+ <td>Superclass of <code>dct:MediaType</code>. This class is the range of <code>dct:format</code> and is normally associated to literals
+ (such as "paper", "PNG", etc.). Therefore it is not part of this mapping.</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b id="term_PeriodOfTime"><a href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/PeriodOfTime">dct:PeriodOfTime</a></b></td>
@@ -1874,8 +1878,8 @@
<tr>
<td><b id="term_PhysicalMedium"><a href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/PhysicalMedium">dct:PhysicalMedium</a></b></td>
<td>Descriptive metadata</td>
- <td>Range of the <code>dct:medium</code> property to associate a resource with its material. This class is not described by any of the DC properties
- and normally is directly associated to literals (such as "paper", "CD", etc.). Therefore it is not part of this mapping. </td>
+ <td>Range of the <code>dct:medium</code> property to associate a resource with its material. This class is usually associated to
+ literals (such as "paper", "CD", etc.). Therefore it is not part of this mapping. </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><b id="term_SizeOrDuration"><a href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/SizeOrDuration">dct:SizeOrDuration</a></b></td>
@@ -1886,8 +1890,8 @@
<tr>
<td><b id="term_Standard"><a href="http://purl.org/dc/terms/Standard">dct:Standard</a></b></td>
<td>Descriptive metadata</td>
- <td>Range of the <code>dct:conformsTo</code> property to associate a resource with its standard. This class is not described by any of the DC properties
- and normally is directly associated to literals (such as "ISO Standard 15836:2009", "ANSI/NISO Standard Z39.85-2007", etc.). Therefore it is not part of this mapping.</td>
+ <td>Range of the <code>dct:conformsTo</code> property to associate a resource with its standard. This class is usually associated
+ to literals (such as "ISO Standard 15836:2009", "ANSI/NISO Standard Z39.85-2007", etc.). Therefore it is not part of this mapping.</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>