Digital exhibits

Metadata & Copyright

Title - A name given to the resource
Subject - The topic of the resource
Description - An account of the resource
Creator - An entity primarily responsible for making the resource
Source - A related resource from which the described resource is derived
Publisher - An entity responsible for making the resource available
Date - A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
Contributor - An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource
Rights - Information about rights held in and over the resource
Relation - A related resource
Format - The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource
Language - A language of the resource
Type - The nature or genre of the resource
Identifier - An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
Coverage - The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant

Metadata for research data
Linked Open Data
- The LOD cloud
- Programming Historian Lesson on Linked Open Data
Copyright & licensing
- Digital History guide to copyright
- Creative Commons licenses and resources
Copyright-free media
- Library of Congress Free to reuse sets
- Wikimedia Commons
- Many museums and cultural heritage centers have open content collections: for example, the Getty and the Met
Stock photos