3221 documentation, data processing, operation of the Institutions
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Authority file
Description:
The Resource type authority table lists the different types of document (e.g. directive, regulation, etc.) used in the context of data exchange between the European institutions involved in the legal decision-making process. Set up in order to harmonise the various types of documents used by different systems and in the 'Core Metadata and Extension Metadata XML schemas' in particular, Resource type is part of the Core Metadata. Resource type is used together with the Event and Corporate body (Agent) authority tables: together, they define an event triggered by an agent that is associated with a resource type. The range of users has widened to include other users than only core metadata parties. Resource type is under governance of the Interinstitutional Metadata and Formats Committee (IMFC). It is maintained by the Publications Office of the EU and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website.