Type
The nature or genre of the content of the resource.
Type includes terms describing general categories, functions, genres, or aggregation levels for content. i.e. data types
Recommended best practice is to select a value from a controlled vocabulary (e.g. the working draft list of Dublin Core Types [DCT1]).
Not be be confused with Format that describes the physical or digital manifestation of the resource
Examples: IOM, Planetary Image, Engineering Model, Technical Paper, Specification, etc.