Groups together all information required for the description of language resources {identificationInfo/resourceName} Groups together information needed to identify the resource one-to-one Groups information on the distribution of the resource one-to-one Groups information on the person(s) that is/are responsible for providing further information regarding the resource many-to-many Groups information on the metadata record itself one-to-one Groups information on a specific version or release of the resource true one-to-one Groups information on validation of a resource; it can be repeated to allow for different validations (e.g. formal validation of the whole resource; content validation of one part of the resource etc.). true one-to-many Groups information on usage of the resource (both intended and actual use) true one-to-one Groups together information on any document describing the resource true one-to-one Groups information on the creation procedure of a resource true one-to-one Groups information on the relations of the resource being described with other resources true one-to-many Used for distinguishing between resource types one-to-one Groups together all information required for the description of language resources