Metadata Schema

The metadata schema for equipment data used on this website acts as a bridge between the schema employed by SAP and the Uniquip schema required by JISC. The Uniquip schema is going to change soon to include more detail and to align it more closely with the Datacite schema and the PIDINST schema. There is already a mapping between the Datacite and PIDINST schemas in the PIDINST Metadata Schema GitHub repository.

Current mapping between SAP and Uniquip

The followiung tables show mapping between the schema used on this site and the original SAP field and Uniquip schema.

Notes

• SAP data does not contain a short description of equipment - the “Equipment Description” field in SAP is used for the name of the equipment. All data in the description fields for equipment are taken from the old ESMS system
• SAP data does not contain any images of equipment - this is all taken from the old ESMS system
• The uniquip schema is used for both equipment and facilities (i.e. laboratories containing equipment) and distinguishes between them using a Type field. Although some items in SAP should perhaps be classed as facilities, all items are classed as equipment.
• For information about the extent to which the current data in SAP is complete, see the coverage page

Equipment fields

Field	Description	SAP field	Uniquip field
identifier	Unique ID for the equipment	Equipment	ID
name	Name for the equipment	Equipment Description	Name
description	Short description of the equipment	-	Description
manufacturer.name	Name of manufacturer	Manufacturer	-
model	Model number	Model number	-
serialNumber	Manufacturer’s Serial Number	ManufactSerialNumber	-
category.name	Category (from N8 Taxonomy terms). SAP fields need to be mapped to terms in the taxonomy.	Class	Technique
images	Images of the equipment	-	Photo
location.identifier	ID for the location of the equipment	Functional Location	-
location.name	Name for the location of the equipment	Location Description	Site Location
url	URL of a web page giving information about the equipment	-	Web Address
-	Details of support available for the use of this facility or equipment	-	Service Level
-	Name or reference number of the building where the equipment or facility is based	-	Building
-	The URL of a Wikipedia page for the location	-	Location
-	Type of item - defined as either “equipment” or “facility”	-	Type
-	ID of a facility which hosts the equipment	-	Related Facility ID
location.identifier	ID of the location of the equipment in SAP	Functional Location	-
-	SAP Inventory Number	Inventory number	-

Organisation / Contact fields

SAP uses the “Function” field to describe the relationship between a member of staff or a department and the piece of equipment. This can be “ZO” (Equipment Owner), “ZS” (Owner School/Dept)” or “ZT” (Technical Owner).

Field	Description	SAP field	Uniquip field
owner.identifier	Owner’s ID	Partner	-
owner.name	Owner’s full name. If the ZO function is present in SAP, SAP fields for “First name” and “Last name” are concatenated here	[First Last]	Contact Name
owner.givenName	Owner’s first name	First name	-
owner.familyName	Owner’s surname	Last Name	-
owner.telephone	Owner’s telephone number	-	Contact Telephone
owner.email	Owner’s email address	-	Contact Email
owner.url	Web page URL for contact information	-	Contact URL
owner_organisation.identifier	If the ZS Function is present in SAP, Partner is used here	Partner	-
owner_organisation.name	Organisation full name. If the ZS Function is present in SAP, Last name is used here	Last name	Department
contact.identifier	Contact ID	Partner	-
contact.name	Contact person’s full name. If the ZT function is present in SAP, SAP fields for “First name” and “Last name” are concatenated here	[First Last]	Secondary Contact Name
contact.givenName	Owner’s first name	First name	-
contact.familyName	Owner’s surname	Last Name	-