| Label | Fieldname | Definition and guideline |
| Document type * | document_type | Select pre-defined OD document types from the drop-down list. Refer to the corresponding data table for values |
| Language of document * | odm_language | Language(s) of the dataset, including resources within dataset. |
| Formal full title [ML] | title_translated | Main title |
| Short title (alternative/varying form of title) [ML] | marc21_246 | Parallel title or translation. |
| Topics * | taxonomy | e.g. economy, mental health, government. See Taxonomic tagging guide |
| Short summary (contents) [ML] | notes_translated | Abstract or summary of book or articlee |
| Geographic area (spatial range) * | odm_spatial_range | The geographic area that the dataset is relevant to (i.e. Cambodia, Laos). |
| Province(s) | odm_province | The province(s) this dataset relates to |
| Copyright * | odm_copyright | Select 'Yes', 'No', 'Unclear copyright' or 'To be determined' about the copyright of the dataset. If copyright of any type is present, describe further in Access and User Constraints. |
| Access and use constraints [ML] | odm_access_and_use_constraints | A few sentences describing legal considerations for people who access the website and/or use its contents. |
| Version / Edition * | version | Version of publication |
| Organization * | owner_org | |
| Visibility * | ?? | Public or Private (only visible to members of the owning organization) |
| License * | license_id | License definitions and additional information can be found at Data licensing, copyright, and citation |
| Contact [ML] | odm_contact | Contact information for the individual or organization that is responsible for or most knowledgeable about the dataset. This could be the author of a report, the contact information for the relevant department of an organization that produced a report, or the data analyst, mapper or researcher that produced a dataset or report. |
| Author (individual) [ML] | marc21_100 | Main Entry-Personal Name (author). |
| Author (corporate) [ML] | marc21_110 | Main Entry-Corporate Name (corporate author) or title of journal. |
| Co-author (individual) [ML] | marc21_700 | Personal Name (co-author), more than one author. |
| Co-author (coorporate) [ML] | marc21_710 | Corporate Name, more than one Corporate. |
| ISBN number | marc21_020 | 13-digit unique number that uniquely identify a commercial book |
| ISSN number | marc21_022 | 8-digit number that uniquely identify a serial publication |
| Publication place [ML] | marc21_260a | Place of publisher |
| Publisher [ML] | marc21_260b | Name of publishing organization |
| Publication date | marc21_260c | Date published (YYYY) |
| Pagination [ML] | marc21_300 | Physical description (pagination) |
| General note [ML] | marc21_500 | General note. |
| Legacy reference document | odm_reference_document | For internal use only. |
| Keywords | odm_keywords | Enter keywords for improving the discoverability of this record via search |