Something that describes or characterizes an object In the case of Dublin Core, a qualifier refines an element's meaning A qualifier must follow the Dumb-Down Principle There are two broad categories of qualifiers: Encoding schema and Element refinement
A prospective student athlete who has already met grade requirements in core academic courses and has also attained the minimum qualifying score on either the SAT or the ACT Since entrance requirements vary among colleges, merely attaining the minimum academic requirements established by the NCAA or NAIA will not ensure acceptance by a particular college or university
a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition; "the tournament was won by a late qualifier"
In high-low split games, the qualifier is a requirement that a hand must meet in order to be eligible for part of the pot, generally the low part See 8 or better
{i} modifier, word that modifies the meaning of another word (Grammar); limiter, something that restricts; authorizer, trainer
A data element whose value shall be expressed as a code that gives specific meaning to the function of another data element or a segment
The first unit of a parameter That is, a parameter can be defined as /Qualifier=Value All qualifiers are preceded with a slash (/) Some qualifiers have values (for example /BEGin=100), but not all do (for example /BATch) Modifies the action of a DCL or GCG command For more information, see "Using Program Qualifiers" in Chapter 3, Using Programs
One who, or that which, qualifies; that which modifies, reduces, tempers or restrains
subclass of LogicalElement A list of attributes that indexes the set of values associated with a single object in an association to split a set into subsets, often scalars Usually implemented by a dictionary
An ID assigned after the jobname (generally separated from the jobname by a period) such as SI05$ 2, and used to differentiate multiple executions of the same jobname within one generation of an application (procedure)