Resource type is a controlled vocabulary that lists the different types of documents (directive, regulation, etc.) used for the data exchange between the European institutions involved in the legal decision-making process. It was established to harmonise the various types of documents used by different systems, particularly in the ‘Core Metadata and Extension Metadata XML schemas’. Resource type is part of the Core Metadata and is used together with the Event and Corporate body (Agent) controlled vocabularies. Together, they define an event triggered by an agent associated with a resource type. The range of users has expanded beyond the core metadata parties. Resource type is under governance of the Interinstitutional Metadata and Formats Committee (IMFC), maintained by the Publications Office of the EU and disseminated on the EU Vocabularies website.