Please see the dcmi metadata terms for the current documentation about the dublin core element set 1. This page is an explanation of the dublin core and item type metadata terms that need to be filled in when adding items to a collection. Dublin core and item type metadata descriptions iowa. Html, dublin core, and non dublin core metadata the dublin core dc metadata initiative dchome has produced a small set of resource description categories dc1, or elements of metadata literally, data about data. Sometimes they actually mean the dublin core metadata initiative or dcmi. Those involved in developing new syntax encoding guidelines for dublin core metadata or developing metadata application profiles based on the dublin core should also become familiar with the dc abstract model. This paper describes the design of an electronic journals application where the article header information is held as dublin core metadata. The dublin core metadata element set is a vocabulary of fifteen properties for use in resource description. Not all terms need to be filled in because not all the terms may be relevant to the item you are adding. In this guide, we have chosen to represent dublin core examples in a generic form elementvalue. This document draws on the existing recommendations for encoding dublin core metadata in html, including documents by john kunze, simon cox, eric miller and andy powell, and on comments made by julian reschke. The name dublin is due to its origin at a 1995 invitational workshop in dublin, ohio. When people say dublin core, they usually mean one of two different but related things. The dublin core metadata initiative is an opensource movement that aims standardize data about digital objects.
Home dublin core and item type metadata descriptions. Metadata elements from these sets could be linked with dublin core metadata to meet the need for extensibility. From an seo perspective, use dc is an advantageous because search engines can use this data to understand better your content. Rfc 2731 encoding dublin core metadata in html december 1999 2.
Current best practice in the use of dublin core for. The default format for benchmark document metadata is the dublin core metadata initiative dcmi simple dc element specification, as described in 11 and. Dublin core metadata initiative dcmi dcmi is an open organization supporting innovation in metadata design and best practices across the metadata ecology. It describes the content, character, provisos, and other characteristics of data. Presentation about dublin core for lis 882 metadata, fall 2010, dominican university.
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