Rfc 50 the dublin core metadata element set ietf tools. This is the definition used in internet rfc 2396, uniform resource identifiers uri. Other communities of metadata experts will create and administer additional metadata sets. Qualified dublin core included three additional elements audience. Its most important standard is the dublin core metadata element set 1, a vocabulary of fifteen properties for use in resource description, which was approved as iso 15836. Legally binding document step out from the old to the newjawaharlal nehru invent a new india using knowledge. For instance, one application is to expose mods records for oai harvesting in dublin core syntax.
Aug 01, 2012 order of elements are according to the dublin core metadata element set, version 1. Foreword the dublin core metadata element set is a vocabulary of fifteen properties for use in resource description. It is based on the dublin core and expands the list of elements originally defined in ebu tech 32932001 for radio archives. The dublin core metadata element set is a vocabulary of fifteen properties for use in resource description. Mapping dublin core into cidoc crm ontology beneath we present a semantic mapping from the dublin core metadata element set.
The dublin core metadata element set also known simply as. Core because its elements are broad and generic, usable for describing a wide range of resources. When people say dublin core, they usually mean one of two different but related things. The case for a personagent dublin core metadata element set. Dec 20, 2008 the dublin core metadata element set is a standard for crossdomain information resource description. Part of the task forces charge is to investigate the proposed dublin metadata core element set and evaluate its use as a source of information for cataloging.
Originally developed to describe web resources, dublin core has been used to describe a variety of physical and digital resources. Miller dublin core metadata element set, version 1. The dublin core metadata element set is a vocabulary of fifteen. The dc element set is designed to allow humans to easily create and interpret highlevel descriptive metadata, while the adl bucket framework is designed to allow machines to easily. Information and documentation the dublin core metadata element set number of amendments. The dublin core metadata initiative is an opensource movement that aims standardize data about digital objects. This version number changes if the interpretation of the. This is primarily a minimum list of attributes for which an xml representation is also proposed. The first workshop was cohosted by ncsa and oclc in march 1995, at which 52 invitees explored the usefulness of a core set of semantics for categorizing the web to make. Agls metadata standard part 1 reference description pdf.
The case for a personagent dublin core metadata element set in this paper, the authors revive proposals for the development of a new set of peoplecentric dublin core elements, based on the existing architecture and success of the dublin core metadata element set. Their discussion provided the impetus for development of the dublin core metadata element set, now known simply as dublin core, now an international metadata standard. Sep 19, 2003 another important goal of this document is to promote best practices for describing resources using the dublin core element set. Properties in the terms namespace are included in iso 158362. Sometimes they actually mean the dublin core metadata initiative or dcmi for short. Dublin core element set as defined by the dublin core metadata initiative dcmi. Pdf dublin core metadata for electronic journals researchgate. The dublin core metadata element set is one of the simplest and most widely used metadata schema. The dublin core metadata standard is a simple yet effective element set for describing a wide range of networked resources.
Pdf a quantitative analysis of dublin core metadata element set. This document describes how metadata terms are assigned uris by dcmi and the policies governing changes to the documented meanings associated with those uris. Here an information resource is defined to be anything that has identity. The dc metadata standard is a simple yet effective element set for describing a wide range of networked resources. Basic elements the simple dublin core metadata element set dcmes consists of 15 metadata elements. Qualified dublin core and the digital repository of ireland. Information and documentation the dublin core metadata element set. Over 15 years ago, in october of 1994, a hallway conversation took place at the 2nd annual world wide web conference in chicago. All bsi british standards available online in electronic and print formats. The dublin core metadata element set is a standard for crossdomain information resource description. This standard is particularly useful in describing resources related to microdata, such as questionnaires, reports, manuals, data processing scripts and programs, etc. This is a good case in point of why it is imperative to read dublin core element definitions and comments and to look at examples from usage guides in order to understand the meaning and intent of elements and not attempt to simply guess based on. The dublin core metadata element set has been endorsed by the dublin core metadata initiative after its development by the dublin core working groups. The document may be used for converting a mods record to dublin core.
Order of elements are according to the dublin core metadata element set, version 1. A metadata schema registry server in perlc based on rdf and sparqlredland, alongside a gui client in javaswt with jena for searching, browsing and creating application profiles, schemas and element sets describing resources in dublin core and lom. The original dublin core metadata element set of fifteen elements, originally designed in the late 1990s to support the generic interoperability of resource descriptions across languages and disciplines, was first published as an iso standard in 2003 and remains available today in a recently updated version as iso 15836 part 1 iso 158361. Fixed a small bug showing empty string when tags were not present. Mar 07, 2014 this is a good case in point of why it is imperative to read dublin core element definitions and comments and to look at examples from usage guides in order to understand the meaning and intent of elements and not attempt to simply guess based on the element name alone metadata for digital collections 97. The dublin core element set has been kept as small and simple as possible. Current best practice in the use of dublin core for bibliographic data description is. Embedding dublin core metadata elements in your web pages provides a standardsbased approach to search engine optimization that complements your html metadata.
Existing digital news description standards such as nitf and newsml are analysed and compared with dublin core metadata element set dcmes, which results in that the use of. This paper examines and proposes a set of metadata elements for describing digital news articles for the benefit of distributedand heterogeneous news resource discovery. Application of these best practices will result in. The explicit simplicity of the element set and the fact that. The document may be used for converting a dublin core. Implementors interested in using dublin core for diverse resources are encouraged to browse the dublin core projects pages for ideas on using dublin core metadata for their resources. Metadata elements from these sets could be linked with dublin core metadata to meet the need for extensibility. Another important goal of this document is to promote best practices for describing resources using the dublin core element set. Mods to dublin core metadata element set mapping version 3. Cleaned up the code and removed some obsolete metadata. The dublin core dc metadata element set and the alexandria digital library adl bucket framework are two synoptic metadata schemes used by digital libraries. The dublin core has been standardized as iso 15836 published in 2003, revised in 2009. Dublin core is part of a larger set that consists of metadata vocabulary and technical specifications, overseen by the.
The name dublin is due to its origin at a 1995 invitational workshop in dublin, ohio. The dublin core metadata initiative dcmi had its origins at a time when the world wide web was in its infancy. Dublin core metadata element set mapping to mods version 3. It can be implemented through rdfa to add semantic meaning to html5 documents which use the xml serialization. Dublin core is comprised of 15 core metadata elements. The dubline core metadata set is a vocabulary of fifteen properties for issue in resource description. The dublin core community recognizes that consistency in creating metadata is an important key to achieving optimal retrieval and intelligible display across disparate sources of descriptive records. Tracker diff1 diff2 informational network working group j. Dublin core metadata schema metadata creation library. The dublin core metadata registry dcmi recommended resource. This mapping gives equivalencies between the dublin core metadata element set, version 1. Newby this research describes an empirical study of how the dublin core metadata element set dcmes is used by 100 data providers. The dublin core schema is a small set of vocabulary terms that can be used to describe digital.
Header information dublin core metadata element set. Dublin core metadata supports the four user tasks set forth in functional requirements for bibliographic records to varying degrees, but its lack of established rules and procedures governing the content of data elements makes dublin core elements less reliable than cataloging data. Dubline core metadata elements set free online nta ugc net. The dcmi metadata element set iso standard 15836, also known as the dublin core metadata standard, is a simple set of elements for describing digital resources. The scientific metadata model proposed in this paper encompasses both classical descriptive metadata such as those defined in the dublin core metadata element set dc and the innovative. From an seo perspective, use dc is an advantageous because search engines can use this data to understand better your content. Dublin core is a metadata standard which consists of a set of meta elements used to describe and index documents. The dublin core metadata element set name space dc. A metadata record consists of a set of attributes, or elements, necessary to describe the resource in question. These terms are part of a larger set of metadata vocabularies maintained by the dublin core metadata initiative. The dublin core metadata initiative is a set of online metadata standards for a broad range of purposes, including semantic tagging to help search engines match requests with relevant. Dublin core is a vocabulary with fifteen properties that describe the properties of the source.
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