Another important goal of this document is to promote best practices for describing resources using the dublin core element set. Typically, a title will be a name by which the resource is formally known. The dubline core metadata set is a vocabulary of fifteen properties for issue in resource description. A metadata record consists of a set of attributes, or elements, necessary to describe the resource in question. Mods to dublin core metadata element set mapping version 3. The dublin core metadata element set is one of the simplest and most widely used metadata schema. The explicit simplicity of the element set and the fact that.
One outcome of this effort was the dublin core metadata element set, which became a niso standard in 2001 ansiniso z39. Mapping of the dublin core metadata element set to. Dublin core element set as defined by the dublin core metadata initiative dcmi. Dublin core is a very popular metadata standard and managed by the the dublin core metadata initiative dcmi quote from the using dublin core 19. This tab display elements from the xml metadata record. Within the oepbs directory of an unpacked epub3 is the content. Dcmi also maintains a small, general vocabulary recommended for use within the element type. Using dublin core metadata in the light of what has been expressed thus far, we decided to develop a metadata element model using the dublin core as a. The dublin core metadata element set is a vocabulary of fifteen. Included are the fifteen terms of the dublin core metadata element set also known as the dublin core plus several dozen properties, classes, datatypes, and vocabulary encoding schemes.
The dublin core metadata standard is a simple yet effective element set for describing a wide range of networked resources. The default metadata vocabulary is the dublin core metadata element set dcmes, simple dc, with prefix dc. This document sets forth guidelines for creating descriptive metadata for items in carli. The dublin core metadata element set is a vocabulary of fifteen properties for use in resource description. Rfc 2731 encoding dublin core metadata in html december 1999 adherence is therefore recommended to the tagging style exemplified in this document as regards prefix and element name capitalization, doublequoting of attribute values, and not starting more than one meta tag on a line.
Element refinements make the meaning of an element narrower or more specific. The name dublin is due to its origin at a 1995 invitational workshop in dublin, ohio. Best practices for creating sharable metadata oclc support. The dublin core metadata initiative is an opensource movement that aims standardize data about digital objects. Metadata demystified national information standards. Practitioners and students frequently find it difficult to distinguish between type and format. Originally developed to describe web resources, dublin core has been used to describe a variety of physical and digital resources.
Creating html metatags using the dublin core element set. The meeting that led to the warwick framework also included discussions on the dublin core element set and the possibility of extending it to include metadata for images. The dublin core metadata element set is a standard for crossdomain information resource description. Dublin core metadata initiative dcmi andrew wilson dcmi usage board. Dublin core is part of a larger set that consists of metadata vocabulary and technical specifications, overseen by the. This document uses the qualified dublin core element set as defined by the dublin core metadata initiative dcmi. Outline metadata semantic relationships controlled vocabulary thesauri metadata motivating questions how can a document be described. So far, cidoc members have been creating mappings to the amico data model, the dublin core elements, ead ead. That method effectively generates a default namespace for the terms. Book author several alternatives in both dc and mods for recording a personal name. Core metadata schema for cataloging video games version 1 gamecip tech report 1 4 introduction this set of elements accounts for the basic identification and discovery of published video games. Order of elements are according to the dublin core metadata element set, version 1.
Recording qualified dublin core metadata in html meta elements. The set is fairly easy to learn but must be combined with html if to provide metadata for referencing by a web crawler or search engine. There is much room for flexibility, but choosing a style and sticking with it will likely make metadata. It is an open organization engaged in the development of interoperable online metadata standards and serves as the maintenance agency for the dublin core metadata standard. This document is an uptodate, authoritative specification of all metadata terms maintained by the dublin core metadata initiative. 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. For instance, one application is to expose mods records for oai harvesting in dublin core syntax. Recommended best practice is to use a controlled vocabulary such as the dcmi type vocabulary dcmitype. The dublin core metadata initiative dcmi got underway in 1995 as a joint effort among professionals from the publishing, library, and academic communities. Home conversions dublin core to mods dublin core metadata element set mapping to mods version 3 august 1, 2012. Dublin core is a vocabulary with fifteen properties that describe the properties of the source. The dublin core metadata element set also known simply as dublin core is a. They encourage those creating the records to focus their energies in areas that promote resource discovery.
Tracker diff1 diff2 informational network working group j. Core metadata schema for cataloging video games version 1. Metadata implementation guidelines for north carolina. The dublin core metadata element set also known simply as. Metadata working group dublin core metadata best practices version 2. In a recent post on dublin core, i mentioned my initial confusions about the proper uses of the type vs. Fields mapped to a simple unqualified dublin core element for example, relation will be searched in queries on a qualified version of that element for example, relationis part of. 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. 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 document may be used for converting a mods record to dublin core. Rfc 50 the dublin core metadata element set ietf tools.
It pretty much equates to the manifest of an ims content package. Definition of descriptive metadata dublin core consortium of. Mapping of dspace and agrisap metadata element sets dspace agrisap element qualifiers schema element qualifiers schema contributor author title alternative title. This standard is particularly useful in describing resources related to microdata, such as questionnaires, reports, manuals, data processing scripts and programs, etc. It is a minimal element set relevant for producers, distributors, and libraries. Dublin core, mods, and vra element mappings ala store. Core because its elements are broad and generic, usable for describing a wide range of resources. This mapping gives equivalencies between the dublin core metadata element set, version 1.
Metadata, controlled vocabulary, and thesauri james vorbach, ph. For dcmes applications a resource will typically be an electronic. 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. The simpledublincore prefix exposes digital commons metadata using the 15 main elements of the dublin core metadata element set. Carli dublin core metadata element set implementation recommendations. Metadata elements from these sets could be linked with dublin core metadata to meet the need for extensibility. Other communities of metadata experts will create and administer additional metadata sets. This is the definition used in internet rfc 2396, uniform resource identifiers uri. So far, cidoc members have been creating mappings to the amico docsdataspec. The dublin core metadata element set also known simply as dublin core is a vocabulary with. Where to put your epub metadata sharing and learning. Other variables having impact on metadata practices include the number of staff members working on a digital project, previous experiences with digital collections at an institution, and the collaborative nature of.
These guidelines focus on creating metadata for the digital state documents of the state library of north carolina. This paper will outline the steps needed to create html metadata using the dublin core element set, and some of the benefits of doing so. The higher use of core dublin core fields in the contentdm repositories may be due to the default dublin core template. Dublin core metadata element set mapping to mods version 3. Content is available under public domain unless otherwise noted. The dublin core metadata element set and element refinements recommended by the dublin core metadata initiative are available from the edit field page. 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. Here an information resource is defined to be anything that has identity, consistent with internet rfc 2396. Here an information resource is defined to be anything that has identity. Title creator subject description publisher contributor date type format identifier source language relation coverage rights.
Dublin core 2 or the dublin core metadata element set, as its full name officially sounds was created as a result of a congress in dublin, ohio, in 1995, in order to address the need for a relatively simple and easy way to add structured metadata to web pages. The pdf techniques accessibility summits objective is to establish a broad based. The toplevel element is and is a required first child of. The default format for benchmark document metadata is the dublin core metadata initiative dcmi simple dc element specification, as described in 11 and.
The dublin core aka the dublin core metadata element set, created in 1995, is a set of fifteen generic. Dublin core is comprised of 15 core metadata elements. Integration of language attributes in metadata and. 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. From an seo perspective, use dc is an advantageous because search engines can use this data to understand better your content. Basic elements the simple dublin core metadata element set dcmes consists of 15 metadata elements.
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