Dublin Core Metadata Element Set

Diana HyleKate WiseMarina VildosoAnthony VuKristin WrightDavid Vermooten

What Dublin Core is not . . .

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A Short History

Originally conceived at the 2nd International WWW Conference in 1994

Launched in Dublin, Ohio at the OCLC/National Center for Supercomputing Applications joint workshop in 1995 (where it draws its name from)

Created for the cataloging of electronic documents

The Red Tape of DC

The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) was formed from and informal group of research and practitioners.

Its basic function is to govern the standards of DC in the various international regions and promote its use.

The DCMI provides standards to facilitate the finding, sharing and management of information.

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative

What is it good for anyway? Describing digital materials

such as video, sound, image, text, and web pages.

Dublin Core is most often expressed in XML (eXtensible Markup Language).

Dublin Core has the distinction of being the only widely accepted metadata format that is almost completely customizable.

Dublin Hard-core

There 15 +1 basic elements (which follow) These elements may be expanded by

repeating elements with qualifiers.

Dublin Hard-Core, cont’d

Title A name given to the resource, typically the title

Subject The topic of the resource, usually expressed as

keywords, phrases, or using some kind of controlled vocabulary

Description An “account” of the resource; can include an

abstract, a table of contents, a graph, etc.

Cont’d Source

Information about “where it came from”, i.e., if a website, is it part of another website? Or did part of the electronic resource originate with a physical source (scan of a book, etc)?

Language The language of the

intellectual content of the resource – French, English, etc.

Cont’d

Relation A related source, title, or version to the resource

Coverage The extent or scope, including time period,

jurisdiction, spatial location, etc.

Cont’d Creator

The one responsible for the whole shooting match. This may be a person, organization, or service.

Publisher The entity responsible for making the resource available.

Contributor An entity responsible for making significant intellectual

contributions to the resource, but which is secondary to the creator

Cont’d

Rights Rights held in and over a resource

Date The date of an event in the lifecycle of the

resource (such as date of creation or revision) Resource Type

The nature or genre of a resource Best practices controlled vocabulary

Cont’d Format

The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource

Formatting controlled vocabulary

Identifier A string or number

that uniquely identifies the resource

New Kid on the Block

In 2004, a 16th element was added called “Audience” This is the target audience of resource, or the

intended user of the resource. i.e. elementary, high school, etc.

Beads, Bangles, and Lucky Charms – Qualifying the Elements Myriad qualifiers are available to resolve

abiguity Not necessarily guaranteed to be translatable in a

pure DC->____ crosswalk Examples of clarification:

Coverage.spatial Coverage.temporal Coverage jurisdiction

Meet Dublin’s Dad, MARC

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  028   02   385034-CD2 ‡b SmartSaver/Broderbund

  082   _4   006.6

  049        KEEM  245   00   Learn Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 and Microsoft Word 2002 ‡h [electronic resource] : ‡b for Windows

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  246   18   Learn Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 and Word 2002

  260        Novato, CA : ‡b SmartSaver/Broderbund, ‡c c2002.  300        2 computer optical discs : ‡b sd., col. ; ‡c 4 3/4 in.  500        Title from container insert.  505   00   ‡g Disc 1: ‡t Learn Microsoft Word 2002 -- ‡g Disc 2: ‡t Learn Microsoft PowerPoint 2002.

  538        System requirements: 233 Mhz or higher, Windows 95/98/Me/XP, 800 x 600 16 bit display, 64MB RAM or better, sound card, 50MB of free hard disk space, 4x CD-ROM or DVD drive.

  630   00   Microsoft PowerPoint (Computer file)

  630   00   Microsoft Word.

  650   _0   Word processing.

  650   _0   Computer graphics.

  710   2_   Brøderbund.

Dublin ExposedTitle   Learn Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 and Microsoft Word 2002 • for Windows 95/98/Me/XP. Title.alternative   Learn Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 and Word 2002 Identifier.ISBN   1573822620 Identifier.ISBN   9781573822626 Type.AACR2-

gmd   [electronic resource] :

Contributor.nameCorporate

  Brøderbund.

Coverage  

Date.issued.MARC21-Date

  2002

Description.note   Title from container insert.

Description.tableOfContents

  Disc 1: • Learn Microsoft Word 2002 -- • Disc 2: • Learn Microsoft PowerPoint 2002.

Format.extent   2 computer optical discs : • sd., col. ; • 4 3/4 in. Language.ISO6

39-2   eng

Publisher.place   Novato, CA : Publisher   SmartSaver/Broderbund, Relation.require

s   System requirements: 233 Mhz or higher, Windows 95/98/Me/XP, 800 x 600 16 bit display, 64MB RAM or better, sound card,

50MB of free hard disk space, 4x CD-ROM or DVD drive. Rights  

Source.URI  

Subject.class.DDC

  006.6

Subject.titleUniform.LCSH

  Microsoft PowerPoint (Computer file)

Subject.titleUniform.LCSH

  Microsoft Word.

Subject.topical.LCSH

  Word processing.

Subject.topical.LCSH

  Computer graphics.

Dublin Core – Anyway you want it, that’s the way you need it DC is customizeable with the 15 core

elements functioning as a common ground minimum for translation purposes: Anything that can translate DC can have at least a

degree of understanding of a resource from pulling the common DC core elements and crosswalking them.

WordPerfect .txtWord .txtIn both cases, you loose some formatting, but keep the core, key information.

Resources Brown, J. and Luedke, K. (n.d.) Dublin Core: a meta future.

Accessed July 19, 2007 from http://studentaccess.emporia.edu/~jbrown/DublinCorePrep.ppt#257,1,DublinCore

Taylor, A. G. (2004). The Organization of Information, 2nd ed. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, Inc.

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (2006). Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, Version 1.1. Accessed July 19, 2007 from http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/

Weibel, S. and Miller, E. (2000). An introduction to Dublin Core. Accessed July 19, 2007 from http://www.xml.com/pub/a/2000/10/25/dublincore/index.html

Hillman, D. (2005) Using Dublin Core – The elements. Accessed July 19, 2007 from http://dublincore.org/documents/usageguide/elements.shtml

Smiraglia, R. P. (2005) Metadata: A cataloger’s primer. Binghampton, NY: The Haworth Information Press.

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