The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set is a vocabulary of fifteen properties for use in resource description. The name ‘Dublin’ is due to its origin at a 1995 invitational workshop in Dublin, Ohio; ‘Core’ because its elements are broad and generic, usable for describing a wide range of resources.
There are fifteen core elements of Dublin Core Metadata.
- Contributor,
- Coverage,
- Creator,
- Date,
- Description,
- Format,
- Identifier,
- Language,
- Publisher,
- Relation,
- Rights,
- Source,
- Subject,
- Title,
- Type.
Now, these will be defined as follow-
LABEL
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DEFINITION
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Contributor
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An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource.
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Coverage
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The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant.
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Creator
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An entity primarily responsible for making the resource.
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Date
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A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource.
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Description
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An account of the resource.
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Format
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The file format, physical medium or dimensions of the resource.
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Identifier
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An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.
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Language
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A language of the resource.
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Publisher
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An entity responsible for making the resource available.
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Relation
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A related resource.
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Rights
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Information about rights held in and over the resource.
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Source
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The resource from which the described resource is derive.
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Subject
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The topic of the resource.
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Title
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A name given to the resource.
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Type
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The nature or genre of the resource.
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EXAMPLE OF DUBLIN CORE
Title = ‘Metadata Demystified’
Creator = ‘Brand, Amy’
Creator = ‘Daly, Frank’
Creator = ‘Meyers, Barbara’
Subject = ‘Metadata’
Description = ‘Presents an overview of metadata conventions in publishing’
Publisher = ‘NISO Press’
Publisher = ‘The Sheridan Press’
Date = ‘2003-07’
Type = ‘Text’
Format = ‘application.pdf’
Identifier = ‘http://www.niso.org/standards/resources/metadata_demystified.pdf’
Language = ‘en’
Dublin Core Metadata can be used for multiple purposes, from simple resources description to combining metadata vocabularies of different metadata standards, to providing interoperability for metadata vocabularies in the Linked data cloud and Semantic web implementations.
REFERENCE: http://dublincore.org
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