Metadata: Continued
CMPT 479/880 Notes
Robert D. Cameron
February 6, 2001
Dublin Core
- Simple, flexible metadata scheme for description of document-like objects.
- Widely used for projects involving cataloguing of web resources.
- 15 Elements (see
Dublin Core Metadata Element Set)
- Title
- Creator
- Subject
- Description
- Publisher
- Contributor
- Date
- Type
- Format
- Identifier
- Source
- Language
- Relation
- Coverage
- Rights
- Simple/Flexible Element Properties
- Elements may occur 0 or more times.
- Element values are character strings.
- Element Qualifiers: Refinements and Encodings (
Dublin Core Qualifiers)
- Qualifiers describe the role (refinment) or format (encoding) of an element.
- Allows alternative encoding schemes/formats.
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Examples:
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Dublin Core Examples in RDF
RDF - Resource Description Framework