Metadata: Continued

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)
1. Title
2. Creator
3. Subject
4. Description
5. Publisher
6. Contributor
7. Date
8. Type
9. Format
10. Identifier
11. Source
12. Language
13. Relation
14. Coverage
15. 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.