Dublin Core A meta future Kara Luedke & Manny Brown

Not in Ireland? Dublin, Ohio in March, 1995 Developers Stu Weibel of OCLC, Joseph Hardin of NCSA, Yuri Rubinski of Softquad

Who Uses Dublin Core? Anyone Multi discipline application Creator of electronic documents OCLC-World Cat The British Library

Dublin Core templates

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Organized to continue the work of the first Dublin Core meeting. Achieve consensus on a core set of data elements for document analog. Explore elements for other network-specific object types. Create, “an internationally agreed upon set of elements that could be completed by an electronic document originator. DCMI Mission Goals

Principles of Core development More elements can be added All elements are optional All elements are repeatable Any element may by modified by a qualifier

Components of Dublin Core DC=scheme prefix publisher=element

DC Metadata (HTML) DCS - London Upsets Paris to Win 2012 Olympics (AP)

DC Metadata (XML) London Upsets Paris to Win 2012 Olympics (AP) ory&u=/ap/ /ap_on_sp_ol/oly_2012_bids ap/ /oly_2012_bids Wed, 06 Jul :36:55 GMT AP - Britain vs. France. Blair vs. Chirac. Two historic rival cities convinced they were long overdue. London prevailed — upsetting Paris to secure the 2012 Olympics. Yahoo! News en-us Copyright (c) 2005 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. Wed, 06 Jul :08:27 GMT Top Stories text/xml RSS Item

DC Metadata (RDF) Wed, 06 Jul :08:27 GMT RSS Item AP - Britain vs. France. Blair vs. Chirac. Two historic rival cities convinced they were long overdue. London prevailed — upsetting Paris to secure the 2012 Olympics. Top Stories Wed, 06 Jul :36:55 GMT text/xml en-us Copyright (c) 2005 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. London Upsets Paris to Win 2012 Olympics (AP) Yahoo! News om/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/ /ap_on_sp_ol/oly_2012_bids ap/ /oly_2012_bids

Qualifiers: Getting specific Type Schema DCMI Metadata Terms

Elements related to content of resource Title Subject Description Source Language Relation Coverage

Title A name given to the resource

Subject: The topic of the content of the resource

Description: An account of the content of the resource.

Source: A reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived. `

Language: A language of the intellectual content of the resource.

Relation: A reference to a related resource.

Coverage: The extent or scope of the content of the resource.

Resource when viewed as intellectual property Creator Publisher Contributor Rights

Creator: An entity primarily responsible for making the content of the resource.

Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available.

Contributor: An entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the resources

Rights: Information about rights held in and over the resource.

Issue of resource-as-an-instance Date Type Format Identifier

Date: A date associated with an event in the life cycle of the resource.

Type: The nature or genre of the content of the resource.

Format: The physical or digital manifestation of the resource.

Identifier: An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.

Projects Using Dublin Core The Book's Land Digital Library Catalog Electronic Visualization Library EULER (European Libraries and Electronic Resources in Mathematical Sciences) EULER (European Libraries and Electronic Resources in Mathematical Sciences) Gathering the Jewels MALVINE: Manuscripts and Letters via Integrated Networks in Europe MALVINE: Manuscripts and Letters via Integrated Networks in Europe The European Library

Advantages Simplified nature Least common denominator database Function in databases which utilize various kinds of metadata Unifying metadata Cost Flexibility

Disadvantages Slow establishment of basic guidelines. Elements not given clear definition. Example: Creator or Contributor, Source or Relation? Uses vary for each element Multiple versions of a source. Example: images: physical vs. digital; who is the creator of which?

References: The British Library Board. (2005).The British library: the world's knowledge. Retrieved on July 6, 2005 from Caplan, P. (2003). The Dublin Core. Metadata Fundamentals for All Librarians. (54-65). Chicago, IL: American Library Association. Det Kongelige Bibliotek (1999). Hjemmeside [Homepage] Retrieved on July 7, 2005 from Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. (2005) Retrieved June 7, 2005, from Hillmann, D. & Westbrooks, E. L. (Eds). (2004). Metadata in practice. Chicago: American Library Association.Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress. (February, 2001). MARC to Dublin Core Crosswalk. Retrieved June 7, 2005, from Narodna biblioteka Srbije. (2004). Homepage. Retrieved on July 8, 2005 from Network Development and MARC Standards Office, Library of Congress. (2002) Dublin Core/MARC/GILS Crosswalk Retrieved June 7, 2005, from Nordic Metadata Project. (1998). Dublin Core Metadata Template. Retrieved June 7, 2005 from bin/nmdc.pl. Nordic Metadata Project. (2001) User Guidelines for Dublin Core Creation. Retrieved June 7, 2005 from Taylor, A.G. (2004). Metadata: Description. The Organization of Information. ( ). Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, Inc.