Use of dublin core metadata for describing and retrieving digital journals assumpcio estivill ernest abadal jorge franganillo jesus gascon j. Dublin core metadata element set vocabulary fifteen properties dublin core broad generic usable librarians digital library researchers content experts textmarkup experts crossdisciplinary information environment. The name dublin is due to its origin at a 1995 invitational workshop in dublin, ohio. Included are the fifteen terms of the dublin core metadata element set also known as the dublin core plus several dozen properties, classes, datatypes, and vocabulary encoding schemes. Assessing the alignment between library of congress vocabularies and wikidata. The dublin core metadata initiative dcmi has established standard ways to refine elements and encourage the use of encoding and vocabulary schemes. For integration with american memory, the elements with names in bold are required, as described in the competition guidelines and applications instructions.
The purpose of the orbis cascade alliances dublin core best. Describe to administration how dublin core metadata can be used efficiently and effectively within the library environment instructor. For all fields that you want to display in worldcat, configure the metadata fields in contentdm so that those fields are mapped to an appropriate dublin core element. The paper describes olac metadata, its relationship to dublin core metadata, and its dissemination using the metadata harvesting protocol of the open archives initiative. Pdf this paper describes the design of an electronic journals application where the article header information is held as dublin core metadata find, read. To help in this effort, these guidelines provide mappings to dublin core, ead, marc, mods, and vra core. Dublin core best practice guidelines orbis cascade alliance. It includes all of the properties and classes in the main namespace of dcmi metadata terms1 hereafter the terms namespace, as published in the dcmi recommendation document dcmi metadata. The original set of 15 classic metadata terms, known as the dublin.
From metadata fundamentals for all librariansby priscilla. Dublin core metadata initiative dcmi andrew wilson dcmi usage board. As the workshop was held in dublin, ohio, the element set was named the dublin core. International conference on dublin core and metadata. The dublin core metadata initiative is an opensource movement that aims standardize data about digital objects. Best practices for creating sharable metadata oclc support. For more than twenty years, the dcmi community has developed and curated dublin core specifications. Describing japanese metadata and connecting pieces of data. When people say dublin core, they usually mean one of two different but related things. Extending dublin core metadata to support the description.
Dublin core the dublin core metadata element set arose from discussions at a 1995 workshop sponsored by oclc and the national center for supercomputing applications ncsa. We recommend using qualified dublin core elements for the best mapping results. The higher use of core dublin core fields in the contentdm repositories may be due to the default dublin core template. In general, all dublin core elements are optional and repeatable. The toolkit is ideal for converting formats from microsoft access, mysql and comma delimited value csv. Other elements, such as author and subject, are strongly recommended to faciltate access.
Dublin core is comprised of 15 core metadata elements. Other variables having impact on metadata practices include the number of staff members working on a digital project, previous experiences with digital collections at an institution, and the collaborative nature of. Sometimes they actually mean the dublin core metadata initiative or dcmi. The quality of metadata reflects the degree to which the metadata in question perform. Paper pdf 111 linked open data for subject discovery. Dublin core meta toolkit conversion of access, mysql, or csv data to dublincore metadata. Roda metadata parser is an application that reads xml metadata files in the ead 2002, dublin core 20021212 or keyvalue formats, the descriptive metadata formats supported by roda repository. A personal history of the dublin core metadata initiative.
Metadata elements from these sets could be linked with dublin core. The dublin core schema is a small set of vocabulary terms that can be used to describe digital. Properties in the terms namespace are included in iso 158362. Leigh grinstead leigh grinstead has more than 20 years of experience working in museums, overseeing collections and conducting collection inventories. Ensure a basic level of uniformity in the structure, encoding, and content of alliance digital object metadata in keeping with the mountain west digital library dublin core metadata application profile and other relevant standards.
Pdf metadata design, xml and dublin core florence m. The dublin core metadata element set is a vocabulary of fifteen properties for use in resource description. Proceedings of the international conference on dublin core and metadata applications published by the dublin core metadata initiative issn. An encoding schemequalifier indicates the scheme or authority list used in representing the value of an element. The dc metadata standard is a simple yet effective element set for describing a wide range of networked resources. These terms are part of a larger set of metadata vocabularies maintained by the dublin core metadata initiative. These gatherings advance dcmis mission of promoting the interoperability and harmonization of metadata, from element schemas and semantic web vocabularies to application profiles, ontologies, and knowledge organization systems. Use of dublin core metadata for describing and retrieving digital journals. Pdf dublin core metadata for electronic journals researchgate. Originally developed to describe web resources, dublin core has been used to describe a variety of physical and digital resources. A machineprocessable dublin core application profile to analysis patterns to provide linked data lucas francisco da matta vegi, jugurta lisboafilho, joep crompvoets pdf paper. From an seo perspective, use dc is an advantageous because search engines can use this data to understand better your content. This document is an uptodate, authoritative specification of all metadata terms maintained by the dublin core metadata initiative. Dcmi international conference on dublin core and metadata.
The full set of dublin core metadata terms can be found on the dublin core metadata initiative dcmi website. Dublin core is a vocabulary with fifteen properties that describe the properties of the source. National diet library dublin core metadata description dcndl. Pdf this paper describes the design of an electronic journals application where the article header information is held as dublin core metadata find, read and cite all the research you need. Qualified simple dublin core 15 core elements no attributes or qualifiers issues of interpretation. Dublin core application profiles, mets profiles learn how different metadata standards are used together in digital library applications exercise. The full set of elements and element refinements conforming to dcmi best practice is available, with a formal registry available as well. At the core of olac is its metadata format, which is designed to facilitate description and discovery of all kinds of language resources, including data, tools, or advice. The dublin core metadata element set is one of the simplest and most widely used metadata schema.
The dublin core has been standardized as iso 15836 published in 2003, revised in 2009. Miller page 1 of 2 dublin core, mods, and vra element mappings the following table offers a summary overview of mappings between primary elements in dublin core, mods, vra 3. Dublin core qualifiersis a companion specification to the dublin core metadata element set. The continuing development of the dublin core and related specifications is managed by. Other communities of metadata experts will create and administer additional metadata sets. Dublin core is a metadata standard which consists of a set of meta elements used to describe and index documents. Metadata as cultural heritage data article pdf available in international journal of metadata semantics and ontologies. The dublin core schema is a small set of vocabulary terms that can be used to describe digital resources video, images, web pages, etc. This document establishes a vocabulary for crossdomain resource description, known as the dublin core metadata terms hereafter dcmi metadata terms. Presentation about dublin core for lis 882 metadata, fall 2010, dominican university.
The dublin core metadata element set also known simply as. Xmp is implemented in all adobe publishing products and supported by dozens of independent software vendors and user groups. A personal history of the dublin core metadata initiative oclc. The purpose of the orbis cascade alliances dublin core best practices guidelines are to. Note that the metadata transformation discussed in this article specifically discusses dublin core metadata harvested from the contentdm environment. While most of the information will apply to any dublin core metadata harvested via oaipmh, some of the discussion, for example, that of underlying field mappings, will apply only to the contentdm. The name of the element set, in addition to reflecting its geographic patrimony, captures the notion that dc is a starting place a core. Dublin core is part of a larger set that consists of metadata vocabulary and technical specifications, overseen by the. Pdf use of dublin core metadata for describing and. Pdf use of dublin core metadata for describing and retrieving.
The dublin core metadata initiative supports innovation in metadata design and best practices. Dublin core is an initiative to create a digital library card catalog for the web. It can be implemented through rdfa to add semantic meaning to html5 documents which use the xml serialization. More recently, dcmi has become recognised as a trusted steward of metadata. The dublin core meta toolkit transforms data collected via different methods into dublin core compatible meta data. A metadata schema registry server in perlc based on rdf and sparqlredland, alongside a gui client in javaswt with jena for searching, browsing and creating application profiles, schemas and element sets describing resources in dublin core and lom.
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