Dublin Core

What Does Dublin Core Mean?

Dublin Core (DC) is an improved digital cataloging system for making search engines much more
accurate and efficient. The schema for Dublin Core has many terms for
describing resources such as web pages and media like video and images. It also has data regarding physical objects such as CDs, books and even works of art. The main objective of this system is to create a
powerful and accommodating catalog involving all web objects. It can be used
for better search engine optimization. The metadata generated from this can be
used for quick description of web resources and for combining metadata from
different standards.

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Techopedia Explains Dublin Core

Dublin Core contains 15
classical metadata elements for better cataloguing. These classic elements are
called the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set. These classical metadata elements include:

  • Creator – The creator of the object
  • Subject – The topic of the object
  • Title – The
    name of the object
  • Publisher – Details about the person who published the
    object
  • Description – Short description of the object
  • Date – The date of
    publishing
  • Contributor – Those who have edited the object
  • Identifier – The
    identifying agent for the object
  • Type – Type of the object
  • Format – The
    design and arrangement format of the object
  • Relation – Relation with any
    other object/objects
  • Language – The language of the object
  • Rights – Any
    kind of copyright information
  • Coverage – Where is the object in the real
    world

There are two types of Dublin Cores: Simple Dublin Core and Qualified Dublin Core. The Simple Dublin Core is for simple pairs of attribute-values and uses the 15 classic elements, while Qualified Dublin Core uses three more elements for better definition of the data.

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