Dublin Core

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Entry

Dublin Core

Area

Metadata Standards

Standard

Dublin Core is a metadata standard made up of three distinct components: an abstract model which describes the construction of metadata descriptions; a set of vocabularies that provide terms which are referenced in DC metadata descriptions; a set of binding specifications that describe how DC metadata descriptions may be serialised.

Versions

New terms are regularly added to the metadata vocabularies maintained by DCMI, under the control of the DCMI Usage Board.

Maturity

Dublin Core has its origins in workshops held in the mid 1990s. It is an important standard within the context of JISC development programmes.

Risk Assessment

Dublin Core plays a key role in many development areas.

Take-up Elsewhere

Dublin Core is used by a wide variety of organisations; a list of Dublin Core-based projects <http://uk.dublincore.org/projects/> is available.

Further Information

• DCMI, DCMI, <http://dublincore.org/>
• DCMI Abstract Model, DCMI, <http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/>
• DCMI Metadata Terms, DCMI, <http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/>

Author

Pete Johnston

Contributors

Rosemary Russell (responsible for entry from October 2006); Brian Kelly added brief text on 03 Feb 2005 (v1)

Date Created

04 Oct 2005

Versions

v3 (10 Oct 2006)

A standards entry for Dublin Core is also available in the eReSS Wiki