Dublin Core Management

Andy Powell,     a.powell@ukoln.ac.uk     (Technical Development and Research, UKOLN)

Ariadne 1997
(ReLIS:doi:doiari:y:1997:i:10:p:5)

Abstract:

The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (the Dublin Core) is a 15 element metadata set that is primarily intended to aid resource discovery on the Web. The elements in the Dublin Core are TITLE, SUBJECT, DESCRIPTION, CREATOR, PUBLISHER, CONTRIBUTOR, DATE, TYPE, FORMAT, IDENTIFIER, SOURCE, LANGUAGE, RELATION, COVERAGE and RIGHTS. As we begin to consider some initial implementations using the Dublin Core we need to consider how best to manage large amounts of metadata across a Web-site. The ways in which we manage Dublin Core metadata need to be able to cope with potential syntax changes in the way that elements are embedded into HTML and allow for the migration of metadata to other formats, for example future versions of PICS labels.

Note: Andy Powell presents three models for the way in which metadata can be managed across a Web-site and describes some of the tools that are beginning to be used at UKOLN to embed Dublin Core metadata into Web pages. This article appears in the Web version of Ariadne only.
Month: Tuesday July 15th, 1997
Year: 1997

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