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== Technical details == | == Technical details == | ||
* Dublin Core is an RDF application. | * Dublin Core is an RDF application. | ||
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# Rights | # Rights | ||
Recently, some more thought was invested in creating a [http://dublincore.org/architecturewiki/InteroperabilityLevels layered "onion" model] and that has been described by [http://efoundations.typepad.com/efoundations/2008/05/a-layered-model.html Pete Johnson], retrieved 09:11, 3 June 2008 (UTC), as follows: | |||
* Level 1: "Informal interoperability", based essentially on the natural-language definitions of metadata terms; | |||
* Level 2: "Semantic interoperability", based on the RDF model; | |||
* Level 3: "DCAM-based syntactic interoperability", introducing the notions of descriptions and description sets, as defined by the DCMI Abstract Model; | |||
* Level 4: "Singapore Framework interoperability", in which an application is supported by the complete set of components specified by the | |||
Since 20005 (?) There is a working group attempting to extend Dublin Core for education as an alternative | |||
to [[IMS Metadata]] (LOM). | |||
== Links == | == Links == | ||
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* [http://dublincore.org/ Dublin Core Initiative Home] | * [http://dublincore.org/ Dublin Core Initiative Home] | ||
* [http://dublincore.org/documents/usageguide/ Using Dublin Core] (The official tutorial) | * [http://dublincore.org/documents/usageguide/ Using Dublin Core] (The official tutorial) | ||
; Dublic Core Education | |||
* [http://dublincore.org/groups/education/ DCMI Education Community Home page] | |||
* [http://dublincore.org/educationwiki/ DCMI Education Community Wiki] | |||
; RDF | ; RDF | ||
* [http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-primer/ W3C RDF Primer] | * [http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-primer/ W3C RDF Primer] | ||
* [http://www.la-grange.net/w3c/REC-rdf-syntax/ RDF Primer - en français | * [http://www.la-grange.net/w3c/REC-rdf-syntax/ RDF Primer - en français] | ||
; Educational vocabularies overviews | |||
* See [[Metadata]] | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
Revision as of 10:11, 3 June 2008
Definition
- Dublin Core is a very popular metadata standard and managed by the The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)
- Quote from the Using Dublin Core (19:20, 9 May 2006 (MEST)): The Dublin Core metadata standard is a simple yet effective element set for describing a wide range of networked resources. The Dublin Core standard includes two levels: Simple and Qualified. Simple Dublin Core comprises fifteen elements; Qualified Dublin Core includes three additional elements (Audience, Provenance and RightsHolder), as well as a group of element refinements (also called qualifiers) that refine the semantics of the elements in ways that may be useful in resource discovery. The semantics of Dublin Core have been established by an international, cross-disciplinary group of professionals from librarianship, computer science, text encoding, the museum community, and other related fields of scholarship and practice.
See also: Learning Object Metadata Standard
Technical details
- Dublin Core is an RDF application.
The Simple Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES) consists of 15 metadata elements:
- Title
- Creator
- Subject
- Description
- Publisher
- Contributor
- Date
- Type
- Format
- Identifier
- Source
- Language
- Relation
- Coverage
- Rights
Recently, some more thought was invested in creating a layered "onion" model and that has been described by Pete Johnson, retrieved 09:11, 3 June 2008 (UTC), as follows:
- Level 1: "Informal interoperability", based essentially on the natural-language definitions of metadata terms;
- Level 2: "Semantic interoperability", based on the RDF model;
- Level 3: "DCAM-based syntactic interoperability", introducing the notions of descriptions and description sets, as defined by the DCMI Abstract Model;
- Level 4: "Singapore Framework interoperability", in which an application is supported by the complete set of components specified by the
Since 20005 (?) There is a working group attempting to extend Dublin Core for education as an alternative to IMS Metadata (LOM).
Links
- Dublin Core
- Dublin Core Initiative Home
- Using Dublin Core (The official tutorial)
- Dublic Core Education
- RDF
- Educational vocabularies overviews
- See Metadata
References
- Mason, J. & Sutton, S. (2005). Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, Education Working Group. Draft Proposal.