The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set
RFC 5013
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RFC - Informational
(August 2007; No errata)
Obsoletes RFC 2413
Was draft-kunze-rfc2413bis (individual in app area)
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Network Working Group J. Kunze
Request for Comments: 5013 University of California
Obsoletes: 2413 T. Baker
Category: Informational Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
August 2007
The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set
Status of This Memo
This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does
not specify an Internet standard of any kind. Distribution of this
memo is unlimited.
Abstract
This document defines fifteen metadata elements for resource
description in a cross-disciplinary information environment.
1. Introduction
The Dublin Core Metadata Workshop Series began in 1995 with an
invitational workshop that brought together librarians, digital
library researchers, content experts, and text-markup experts to
promote better discovery standards for electronic resources. The
resulting metadata element set defines fifteen metadata elements for
resource description in a cross-disciplinary information environment.
This document contains the current text of Dublin Core "Version 1.1".
Version 1.1 is the basis of ANSI/NISO Z39.85-2001 [Z39.85]. The text
in the present RFC closely follows the text in the 2007 revision of
ANSI/NISO Z39.85, especially Sections 2-6 and 10-12 [Z39.85-2007].
The present RFC obsoletes RFC 2413 [RFC2413], which was the first
published version of the Dublin Core ("Version 1.0"). The main
differences between the present RFC and RFC 2413 are in the wording
of definitions -- for Contributor and Date (semantically broadened),
for Relation (clarified), and in the general removing of redundant
references to "the content of" a resource. In addition, the present
RFC recommends lowercase element names (consistent with RDF property
types), remains silent about the unrestrictedness of element ordering
and repeatability (application profiles being the proper place to
discuss such topics), and references the current abstract model,
vocabularies, and namespace policies in which the Dublin Core is
embedded.
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2. Foreword
The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set is a vocabulary of fifteen
properties for use in resource description. The name "Dublin" is due
to its origin at a 1995 invitational workshop in Dublin, Ohio; "core"
because its elements are broad and generic, usable for describing a
wide range of resources.
The fifteen element "Dublin Core" described in this document is part
of a larger set of metadata vocabularies and technical specifications
maintained by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI). The full
set of vocabularies, DCMI Metadata Terms [DCTERMS], also includes a
set of resource classes, the DCMI Type Vocabulary [DCTYPE]. The
terms in DCMI vocabularies are intended to be used in combination
with terms from other compatible vocabularies in the context of
application profiles and on the basis of the DCMI Abstract Model
[DCAM].
All changes made to terms of the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set
since 2001 have been reviewed by a DCMI Usage Board in the context of
a DCMI Namespace Policy [DCNMSPC]. The namespace policy describes
how DCMI terms are assigned Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) and
sets limits on the range of editorial changes that may allowably be
made to the labels, definitions, and usage comments associated with
existing DCMI terms.
3. Scope and Purpose
The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set is a standard for cross-domain
resource description. As in RFC 3986 [RFC3986], "Uniform Resource
Identifier (URI): Generic Syntax", this specification does not limit
the scope of what might be a resource.
The elements described in this document are typically used in the
context of an application profile which constrains or specifies their
use in accordance with local or community-based requirements and
policies. The specification of such implementation detail is outside
the scope of this document.
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4. Definitions
DCMI -- the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, maintenance agency for
Dublin Core Metadata Element Set.
Resource -- anything that might be identified (the same definition as
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