Dublin Core
A basic, domain-agnostic standard which can be easily understood and implemented, and as such is one of the best known and most widely used metadata standards.
Sponsored by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, Dublin Core was published as ISO Standard 15836 in February 2009.
Used in
Documentation
Predicate namespaces
- dcterms
- http://purl.org/dc/terms/
- dcmitype
- http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/
- dcam
- http://purl.org/dc/dcam/
Identifiers
- Internal MSC ID
- msc:m15
Version history
- 2020-01-20
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version 2020-01-20 (current) – DCMI Metadata Terms
- 2005-06-13
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version 2005-06-13 – DCMI Metadata Terms
- 2005-01-10
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version 2005-01-10 – DCMI Metadata Terms
- 2004-12-20
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version 2004-12-20 – DCMI Metadata Terms
- 2004-09-20
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version 2004-09-20 – DCMI Metadata Terms
- 2004-06-14
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version 2004-06-14 – DCMI Metadata Terms
- 2003-11-19
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version 2003-11-19 – DCMI Metadata Terms
- 2003-03-04
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version 2003-03-04 – DCMI Metadata Terms
- 2003-02-12
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version 2003-02-12 – DCMI Metadata Terms
- 1999-07-02
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version 1.1 (current) – Dublin Core Metadata Element Set
Predicate namespace:
- dc
- http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
- 1998-09
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version 1.0 – Dublin Core Metadata Element Set
Tools
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A service to facilitate the publication of metadata in the AGRIS Repository; it conforms to the the AGRIS Application Profile, which draws from the Dublin Core and AgMES standards.
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The DCMI Tools Community list of tools and software implementing Dublin Core.
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The Geodoc metadata editor tool allows users to create, validate, edit and export geospatial metadata records. It also supports the creation and export of metadata records as XML output files compliant with a number of standards, including UK AGMAP 2.1, ISO 19115, FGDC, DDI, and Dublin Core.
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Geoportal Server is a standards-based, open source product that enables discovery and use of geospatial resources including data and services.
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WiscLINC Metadata Tools Review
The Wisconsin Land INformation Clearinghouse review of metadata tools used for documenting geospatial data and serving geospatial metadata. It includes tools for CSDGM, ISO 19115, Dublin Core, and DIF.
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Dataverse is an open source web application to share, preserve, cite, explore, and analyze research data. It facilitates making data available to others, and allows you to replicate others' work more easily. Researchers, journals, data authors, publishers, data distributors, and affiliated institutions all receive academic credit and web visibility. Dataverse has grown considerably over time and is now a major international collaborative project. We encourage you to join us.
Known users
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A multidisciplinary data repository for a consortium of universities in the Netherlands, using a metadata structure based on the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative.
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BODC (British Oceanographic Data Centre Published Data Library)
This national facility for looking after and distributing data concerning the marine environment requires that data sets use a well-documented format such as CF-compliant NetCDF and be accompanied by a Dublin Core record as well as discovery metadata in a recognised standard such as DIF or FGDC/CDGM.
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An archive for crystal structures generated by the Southampton Chemical Crystallography Group and the EPSRC UK National Crystallography Service; its metadata conforms to the eBank UK Dublin Core Profile.
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An online digital repository of multi-disciplinary research datasets produced at the University of Edinburgh, using a modified Dublin Core metadata catalogue.
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Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC)
The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is a Natural Environment Research Council Data Centre hosted by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH). It manages nationally-important datasets concerned with the terrestrial and freshwater sciences.
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The University of Southampton's multi-disciplinary Institutional Research Repository, using a profile of Dublin Core and administrative ePrints metadata.
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The Institution for Social and Policy Studies (ISPS) Data Archive
Provides members of the scholarly community with access to files associated with scholarly studies for the purpose of replication, for all studies conducted by ISPS-affiliated researchers. ISPS metadata records conform to DDI requirements and include a minimal set of Dublin Core metadata elements.
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National Science Digital Library Data Repository
An online portal for education and research on learning in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, using a profile of the Dublin Core Metadata Elements for resource and collections metadata.
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UK ADS - UK Archeology Data Service
The ADS collects, catalogues, manages, preserves, and encourages re-use of digital resources created by archaeologists. It promotes good practice in the use of digital data in archaeology, provides technical advice to the research community, and supports the deployment of digital technologies. Its catalogue records are based on Dublin Core.
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A European Scholarly Communication Infrastructure that aggregates bibliographic metadata from a network of publication repositories, data archives and CRIS following the OpenAIRE Guidelines. Together with additional authoritative information, the objects and their relationships described by the metadata form an information space graph which can be traversed by users and accessed via APIs by other services. The metadata primarily support discovery and monitoring services.
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Digital Repository of Ireland (DRI) is a national trusted digital repository (TDR) for Ireland’s social and cultural data. It supports records catalogued in Dublin Core, EAD, MARC XML and MODS.
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Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research
The research institution conducts research to support a sustainable use of our natural resources to benefit both mankind and the environment.