DUBLIN CORE Element Set

1.Title
Label: TITLE
The name given to the resource by the CREATOR or PUBLISHER.
2.Author or Creator
Label: CREATOR
The person or organization primarily responsible for creating the intellectual content of the resource.
For example, authors in the case of written documents, artists, photographers, or illustrators in the
case of visual resources.
3.Subject and Keywords
Label: SUBJECT
The topic of the resource. Typically, subject will be expressed as keywords or phrases that describe
the subject or content of the resource. The use of controlled vocabularies and formal classification
schemas is encouraged.
4.Description
Label: DESCRIPTION
A textual description of the content of the resource, including abstracts in the case of document-like
objects or content descriptions in the case of visual resources.
5.Publisher
Label: PUBLISHER
The entity responsible for making the resource available in its present form, such as a publishing
house, a university department, or a corporate entity.
6.Other Contributor
Label: CONTRIBUTOR
A person or organization not specified in a CREATOR element who has made significant intellectual
contributions to the resource but whose contribution is secondary to any person or organization
specified in a CREATOR element (for example, editor, transcriber, and illustrator).
7.Date
Label: DATE
The date the resource was made available in its present form. Recommended best practice is an 8
digit number in the form YYYY-MM-DD as defined in http://www.w3.org/TR/NOTE-datetime, a
profile of ISO 8601. In this scheme, the date element 1994-11-05 corresponds to November 5, 1994.
Many other schema are possible, but if used, they should be identified in an unambiguous manner.
8.Resource Type
Label: TYPE
The category of the resource, such as home page, novel, poem, working paper, technical report,
essay, dictionary. For the sake of interoperability, TYPE should be selected from an enumerated list
that is under development in the workshop series at the time of publication of this document. See
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Metadata/types.html for current thinking on the application of this
element
9.Format
Label: FORMAT
The data format of the resource, used to identify the software and possibly hardware that might be
needed to display or operate the resource. For the sake of interoperability, FORMAT should be
selected from an enumerated list that is under development in the workshop series at the time of
publication of this document.
10.Resource Identifier
Label: IDENTIFIER
String or number used to uniquely identify the resource. Examples for networked resources include
URLs and URNs (when implemented). Other globally-unique identifiers,such as International Standard
Book Numbers (ISBN) or other formal names would also be candidates for this element in the case of
off-line resources.
11.Source
Label: SOURCE
A string or number used to uniquely identify the work from which this resource was derived, if
applicable. For example, a PDF version of a novel might have a SOURCE element containing an ISBN
number for the physical book from which the PDF version was derived.
12.Language
Label: LANGUAGE
Language(s) of the intellectual content of the resource. Where practical, the content of this field should
coincide with RFC 1766.
See: http://ds.internic.net/rfc/rfc1766.txt
13.Relation
Label: RELATION
The relationship of this resource to other resources. The intent of this element is to provide a means to
express relationships among resources that have formal relationships to others, but exist as discrete
resources themselves. For example, images in a document, chapters in a book, or items in a
collection. Formal specification of RELATION is currently under development. Users and developers
should understand that use of this element is currently considered to be experimental.
14.Coverage
Label: COVERAGE
The spatial and/or temporal characteristics of the resource. Formal specification of COVERAGE is
currently under development. Users and developers should understand that use of this element is
currently considered to be experimental.
15.Rights Management
Label: RIGHTS
A link to a copyright notice, to a rights-management statement, or to a service that would provide
information about terms of access to the resource. Formal specification of RIGHTS is currently under
development. Users and developers should understand that use of this element is currently considered
to be experimental.