The Dublin Core is a model of metadata managed by the DCMI (Dublin Core Metadata Initiative).
The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES) consists of 15 metadata elements, which are optional, can be repeated or appear in any order:
1. Title
2. Creator
3. Subject
4. Description
5. Publisher
6. Contributor
7. Date
8. Type
9. Format
10. Identifier
11. Source
12. Language
13. Relation
14. Coverage
15. Rights
It is mainly used in education, libraries, scientific reseach, official government web sites and many corporations.Its simplicity, flexibility and operativity make it a very useful and practical tool.
Bibliography:
Wikipedia contributors, “Dublin Core,” Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dublin_Core&oldid=166133691 Consulted May 17, 2009.
