Dublin Core Metadata Proposals

Contact: Stuart Weibel

Further info: http://www.oclc.org:5047/oclc/research/conferences/metadata/ dublin_core_report.html

Element Description

• Subject: The topic addressed by the work
• Title: The name of the object
• Author: The person(s) primarily responsible for the intellectual content of the object
• Publisher: The agent or agency responsible for making the object available
• OtherAgent: The person(s), such as editors and transcribers, who have made other significant intellectual contributions to the work
• Date: The date of publication
• ObjectType: The genre of the object, such as novel, poem, or dictionary
• Form: The data representation of the object, such as Postscript file or Windows executable file
• Identifier: String or number used to uniquely identify the object
• Relation: Relationship to other objects
• Source: Objects, either print or electronic, from which this object is derived, if applicable
• Language: Language of the intellectual content
• Coverage: The spatial locations and temporal durations characteristic of the object