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RDF Dublin Core

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) has created some predefined properties for document description.


Dublin Core

RDF metadata (data about data). RDF is used to describe information resources.

Dublin Core is a predefined set of attributes for a description of the document.

The first property is the Dublin Core in 1995 in Dublin, Ohio Metadata Working Group was defined by the Dublin Metadata Initiative currently maintained.

Attributes definition
Contributor A responsible entity (such as author) to contribute to the content of the resource.
Coverage Scope or content of the resource environment
Creator One of the main entity responsible for creating the content of the resource.
Format The physical or digital manifestation of the resource.
Date In the resource life cycle of the date of an event.
Description On the content of the resource.
Identifier One pair of resources in a given context explicit reference
Language The language in which the intellectual content of the resource.
Publisher Responsible for making the resource available to the entity
Relation A reference to a relevant resources
Rights For information on rights and resources within the above reservations
Source One pair as the source of the current resources of the resource references.
Subject Relating to a content of the resource
Title A play to the resource name
Type Kind or type of resource content.

By browsing the table above, we can see that it is very suited for representing RDF Dublin Core information.


RDF instance

The following example demonstrates the Dublin Core properties in an RDF document use:

<? Xml version = "1.0"?>

<Rdf: RDF
xmlns: rdf = "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
xmlns: dc = "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

<Rdf: Description rdf: about = "http://www.w3big.com">
<Dc: description> Run Noob - run it! The </ dc: description>
<Dc: publisher> Refsnes Data as </ dc: publisher>
<Dc: date> 2008-09-01 </ dc: date>
<Dc: type> Web Development </ dc: type>
<Dc: format> text / html </ dc: format>
<Dc: language> en </ dc: language>
</ Rdf: Description>

</ Rdf: RDF>