Introduction

The Dublin Core defines fifteen metadata elements to describe Internet resources. The Dublin Core Metadata element set were founded by a group of librarians, information scientists, and other parties interested in describing Internet resources in April, 1995, in Dublin, Ohio at the invitation of the OCLC organization. In the early stages of its development the Dublin Core had 13 elements, and in 1996 two more element were added, so the final figure is now 15.

The 15 DC Metadata Elements (Simple)

DC.Title
DC.Creator
DC.Subject
DC.Description
DC.Publisher
DC.Contributon
DC.Date
DC.Type
DC.Format
DC.Identifier Resource Identification: URL, URN, ISBN, etc.
DC.Source
DC.Language
DC.Relation
DC.Coverage
DC.Rights Rights

The 15 Dublin Core Metadata elements are categorized into three groups

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