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Dublin Core (DC) |
An internationally recognised core set of metadata elements used for the description of web-based resources. Element A word representing a distinct unit of descriptive information. Dublin Core consists of 15 elements that together make up the DC element set. |
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Element |
A unit of descriptive information. Dublin Core consists of fifteen elements, each of which describes a specific aspect of a resource. |
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Refine and clarify the meaning of an element thereby increasing the specificity or precision of the metadata. |
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They identify the rules or authoritative lists used to control the content of a given field. |
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Machine understandable descriptive information about a resource and often simply defined as ‘structured data about data’. |
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A qualifier makes the meaning of the element more specific. Consist of element refinements and encoding schemes. |
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Thesaurus |
A hierarchically arranged vocabulary showing the relationships between concepts represented by words or phrases. Necessary for the creation of consistent metadata. |
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