Dublin Core for Digital Video:

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Dublin Core for Digital Video

• Overview of the ViDe Application Profile

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Speaker Information

• Jean Hudgins
• Head, Information Control and Management
• Georgia Tech Library and Information Center
• jean.hudgins_at_library.gatech.edu

• Dan Kniesner
• Chief Cataloger
• Oregon Health Sciences Library
• dan.kniesner_at_ohsu.edu

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Outline

• I will
• Define Metadata
• Describe the functions of Metadata
• Present an overview of Dublin Core
• Share some benefits of Dublin Core
• Dan will
• Walk through the 15 Dublin Core elements in
  detail and explain their use in ViDes best
  practices application profile for digital video

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What is Metadata and Why do You Need It?

• Simply defined, metadata means data about data
• The term metadata commonly refers to any data
  that aids in the identification, description, and
  location of networked, electronic resources

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Primary Function of Metadata

• Resource discovery
• metadata increases the odds that users will be
  able to retrieve appropriate information and
  assess its relevance, usefulness and availability

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Other Functions of Metadata

• Ownership and provenance metadata
• for validating information and tracking use
• Rights and permissions metadata
• for controlling access
• Content ratings metadata
• a key component of some web filtering applications

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• Agency responsible for the standard
• The Dublin Core Directorate hosted by the OCLC
  Office of Research and Special Projects
• http//www.dublincore.org/

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Description

• Dublin Core is a set of 15 elements that can be
  used in describing electronic resources
• Dublin Core was designed to provide a simple,
  descriptive metadata standard extensible to web
  resources of any subject or format domain
• The latest is version 1.1, issued July 2, 1999

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The Fifteen Elements

• Title
• Subject
• Description
• Source
• Language
• Relation
• Coverage
• Creator

• Publisher
• Contributor
• Rights
• Data
• Type
• Format
• Identifier

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Benefits of Dublin Core

• It is easy to use
• Each element is optional and repeatable
• Each element has a set of qualifiers that may be
  used to refine the meaning of the element
• Semantic interoperability across disciplines and
  formats

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Benefits of Dublin Core

• The Dublin Core elements can be mapped to MARC
  records
• It is international in scope
• Dublin Core can readily be represented in HTML
  and in XML

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