
DCMI: Home
Apr 30, 2025 · The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) is an open forum engaged in metadata innovation and support the development of interoperable online metadata standards that …
DCMI Metadata Terms
This document is an up-to-date specification of all metadata terms maintained by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, including properties, vocabulary encoding schemes, syntax encoding …
DCMI: Dublin Core™
Jul 3, 2015 · DCMI has been publishing specifications, mostly related to the "Dublin Core" vocabularies, for more than twenty years. The full range of recommendations is collected here.
About DCMI
The Dublin Core™ Metadata Initiative, or "DCMI", is an organization supporting innovation in metadata design and best practices across the metadata ecology. DCMI works openly, and it …
DCMI Specifications
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DCMI: Dublin Core™ User Guide
Describes how to use DCMI properties, which are grouped into sections that use similar usage guidelines and similar examples. Links to RDF syntax examples in Publishing Metadata.
DCMI: Metadata Basics
A brief introduction to DCMI by Tom Baker as presented at the DCMI Virtual 2021 conference, 4 October 2021 (YouTube).
Dublin Core Academy | Dublin Core Academy
Dec 11, 2025 · The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) is a project of ASIS&T—a U.S. 501 (c) (3) nonprofit under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to DCMI through ASIS&T …
DCMI Abstract Model
Jun 4, 2007 · This document specifies an abstract model for DCMI metadata descriptions.
DCMI: Using Dublin Core™ - The Elements
This document is intended as an entry point for users of Dublin Core. For non-specialists, it will assist them in creating simple descriptive records for information resources (for example, …