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DCMI

Expanded name

Dublin Core Metadata Initiative

Date of establishment

1995

URL

http://dublincore.org [external]

Objectives

To promote the widespread adoption of interoperable metadata standards, and developing specialized metadata vocabularies for describing resources that enable more intelligent information discovery systems.

Areas of Activity

Working groups operate on the following topics: Administrative Metadata, Agents, Architecture, Citation, Collection Description, Education, Government, Libraries, Registry, Standards, Tools, Type, and User Guide. In addition, there are interest groups on Accessibility, Business, Environment, Kernel/Electronic Resource Citation (ERC) and Localisation and Internationalisation.

Membership

DCMI is an open forum which characterises itself as being "built on a community of individuals from many different backgrounds and disciplines located in organisations and institutions all over the world". DCMI has a formally defined organisational structure, with a Board of Trustees, Directorate, Advisory Board and Working Groups.

Standards Sponsored

Dublin Core: Dublin Core Metadata Element Set
Dublin Core - DCMI Metadata Terms: Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Terms

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