May 23, 2021 RDF
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) has created a number of predefined properties to describe the document.
RDF is metadata (data about data). RDF is used to describe information resources.
The Dublin Core is a set of predefined properties for describing documents.
The first Dublin Core Attribute was defined in 1995 by the Metadata Working Group in Dublin, Ohio, and is currently maintained by the Dublin Metadata Initiative.
| Property | Defined |
|---|---|
| Contributor | An entity (such as an author) responsible for contributing to the content of a resource. |
| Coverage | The atmosphere or scope of the resource content |
| Creator | An entity that is responsible for creating resource content. |
| Format | The representation of physical or digital resources. |
| Date | The date of an event in the resource lifecycle. |
| Description | A description of the content of the resource. |
| Identifier | An explicit reference to a resource in a given context |
| Language | The language in which resource intelligence content is content. |
| Publisher | An entity that is responsible for making resource content available |
| Relation | A reference to a related resource |
| Rights | Information about the rights reserved within and above the resource |
| Source | A reference to a resource that is the source of the current resource. |
| Subject | The subject of a resource content |
| Title | A name given to a resource |
| Type | The type or type of resource content. |
By browsing this table above, we can see that RDF is ideal for representing Dublin's core information.
The following example demonstrates the use of Dublin core properties in an RDF document: