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Metadata Resources @ BGSU: Dublin Core

What are the core elements?

There are many potential elements that can be used in Dublin Core.  Here are the 15 basic elements that we as an institution suggest you use whenever possible:

  • Title
  • Creator
  • Subject
  • Description
  • Publisher
  • Contributor
  • Date
  • Type
  • Format
  • Identifier
  • Source
  • Language
  • Relation
  • Source
  • Coverage
  • Rights

Core Elements @ BGSU

This is a list of suggested tags only.

  • Title
  • Author
  • Keyword
  • Description
  • College or Department
  • Rights Statement
  • Date
  • Type

Examples

Example of an undergraduate research paper record.

Public TagDublin Core ElementInformation
Advisor/Contributor dc.contributor.advisor Metadata, Jane, Dr.
Creator/Author dc.creator Public, John Q.
Date Created dc.date.created 2012-12
Description/Abstract/Summary dc.description.abstract This project is about creating a metadata libguide!
Language dc.language.iso en_US
Subject/Keyword dc.subject.lcsh Metadata
Title dc.title Metadata Fun and You!
Type dc.type Text
Institution dc.publisher.OLinstitution Bowling Green State University
Publisher dc.publisher.OLrepository BGSU: Undergraduate Research and Scholarship
Degree dc.degree.discipline Library Science