Simple Dublin Core Metadata

Simple Dublin Core is a set of fifteen standard names for metadata fields designed to cover the most useful items of information on a document. From the Dublin Core site FAQ: “Dublin Core metadata provides card catalog-like definitions for defining the properties of objects for Web-based resource discovery systems.” For more information, refer to the Usage Guide:http://www.dublincore.org/documents/usageguide/.

By using the Metadata Server Control, you automatically create seven of the fifteen Dublin Core metadata fields. These fields are automatically filled with the information from the equivalent Ektron CMS400.NET property. Below is a list of the seven fields and their Ektron CMS400.NET equivalent. For more information on the Metadata Server Control, see MetaData Server Control.

See the List of Seven Fields and their Ektron CMS400.NET Equivalents

Dublin Core Field Name	Ektron CMS400.NET Property
DC.title	Content block title
DC.description	Plain text version of a content summary
DC.contributor	Content block last editor name
DC.date	Content block last edit date
DC.format	“text/html”
DC.identifier	URL of current page (from ASP.NET Server.Request object)
DC.language	CMS language cookie / current site language, expressed as a .NET System.Globalization Culture Name

Learn About Creating the Additional Fields

Creating the Additional Eight Fields

To fully comply with the Simple Dublin Core metadata element set, the administrator must create the remaining eight Dublin Core fields as standard Ektron CMS400.NET Metadata definitions and apply them to all Ektron CMS400.NET folders. Next, CMS users complete the appropriate values for each content block.

Warning! When creating the Dublin Core metadata fields in the Metadata section of the Workarea, you do not need to create the first seven fields in the table above. In addition, the names of the fields you create must match the names below. For example, in the name field, enter “DC.subject”. The DC identifies the metadata as Dublin Core metadata.

The remaining eight Simple Dublin Core fields are described below:

 

Note: These descriptions are from the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative site. For a more detailed description, visit http://www.dublincore.org.

DC.subject - The topic of the content of the resource. Typically, a Subject is expressed as keywords, key phrases, or classification codes that describe the topic of the resource.

DC.type - The nature or genre of the content of the resource. Type includes terms describing general categories, functions, genres, or aggregation levels for content.

DC.source - A reference to a resource from which the present resource is derived. For example, DC.source=”Image from page 54 of the 1922 edition of Romeo and Juliet”

DC.relation - A reference to a related resource.

DC.coverage - The extent or scope of the content of the resource. Coverage typically includes spatial location (a place name or geographic co-ordinates), temporal period (a period label, date, or date range) or jurisdiction (such as a named administrative entity). Examples: DC.coverage=”1995-1996”, DC.coverage=”Boston, MA”, DC.coverage=”17th century” or DC.coverage=”Upstate New York”.

DC.creator - An entity primarily responsible for making the content of the resource.

DC.publisher - The entity responsible for making the resource available.

DC.rights - Information about rights held in and over the resource. Typically, a Rights element contains a rights management statement for the resource, or reference a service providing such information.