Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
The Dublin Core Metadata
Initiative (DCMI) is an organisation dedicated to promoting
the widespread adoption of interoperable metadata standards and
developing specialised metadata vocabularies for describing
resources that enable more intelligent information discovery
systems. DCMI is the maintenance agency for the Dublin Core
standard (ISO 15836), the most widely used international
standard for metadata description, and is responsible for its
development, standardisation and promotion.
The UK is at the forefront of the development of common global
standards for the Internet and has played a pivotal role in the
development and adoption of the Dublin Core. Since 2004 MLA,
together with the Joint
Information Systems Committee (JISC), has been formally
involved in the development of the standard as the UK Affiliate
of the DCMI.
UKOLN, a centre of
expertise in digital information management, based at the
University of Bath and funded jointly by MLA and JISC, was one
of the early advocates of the Dublin Core. As part of the UK
affiliation, UKOLN acts as adviser on the implementation and
technical development of the standard in the UK.
An annual report on the UK affiliation is produced every year:
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