DC-dot

Dublin Core metadata editor

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Type the URL of the page you want to describe...



Attempt to determine DC.Publisher automatically (may be slow)
Display as RDF

DC-dot news

[new] DC-dot now conforms with the Expressing Dublin Core in HTML/XHTML meta and link elements recommendation.

Documentation is now available describing the CGI parameters supported by DC-dot.

DC-dot now supports an XML 'display format' that fully conforms with the Guidelines for implementing Dublin Core in XML recommendation.

DC-assist - is a small, flexible help utility for metadata applications and is intended to complement the help pages embedded within existing software.

DC-dot is now conformant with DC 1.1 and partially conformant with the recommended DC qualifiers. [more]

You can now use DC-dot to generate <meta> tags that conform to the XHTML 1.0 specification. [more]

DC-dot does IMS! Convert your Dublin Core to IMS metadata. Select 'Other formats', 'IMS', 'Create'. [more]

Add a DC-dot button to your browser! Drag this link [ DC-dot] to your 'personal toolbar'. Now you can click on the DC-dot button, wherever you are, to create Dublin Core metadata about the current page. [more]

DC-dot now extracts metadata from Microsoft Word and PowerPoint files as well as HTML Web pages.

New to DC-dot and the Dublin Core? Try this simple set of DC-dot exercises.

Is your embedded Dublin Core valid? DC-dot performs some simple checks on any metadata it finds in your Web page.

This service will retrieve a Web page and automatically generate Dublin Core metadata, either as HTML <meta> tags or as RDF/XML, suitable for embedding in the <head>...</head> section of the page. The generated metadata can be edited using the form provided and converted to various other formats (USMARC, SOIF, IAFA/ROADS, TEI headers, GILS, IMS or RDF) if required. Optional, context sensitive, help is available while editing.

The Dublin Core is a metadata element set intended to facilitate discovery of electronic resources. Originally conceived for author-generated description of Web resources, it has attracted the attention of formal resource description communities such as museums, libraries, government agencies and commercial organizations.

News from the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative

DC-2006 Preliminary Program published, registration is now open - 2006-07-05, The <a href="http://dc2006.ucol.mx/program.htm">preliminary program</a> for DC-2006, to be held in Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico on 3-7 October 2006, is now available from the <a href="http://dc2006.ucol.mx/">conference Web site</a>. The conference features two keynotes, one on 3 October by Abel Packer of BIREME in Brazil and one on 6 October by Michael Crandall of the Information School at the University of Washington. In three plenary and four parallel paper sessions, 21 long and 7 short papers will be presented, while an additional seven papers will be read in a special session for reports on Portuguese and Spanish language projects. Furthermore, in the workshop track 13 working group sessions and eight special sessions are on the program. One each of the four conference days, a set of tutorials will introduce basic as well as more advanced concepts related to the implementation of Dublin Core metadata in practice. (//)

Follow-up for Public Comment on DC-XML and DC-RDF - 2006-07-05, Public Comment was held from 30 May through 27 June 2006 on revised guidelines for expressing Dublin Core metadata in <a href="http://dublincore.org/documents/2006/05/29/dc-xml/">XML</a> and in <a href="http://dublincore.org/documents/2006/05/29/dc-rdf/">RDF</a>. A <a href="http://dublincore.org/architecturewiki/DCRDFTaskforce/PublicCommentJune2006">report on issues raised</a> will serve as the basis for further updates of the RDF expression. (//)

Feedback to DCMI committees - 2006-05-15, In response to requests from the community, the DCMI Web site now contains facilities for sending messages to several DCMI committees (the <a href="http://dublincore.org/about/trustees/">DCMI Board of Trustees</a>, the <a href="http://dublincore.org/about/directorate/">DCMI Directorate</a>, the <a href="http://dublincore.org/usage/">DCMI Usage Board</a> and the <a href="http://dublincore.org/about/advisory/">DCMI Advisory Board</a>) from their Web pages as well as through the <a href="http://dublincore.org/about/contact/">feedback page</a>. (//)

Revised recommendations for DCMI DCSV, DCMI Period, DCMI Point and DCMI Box published - 2006-04-10, Following a public comment period, revised specifications for <a href="http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-dcsv/">DCMI DCSV</a>, <a href="http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-period/">DCMI Period</a>, <a href="http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-point/">DCMI Point</a>, and <a href="http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-box/">DCMI Box</a> have superseded older versions as <a href="http://dublincore.org/documents/#recommendations">DCMI Recommendations</a>. (//)

Created by: Andy Powell
Maintained by: UKOLN Systems Support Team
Last updated: 3-Aug-2000

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 DC-dot was developed by Andy Powell, UKOLN, University of Bath.

UKOLN is funded by Resource: The Council for Museums, Archives & Libraries,
the Joint Information Systems Committee of the Higher Education Funding Councils,
as well as by project funding from the JISC and the European Union.
UKOLN also receives support from the University of Bath where it is based.