CWA 15247:2005

Guidance information for the deployment of Dublin Core metadata in Corporate Environments CWA 15247:2005

Scope

Dublin Core is a set of 15 metadata elements (ISO 15836, the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set) used to describe and catalog content so it can be discovered and retrieved. The Dublin Core is the de facto standard for cataloging web content.
This Work Item builds on DC-Corporate, a Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) group formed at the DC 2002 meeting to identify and address corporate metadata needs to support modern business organizational functions like internal knowledge management.
The goal of this project is to provide a summary of the ways in which Dublin Core metadata is being used in corporate environments. Information has been gathered through examining listserv archives, interviewing, and surveying corporate metadata professionals on the phone and via email, and through the experience and knowledge of the project team.