Title: Dublin core and museum information: metadata as cultural heritage data

Authors: Liddy Nevile, Sophie Lissonnet

Addresses: La Trobe University, Kingsbury Drive, Bundoora, Victoria 3086, Australia. ' Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER), 19 Prospect Hill Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia

Abstract: In 2000, the museum community reported on the use of Dublin Core metadata in the museum context and proposed a broader set of elements for museums. Since then, Dublin Core metadata has evolved and it is now possible to use rich descriptions (data) and Semantic Web technologies and maintain the interoperability of Dublin Core metadata. This paper reviews the museum experience in the light of developments in the DCMES. It is based on recent experience with a virtual museum of Indigenous culture using Metadata Application Profiles (MAPs) and schema cross-walks.

Keywords: Dublin Core; metadata; metadata vocabularies; application profiles; museums; cultural heritage; Quinkan indigenous community; case studies.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMSO.2006.012344

International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, 2006 Vol.1 No.3, pp.198 - 206

Published online: 06 Feb 2007 *

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