- Is Dublin Core being supported by common tools? Think not of OPACs and digitization programs, but more common web tools.
- How well is Dublin Core being adopted outside of the library/information community?
- Are tools such as RSS using Dublin Core?
Tuesday, November 29, 2005
Dublin Core questions asked by a reader. Can you give answers?
A reader has asked about the adoption rate of Dublin Core outside of the library/information profession. Here are his questions, as I understand them. Maybe you can comment with you thoughts and answers, and help me give him the information he desires.
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A quick search on Google turns up a surprising amount of material:
http://tinyurl.com/dpc7s
...using the terms "RSS and Dublin Core usage."
Weblog 2.0 specifically uses Dublin Core modules (this is the tool that runs www.webreference.com); RSSWriter will accomodate the use of Dublin Core; and a Dlib article from December 2004, addresses the use of RSS, along with Dublin Core in science publishing: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december04/hammond/12hammond.html
So I would say, yes, the non-library community is certainly grappling with the use of the Dublin Core and in particular, with the use of RSS.
Dennis
There is also a Dublin Core Corporate Circle http://dublincore.org/groups/corporate/ that discusses use of DC in corporate/enterprise settings. Some of the participants may be coming from the LIS community, but the applications seem to be non-LIS.
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