# Dublin Core (DC)

> The Dublin Core Schema is a small set of vocabulary terms that can be used to describe several...

- Page: https://library.schematica.io/model/df6b2161196d4244bce83bc87e0fee80
- Model type: Ontology
- License: CC0 1.0
- Access type: Free
- Access method: Download
- Model size: Small
- Formats: OWL
- Domains: Tech / IT
- Audiences: Developer, Researcher
- External link: https://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/DC
- Contact: Kim Durante (kdurante@stanford.edu)
- Listed in library: 2025-06-12
- Last updated: 2025-09-10

## Use cases

### Digital Library & Repository Metadata (Tech / IT)

Implement Dublin Core metadata standards in digital libraries, institutional repositories, and archives to provide standardized resource description, enabling consistent cataloging and discovery of digital collections across platforms.

### Linked Data & Semantic Web Applications (Tech / IT)

Utilize Dublin Core vocabulary in linked data projects and semantic web applications to provide foundational metadata properties for resource description, ensuring interoperability across diverse data sources and knowledge graphs.

### Content Management System Integration (Tech / IT)

Integrate Dublin Core metadata schema into content management systems and document management platforms to standardize resource attributes, facilitate content organization, and enable cross-system interoperability.

### Web Resource Description & SEO (Tech / IT)

Use Dublin Core metadata elements to describe web resources, documents, and digital assets for improved search engine optimization, content management, and automated resource discovery on the web.

## Description

## Ontology Info

| Field | Value |
|-------|-------|
| Acronyme | DC |
| Description | The Dublin Core Schema is a small set of vocabulary terms that can be used to describe several kinds of resources. Dublin Core Metadata may be used for multiple purposes, from simple resource description, to combining metadata vocabularies of different metadata standards, to providing interoperability for metadata vocabularies in the Linked Data cloud and Semantic Web implementations. |
| Format | OWL |
| Categories | Other |
| Groups | Bibliographic Materials Group |

## Metrics

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Classes | 11 |
| Individuals | 26 |
| Properties | 0 |
| Max Depth | 0 |
| Max Child Count | 11 |
| Average Child Count | 11 |
| Classes With One Child | 0 |
| Classes With More Than 25 Children | 0 |
| Classes With No Definition | 0 |

## Projects using DC

- [Human Trafficking Vocabulary](https://bioportal.bioontology.org/projects/HUTRO)

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Source: https://library.schematica.io/model/df6b2161196d4244bce83bc87e0fee80