Dublin Core is still dead
Abstract
Purpose
This article aims to update an earlier article by the same author published in Library Hi Tech News in 2004 and analyses the failure of the Dublin Core metadata standard.
Design/methodology/approach
The article is a commentary.
Findings
The article finds that the Dublin Core metadata standard is moribund and that a newer, competing standard has rendered it essentially useless.
Originality/value
The paper updates Dublin Core’s increasing obsolescence and will help librarians understand the standard’s rapid rise and slow fall.
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Citation
Beall, J. (2014), "Dublin Core is still dead", Library Hi Tech News, Vol. 31 No. 9, pp. 11-13. https://doi.org/10.1108/LHTN-07-2014-0058
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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