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DCMI term declarations represented in RDF schema language

The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a metadata framework that provides a degree of semantic interoperability among applications that exchange machine-understandable metadata on the Web. RDF Schema is a specification developed and maintained under the auspices of the World Wide Web Consortium. More information is available at http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-schema/.

In accordance with the DCMI Namespace Policy [NAMESPACE], DCMI identifies metadata terms with Uniform Resource Identifiers (URIs) in the four DCMI namespace URIs listed below. These namespace URIs are redirected by the server http://purl.org to RDF schema files on the server http://dublincore.org.

As of 2006-08-28, DCMI identifies these RDF schemas to browsers as being of type "application/rdf+xml". Not all browsers associate a default action with "application/rdf+xml", so users of some browsers may be offered a choice of actions. DCMI plans to improve this situation by putting into place "conditional redirects" to redirect most users from http://purl.org to the documentational Web page "DCMI Metadata Terms" [TERMS].

As the DCMI vocabularies grow and evolve, the PURL redirects are revised to point to successive updated RDF schemas. All historical changes in DCMI vocabularies are recorded in the document "DCMI Metadata Terms: A complete historical record" [HISTORY] and an up-to-date snapshot of latest versions is maintained in the file "DCMI Metadata Terms" [TERMS].

Latest versions

http://purl.org/dc/terms/ (DCMI Metadata Terms)

The DCMI RDF schema for the collection of all DCMI properties, classes and encoding schemes other than the properties in the legacy Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, Version 1.1 [DCMES], the classes in the DCMI Type Vocabulary [DCMI-TYPE] and the terms used in the DCMI Abstract Model.

As of 2008-01-04, the schema associated with http://purl.org/dc/terms/ may be found at http://dublincore.org/2008/01/14/dcterms.rdf.

http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/ (DCMI Type Vocabulary)

The DCMI RDF schema for the collection of classes in the DCMI Type Vocabulary [DCMI-TYPE].

As of 2008-01-04, the schema associated with http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/ may be found at http://dublincore.org/2008/01/14/dctype.rdf.

http://purl.org/dc/dcam/ (DCMI terms used in the DCMI Abstract Model)

The DCMI RDF schemas for the collection of terms used in the DCMI Abstract Model [DCAM].

As of 2008-01-04, the schema associated with http://purl.org/dc/terms/ may be found at http://dublincore.org/2008/01/14/dcam.rdf.

http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ (The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, Version 1.1 (original 15 elements))

The DCMI RDF schema for the collection of legacy properties that make up the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, Version 1.1 [DCMES].

As of 2008-01-04, the schema associated with http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ may be found at http://dublincore.org/2008/01/14/dcelements.rdf.

Historical versions

The below is a complete historical record of previous versions of the RDF schemas.

http://purl.org/dc/terms/ (DCMI Metadata Terms)

http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/ (DCMI Type Vocabulary)

http://purl.org/dc/dcam/ (DCMI terms used in the DCMI Abstract Model)

http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/ (The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, Version 1.1 (original 15 elements))

References

 [NAMESPACE]

Namespace Policy for the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)
http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-namespace/

 [DCAM]

DCMI Abstract Model
http://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/

 [DCMI-TYPE]

DCMI Type Vocabulary
http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-type-vocabulary/

 [HISTORY]

DCMI Metadata Terms: A complete historical record
http://dublincore.org/usage/terms/history/

 [TERMS]

DCMI Metadata Terms
http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/

 [DCMES]

Dublin Core Metadata Element Set, Version 1.1
http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/

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