Open AccessPrinciple violations revisiting the Dublin Core 1:1 Principle
Author(s) -
Urban Richard J.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
proceedings of the american society for information science and technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1550-8390
pISSN - 0044-7870
DOI - 10.1002/meet.14504701441
Subject(s) - metadata , confusion , core (optical fiber) , computer science , scale (ratio) , epistemology , world wide web , data science , philosophy , psychology , geography , telecommunications , psychoanalysis , cartography
Although many best practice documents encourage Dublin Core metadata creators to “obey the 1:1 Principle,” this recommendation has proven “extremely confusing” in practice. The impact of this confusion is widespread violations of the Principle that inhibit the ability of large‐scale metadata aggregations to provide useful services. A preliminary operational definition of the 1:1 Principle that identifies of non‐conformant descriptions is explored.