Warwick Workshop Dublin Core issues acknowledged:
Semantics and Syntax Trade-offs
- Loosely-defined “Core” vs. standards
requirements
- Rich semantics (more elements) vs. ease of use
- Less definition of syntax vs. high
interoperability
“Core” restricted to descriptive data
elements
- excludes rights management, administrative,
structural, and other specialized metadata
What about “Core’s” relationship to
other emerging metadata schemes