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[Dublin Core Metadata Initiative] An organization dedicated to promoting the widespread adoption of interoperable metadata standards and developing specialized metadata vocabularies for describing resources that enable more intelligent information discove

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[Dublin Core Metadata Initiative] An organization dedicated to promoting the widespread adoption of interoperable metadata standards and developing specialized metadata vocabularies for describing resources that enable more intelligent information discovery systems.

¶ The original workshop for the Initiative was held in Dublin, Ohio in 1995. Hence the term 'Dublin Core' in the name of the Initiative.

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Dublin Core 1995

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