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XML namespace

Dublin Core (elements 1.1)

Fifteen general-purpose metadata terms: creator, date, title, subject, rights and friends.

xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"

Dublin Core is the most widely reused metadata vocabulary in XML. It shows up inside RSS and RDF feeds, publishing formats, library catalogues and repository exports, usually to supply an author or a date the host format lacks.

RSS feeds commonly use <dc:creator> for a byline because RSS 2.0's own <author> element is specified to hold an email address.

URI
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
Prefix
dc
Elements
creatordatetitlesubjectdescriptionpublisherrights

Specification: DCMI Terms

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