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DC-dot, UKOLN's Web-based Dublin Core (DC) generator and editor, has
recently been enhanced in various ways. It now
- optionally generates a Resource Description Framework (RDF) view of DC
(the RDF generated conforms to the most recent draft of the RDF Model
and Syntax Specification).
- extracts metadata from Microsoft Office files (MS Word, Powerpoint,
etc.) as well as from HTML Web pages.
- performs some simple validation of any existing DC META tags embedded in
the Web page being described.
A major re-write of DC-dot is planned, primarily to provide support for
repeated elements and 'qualified' DC.
DC-dot is available at
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcdot/
A simple set of DC-dot exercises, intended both as an introduction to the
functionality of DC-dot and to the Dublin Core in general, is available
from the same page. These exercises form part of a larger set of material
developed for a half-day session on metadata at the Institutional Web
Management workshop held at Newcastle University in September. The full
set of materials, including slides, exercises on metadata
tools/applications and ideas for group work is available from
http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/web-focus/metadata/seminar-materials/
Andy.
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