DC-2006 - Tutorial - Basic Syntax

October 2006Basic SyntaxTutorial 2 – DC-2006, Manzanillo, MexicoAndy Powell, Eduserv Foundationandy.powell@eduserv.org.ukwww.eduserv.org.uk/foundationAbout me…• Andy Powell• Eduserv Foundation– UK charitable body with a mission to support the effective application of information and communication technology in education• member of the DC Usage Board• chair of the DC Architecture Working GroupDC-2006 - Tutorial - Basic Syntax - Colima, Mexico October 2006About you…• How many of you are librarians?• How many of you are software developers (computer programmers)• How many of you have created a Dublin Core description in HTML (or XML or RDF/XML)?DC-2006 - Tutorial - Basic Syntax - Colima, Mexico October 2006Contents• an abstract model for DC (30 mins)• encoding DC in HTML (15 mins)• issues around DC in XML and DC in RDF (10 mins)• 2 practical examples– OAI Protocol forMetadata Harvestingand RSS (20 mins)DC-2006 - Tutorial - Basic Syntax - Colima, Mexico October 2006Important DCMI documents• DCMI Abstract Modelhttp://dublincore.org/documents/abstract-model/• Expressing Dublin Core in HTML/XHTML meta and link elementshttp://dublincore.org/documents/dcq-html/• Guidelines for implementing Dublin Core in XMLhttp://dublincore.org/documents/dc-xml-guidelines/• Expressing Simple Dublin Core in RDF/XMLdocuments/dcmes-xml/• Expressing Qualified Dublin Core in RDF/XMLhttp://dublincore.org/documents/dcq-rdf-xml/• Namespace Policy for the ...