Use of Dublin Core Metadata Scheme for images retrieval in cultural heritage institutions.

• Main Author: Teo, Choon Boon.
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Digital libraries and information portals; DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Information organization
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/1875
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Some cultural heritage institutions are using the Dublin Core (DC) Metadata Element Set to index their resources because of its simplicity and extensive use in the Internet realm. This study is to determine how effective DC elements were in providing access points in image databases in those institu...