indicates special information needed by the Browser to set refresh modes, time delays, and the next URL to go to.
As an aide to adding authority control to web pages, the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative has created a set of META tags that are suggested for insertion into the HEAD area of web pages. These META tags are used to define the Title, Creator, Subject (Keywords), Type of page, URL, and Language much like an in-text cataloguing page. The project has developed a Dublin Core Metadata Element Setof tags. The Nordic Metadata Project has developed a simple DC TEMPLATE at: http://www.lub.lu.se/cgi-bin/nmdc.pl?lang=en&save-info=on&simple=1 to help you create your own Dublin Core META tags. The Nordic web site page form is copied here in the event you do not have an Internet connection.(Note: You will not be able to access the help information without connectivity...)
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The full 15 tag Dublin Core Template includes a Simple (*) Template:
- *1-TITLE (of the resource to be described)
- *2-CREATOR (Name of the person or organization primarily responsible for creating the intellectual content)
- *3-SUBJECT: Keywords (Your own keywords describing the topic of the resource)
- 3-SUBJECT: Controlled vocabulary (Keywords from established schemes)
- 3-SUBJECT: Classification (Notations for the resource)
- 4-DESCRIPTION (Abstract, content description)
- 5-PUBLISHER (University department, corporate entity etc.)
- 6-CONTRIBUTOR (Name of significant contributors other than the creator)
- 7-DATE (Date associated with the creation or availability of the resource)
- *8-TYPE (Category of the resource)
- 9-FORMAT (Data representation of the resource, MIME type)
- *10-IDENTIFIER: URL (Location of the document. Start with 'http://')
- *10-IDENTIFIER (String or number used to uniquely identify the resource described by this metadata)
- 11-SOURCE (Unique string or number for a printed or digital work from which this resource is derived)
- *12-LANGUAGE (of the content of the resource described)
- 13-RELATION (Relationship to other resources)
- 14-COVERAGE (Spatial and/or temporal characteristics of the resource)
- 15-RIGHTS (Link to a copyright notice etc.)
Metatags can also be used to enable one page to automatically launch another either immediately, or after a pre-set time interval. (This is one of the techniques used to 'spawn' all those advertising pages you get when you surf over to an advertiser-supported "Free" web site...) EXAMPLE: <meta http-equiv="Refresh" content="1; url=nexthtml.htm">.
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