Was Dublin Core metadata designed to be used only to describe digital and Web-based resources?
No. The scope of the Dublin Core was specifically designed to provide a metadata vocabulary of “core” properties able to provide basic descriptive information about any kind of resource, regardless of the media format, area of specialization or cultural origin. It is important that a semantic model used for resource discovery is not dependent on the medium of the resource it means to describe. The Dublin Core metadata vocabulary is the result of many years of collaborative research to determine a common set of properties universal for describing any type of resource. The use of a standardized general classifications system also enables metadata of such collections to be combined and for knowledge contained within each collection to be shared. Since most Dublin Core implementations only need to process a resource’s descriptive metadata, the medium of that resource becomes a non-issue. This enables DC metadata to be used by museums and other organizations interested in cataloging special
