A Proposal Based on Dublin Core for Cataloging Metadata of Government Data Sources

• Hudson A. B. da Silva Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
• João V. dos Santos Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
• José Eduardo M. Jochem Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
• Ana Fleck Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
• Ronaldo dos Santos Mello Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC) https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4262-5474
• Carina Friedrich Dorneles Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)
• Renato Fileto Federal University of Santa Catarina (UFSC)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5753/sbbd.2024.243162

Abstract

This work emphasizes the application of the Dublin Core (DC) standard to facilitate the retrieval, sharing, information extraction, and metric analysis of Brazilian governmental data sources. A total of 31 useful metadata elements were identified, analyzed, selected, and specified for the cataloging and interoperability of datasets. These elements were divided into two levels of granularity: general and specific. Unlike related works, this proposal extends 11 standard DC elements with 20 additional descriptors specific to the context of metadata from Brazilian governmental data sources and compares current metadata management tools.

Keywords: metadata, dublin core, gervernment data

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