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# 5.5. Metadata

- 5.5.1. Overview
- 5.5.2. Dublin Core

## 5.5.1. Overview

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Metadata in the application is a simple string key/value store. Keys are unique.

## 5.5.2. Dublin Core

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It is recommended that creators annotate datasets with the standard Dublin Core metadata terms, summarized in the following table:

### 5.5.2.2. Recommended Metadata

Name | Description
--- | ---
dc:title | The dataset title.
dc:creator | The dataset creator.
dc:subject | The dataset subject.
dc:description | A human-readable description of the dataset.
dc:publisher | A organization publishing the dataset.
dc:contributor | The contributors to the dataset.
dc:date | The dataset publication or creation date.
dc:type | The type (recommended: "dataset").
dc:format | The format (recommended: "com.io7m.laurel").
dc:identifier | The dataset identifier.
dc:source | The dataset source URI.
dc:language | The dataset language.
dc:rights | The dataset rights/license.

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