Dublin Core > DTD 4 mapping

The Dublin Core Metadata Element Set (DCMES) is a set of 15 elements defined by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative which can be used to describe any physical or electronic resource. Dublin Core is a de facto standard for encoding metadata which describes documents available on the World Wide Web.

The table below lists each of the 15 Dublin Core elements along with each element's nearest equivalent element in the Blackwell Publishing DTD 4.

Dublin Core element XSL path to nearest equivalent DTD 4 element
Contributor element: content/document/header/namegroup[@type='author']/name[@type='author']
Note: for regular author groups, Creator should be used instead of Contributor
Coverage element: content/publisherinfo/address
Creator element: content/document/header/namegroup[@type='author']/name[@type='author']
Date (created qualifier) element: content/contentinfo/date
Description element: content/document/header/summary
Format attribute: content/contentinfo[@type]
Identifier element: content/contentinfo/idgroup/documentid[@type='doi']
Language attribute: content/contentinfo[@language]
Publisher element: content/publisherinfo/publisher
Relation element: content/document/header/documentinfo/relatedgroup/related
Rights element: content/contentinfo/copyright
Source element: content/document/header/documentinfo/relatedgroup/related[@type='parent']
Subject element: content/document/header/documentinfo/subjectgroup
Note: alternatively the keyword group can be used...
element: content/document/header/keywordgroup/keyword
Title element: content/document/header/titlegroup/title[@type='document']
Type attribute: content/document[@type]

Example: journal article, XML and equivalent Dublin Core record

The title, author, abstract and keyword group for the above article in Blackwell Publishing DTD 4 XML are as follows:


<titlegroup>
    <title type="document">Emotion work in midwifery: a review of 
    current knowledge</title>
</titlegroup>

<namegroup type="author">
<name type="author">
    <forenames>Billie</forenames><x> </x><surname>Hunter</surname><x> </x>
    <qualifications>
      <smallcapitals>BN RN RM HV PGDipMid  PGCE</smallcapitals>
    </qualifications>
    <link rid="a1"></link>
</name>
<address><span id="a1"><number></number>Lecturer in Midwifery/Research Fellow, 
School of Health Sciences, University of Wales Swansea, 
Swansea, UK</span></address>
</namegroup>

<summary>
<p><abstractinfo>Emotion work in midwifery: a review of current 
knowledge</abstractinfo></p>
<p><b>Aim of the paper.</b>&ensp;To review the literature relating to 
emotional labour in the workplace and identify potential sources of 
emotion within midwifery work.</p>
<p><b>Rationale.</b>&ensp;There is substantial evidence to indicate that 
the quality of the relationship between midwife and woman is significant 
in determining the quality of the childbirth experience for women. Despite 
this, there is a notable lack of research regarding midwives’ experiences 
of participating in this relationship, and even less regarding the emotional 
issues involved.</p>
<p><b>Method.</b>&ensp;Literature review of relevant midwifery, nursing 
and sociological literature. Discussion of the theoretical perspectives 
provided by sociological and nursing research relating to the management of 
emotion at work and critical consideration of their application to an analysis 
of midwifery work.</p>
<p><b>Findings.</b>&ensp;Although these theoretical perspectives may 
offer significant insights of relevance to midwifery, there is much more 
that needs to be uncovered. Midwifery work has the potential for creating high 
levels of emotion work and current changes in the organization of United 
Kingdom (UK) maternity care may further increase this.</p>
<p><b>Conclusion.</b>&ensp;It is essential that midwives 
develop their understanding of emotion at work in order to improve their 
own working lives, and to meet the needs of childbearing women and their families. 
More research is needed in this field to develop a body of knowledge to inform 
midwifery education and practice.</p></summary>

<keywordgroup>
<heading id="h5" level="4" format="inline">Keywords: </heading><x> </x>
<keyword>emotional labour</keyword><x>, </x>
<keyword>emotion work</keyword><x>, </x>
<keyword>midwifery</keyword><x>, </x>
<keyword>midwife–woman relationships</keyword><x>, </x>
<keyword>feeling rules</keyword><x>, </x>
<keyword>division of labour</keyword><x>, </x>
<keyword>intimacy</keyword>
</keywordgroup>

The equivalent Dublin Core markup for the above elements is shown below (titlegroup=Title; namegroup=Creator; keywordgroup=Subject; summary=Description). Note that the Dublin Core syntax can be represented in any encoding such as HTML, RDF/XML or a generic 'field=value' form, depending on what usage is required. The example below shows this more generic form of encoding, but an encoding of the same material in RDF is also available. Dublin Core concepts are equally applicable to virtually any file format, as long as the metadata is in a form suitable for interpretation both by search engines and human beings. (See http://dublincore.org/documents/usageguide/#whichsyntax for more information on this.)

Title=       "Emotion work in midwifery: a review of current knowledge"
Creator=     "Hunter, Billie"
Subject=     "emotional labour, emotion work, midwifery, midwife-woman relationships, 
             feeling rules, division of labour, intimacy"
Description="Aim of the paper. To review the literature relating to 
             emotional labour in the workplace and identify potential 
             sources of emotion within midwifery work. Rationale. There 
             is substantial evidence to indicate that the quality of the 
             relationship between midwife and woman is significant in determining 
             the quality of the childbirth experience for women. Despite this, 
             there is a notable lack of research regarding midwives' experiences of 
             participating in this relationship, and even less regarding the emotional 
             issues involved. Method. Literature review of relevant midwifery, nursing 
             and sociological literature. Discussion of the theoretical perspectives 
             provided by sociological and nursing research relating to the management 
             of emotion at work and critical consideration of their application to 
             an analysis of midwifery work. Findings. Although these theoretical 
             perspectives may offer significant insights of relevance to midwifery, 
             there is much more that needs to be uncovered. Midwifery work has the 
             potential for creating high levels of emotion work and current changes 
             in the organization of United Kingdom (UK) maternity care may further 
             increase this. Conclusion. It is essential that midwives develop their 
             understanding of emotion at work in order to improve their own working 
             lives, and to meet the needs of childbearing women and their families. 
             More research is needed in this field to develop a body of knowledge to
             inform midwifery education and practice."
Date=        "2001-05-07"
Format=      "text/html"
Language=    "en"
Publisher=   "Blackwell Science Ltd"

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