publisher

• Obligation:  See Application Profiles
• Occurrence:  See Application Profiles
• Conditions:  See Application Profiles
• Scheme:  See Application Profiles

Element Semantics (Definition)

An entity responsible for making the resource available.

General

• Name:  publisher
• Label:  Publisher
• Namespace:  http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/
• Registration Authority:  Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)
• Notes:  Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organization, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity.

Best Practices

Metadata Encodings Examples

• Resource Description Framework (RDF/XML)
  

  <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
  <rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf='http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#'
      xmlns:dc='http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/'>
  <rdf:Description>
      <dc:publisher>
      UKOLN, University of Bath
      </dc:publisher>
  </rdf:Description>
  </rdf:RDF>

• XML (Tags & Attributes)
  

  <?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
  <record xmlns:dc='http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/'>
  <dc:publisher>
      UKOLN, University of Bath
  </dc:publisher>
  </record>

• Crosswalks
  IEEE LOM: 2.3.2:LifeCycle.Contributor.Entity (when 2.3.1:LifeCycle.Contributor.Role = 'Publisher')
  MARC: 260$b (Publication, Distribution, etc. Imprint)/Name of publisher, distributor, etc.)