Dublin Core Registry

Our Dublin Core Registry gives you official information about Dublin Core metadata terms, including te reo Māori (Māori language) terms. This information will help you define metadata schemes.

National Library Dublin Core Registry website

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Web Curator Tool

The Web Curator Tool is for managing the selective web harvesting process. The tool is designed for use in libraries and other collecting organisations. It supports collection by non-technical users while still allowing complete control of the web harvesting process.

The Web Curator Tool was released as open-source software and can be downloaded from the SourceForge website.

Download the Web Curator Tool from SourceForge

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Metadata Extraction Tool

The Metadata Extraction Tool programmatically extracts preservation metadata from the headers of a range of file formats, including PDF documents, image files, sound files and Microsoft Word documents. The metadata is output in a standard format for uploading into a preservation metadata repository.

The Metadata Extraction Tool was released as open-source software and can be downloaded from the SourceForge website.

Download the Metadata Extraction Tool from SourceForge

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Metadata Standards Framework

Our Metadata Standards Framework defines the metadata standards environment for the National Library. We have made the Framework documents and other resources available to download.

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