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In an experimental study, 120 participants randomly assigned to two groups were asked to rate the helpfulness of the Dublin Core elements definitions and guidelines while creating metadata records. In contrast to previous studies, findings reveal that participants had problems understanding definitions for the whole element set specified by Dublin Core. This study also reveals that careful attention should be given to the clarity of guidelines as well to ensure correct application of Dublin Core elements.
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Chuttur, M.Y. (2013). Perceived Helpfulness of Dublin Core Semantics: An Empirical Study. In: Garoufallou, E., Greenberg, J. (eds) Metadata and Semantics Research. MTSR 2013. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 390. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-03437-9_14
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