Dublin Core -- a Thick Registry
Standards specifications in a central database or repository -- a "thick" registry
To manage a namespace (as a standards agency)
- Translations of the namespace in multiple languages
Didactic interfaces to guide users
Machine-readable input to software tools
- for generating, editing, validating, localizing DC metadata
Under discussion:
- Machine-readable mappings (crosswalks) to related standards
- Harvest and index DC-based application profiles