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From: Webb, KerryA
Date: Aug 9, 2007 6:00PM

Paul asked:
>
> Which leads me to my next question; does anybody on here use Dublin
> Core metadata? I did last time I had to add metadata, but looking
> around at other reputable sites, it doesn't seem like anyone else
> does. Is Dublin Core not worth adding? Does Dublin core improve SEO,
> or do you need to add seperate metadata for this?
>

Apologies for coming in late to this.

Various governments have mandated the use of metadata on their
government agency websites, generally based on Dublin Core, but it's
fallen out of favour. We in the Australian Capital Territory Government
still require some metadata elements for record-keeping purposes, but
we've acknowledged that subject and keyword metadata isn't much use at
all, even with our internal search facility.

Kerry

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