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oai:dcpapers.dublincore.org:952136168 2013-09-02 dc-2013

With a Focused Intent: Evolution of DCMI as a Research Community Beak, Jihee Smiraglia, Richard P. domain analysis DCMI conference proceedings author co-citation analysis co-word analysis, metadata domain The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) has played a pivotal role in developing and nurturing a metadata domain. DCMI’s conference has become an international venue for metadata researchers and professionals. The purpose of this study is to discover the epistemological consensus and social semantics, if any, of a metadata domain based in DCMI conferences. Specifically, we will identify the patterns of emergent and evolving themes over time. To do so we use bibliometric tools including co-word analysis and author co-citation analysis of the DCMI conferences from 2001-2012. The results show a domain with an underlying teleology (Dublin Core metadata) and with social semantics, represented by semantic coherence in the use of terms. Social semantics also demonstrates shared epistemology as revealed by the co-citation perceptions of the domain. The domain clearly has a focused intent, albeit with a limited focus. User groups are missing from the domain’s definition as it emerges in this analysis. Also, there is much room for the domain to nurture so-far under-represented research topics. Dublin Core Metadata Initiative 2013-09-02 Text application/pdf text/html https://doi.org/10.23106/dcmi.952136168 https://dcpapers.dublincore.org/article/952136168 Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Conference Proceedings en https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q68239520 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/