ISO/IEC 19788-2:2026

International
Standard
ISO/IEC 19788-2
Second edition
Information technology for
2026-09
learning, education and training —
Metadata for learning resources —
Part 2:
Dublin Core properties
Reference number
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Symbols and abbreviated terms. 1
5 Resource classes from other standards or locally defined . 2
5.1 General .2
5.2 The resource class “Resource” .2
5.3 The resource class “Person”.2
5.4 The resource class “Information resource” .2
5.5 The resource class “Right statement” .3
6 Properties whose domain is class Information Resource . 3
6.1 General .3
6.2 Title (P0100) .3
6.3 Creator (P0200) .4
6.4 Subject (P0300) . .4
6.5 Description (P0400) .5
6.6 Publisher (P0500) .6
6.7 Contributor (P0600) .6
6.8 Date (P0700) .7
6.9 Type (P0800).7
6.10 Format (P0900) .8
6.11 Identifier (P1000) .8
6.12 Source (P1100) .9
6.13 Language (P1200) .10
6.14 Relation (P1300) .10
6.15 Coverage (P1400) .11
6.16 Rights (P1500) .11
6.17 Creator (P1600) . 12
6.18 Subject (P1700) . 12
6.19 Description (P1800) . 13
6.20 Publisher (P1900) .14
6.21 Contributor (P2000) .14
6.22 Source (P2100) . 15
6.23 Relation (P2200) . 15
6.24 Rights (P2300) .16
7 Generic content value rule sets from other standards or locally defined .16
7.1 Generic content value rule sets from 19788-1 and other documents (by reference only) .16
7.2 Global content value rule sets introduced in this document .17
Annex A (informative) UML Class Diagram for Part 2 .18
Bibliography . 19

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Foreword
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This document was prepared by Joint Technical Committee ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology,
Subcommittee SC 36, Information technology for learning, education and training, in collaboration with the
European Committee for Standardization (CEN) Technical Committee CEN/TC 353, Technologies supporting
education and learning processes, in accordance with the Agreement on technical cooperation between ISO
and CEN (Vienna Agreement).
This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition (ISO/IEC 19788-2:2011), which has been technically
revised. It also incorporates the Amendment (ISO/IEC 19788-2:2011/Amd 1:2016).
The main changes are as follows:
— application of the ISO/IEC 19788-1:2024 framework, namely the use of the term ”property” (P) is used
instead of “data element specification” (DES) which becomes deprecated;
— new domain and property attributes, such as Label and Canonical Identifier, are introduced.
A list of all parts in the ISO 19788 series can be found on the ISO and IEC websites.
Any feedback or questions on this document should be directed to the user’s national standards
body. A complete listing of these bodies can be found at www.iso.org/members.html and
www.iec.ch/national-committees.

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Introduction
The ISO/IEC 19788 series specifies, in a rule-based manner, properties and their attributes for the description
of learning resources. This includes the rules governing the identification of properties and the specification
of their attributes. These properties may be used to form the description of a learning resource, i.e. as a
metadata learning resource (MLR) record described in ISO/IEC 19788-8:2015 Data elements for MLR records.
This document uses the property specification model and framework provided in ISO/IEC 19788-1:2024 to
[1]
describe the properties of Dublin Core ISO 15836-1:2017 Core elements and ISO 15836-2:2019 Properties
[2]
and classes so that they can be used with other properties of ISO/IEC 19788 series, addressing specific
user communities' needs for extensions, modularization or refinement.

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International Standard ISO/IEC 19788-2:2026(en)
Information technology for learning, education and
training — Metadata for learning resources —
Part 2:
Dublin Core properties
1 Scope
This document provides a set of properties for the description of learning resources from ISO 15836-1 and
ISO 15836-2 using the framework provided in ISO/IEC 19788-1. This document specifies properties whose
codomain is "literal" (as considered in early Dublin Core) and properties whose codomain is a resource class;
the ISO 15836 series implicitly allowing both. This provides full interoperability at the time of expressing
existing Dublin Core records with MLR, while allowing a linked data approach for the description of learning
resources.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes
requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references,
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO/IEC 19788-1:2024, Information technology for learning, education and training — Metadata for learning
resources — Part 1: Framework
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions ISO/IEC 19788-1 apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
— ISO Online browsing platform: available at https:// www .iso .org/ obp
— IEC Electropedia: available at https:// www .electropedia .org/
4 Symbols and abbreviated terms
BCP Best Current Practice
DC Dublin Core
DCMI Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
DOI Digital Object Identifier
ISAN International Standard Audiovisual Number
ISBN International Standard Book Number
ISIN International Securities Identification Number

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ISMN International Standard Music Number
ISSN International Standard Serial Number
P Property
PRS Predefined Rule Set
PURL Persistent Uniform Resource Locator
RC Resource Class
URI Uniform Resource Identifier
URL Uniform Resource Locator
URN Uniform Resource Name
UUID Universally Unique IDentifier
5 Resource classes from other standards or locally defined
5.1 General
In order to promote the dissemination of this document and not overload it with ontology, the classes and
properties defined in this document are available at: https:// standards .iso .org/ iso -iec/ 19788/ -2/ ed -2/ en.
This ZIP file contains a README.md file with the list of available files, the ontology corresponding to this
document, as well as JSON-LD files containing the linguistic equivalents of names and labels of generic
resource classes, generic properties and generic content value rule sets.
5.2 The resource class “Resource”
Resource class specification
Identifier ISO _IEC _19788 -1: 2024: : RC0001
Canonical identifier ISO_IEC_19788-1::RC0001
Label Resource
5.3 The resource class “Person”
Resource class specification
Identifier ISO _IEC _19788 -1: 2024: : RC0003
Canonical identifier ISO_IEC_19788-1::RC0003
Label Person
5.4 The resource class “Information resource”
Resource class specification
Identifier ISO _IEC _19788 -1: 2024: : RC0004
Canonical identifier ISO_IEC_19788-1::RC0004
Label Information Resource
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5.5 The resource class “Right statement”
Resource class specification
Identifier ISO _IEC _19788 -2: 2026: : RC0001
Canonical identifier ISO_IEC_19788-2::RC0001
Label Rights Statement
Name RightsStatement
Instances of this class are statements about the intellectual
property rights (IPR) held in or over a resource, a legal document
Definition
giving official permission to do something with a resource, or a
statement about access rights.
Subclass of ISO_IEC_19788-1::RC0004 (Information Resource)
1.  The source for understanding and application of IPRs are
the treaties and conventions of the World Intellectual Property
Organization (WIPO)
Note
2.  With respect to IPR of a "copyright" nature pertaining to a
learning resource, one should consider making use of the spec-
ifications found in a "Creative Commons" license
6 Properties whose domain is class Information Resource
6.1 General
These properties are defined in accordance with Figure A.1.
6.2 Title (P0100)
Property specification
Essential attributes
Identifier ISO _IEC _19788 -2: 2026: : P0100
Canonical identifier ISO_IEC_19788-2::P0100
Label title
Name title
Definition Name given to the information resource.
Domain ISO_IEC_19788-1::RC0004 (Information Resource)
Codomain literal
Linguistic indicator linguistic
Content value rules ISO_IEC_19788-1::PRS0001 (MLR string)
Non-essential attributes
Refines -
Example(s) Collection of Golden Leaves (en)
Note(s) 1) Is a subproperty of https:// purl .org/ dc/ elements/ 1 .1/ title (ISO 15836-1:2017).
2) Is a subproperty of https:// purl .org/ dc/ terms/ title (ISO 15836-2:2019).
3) ISO _IEC _19788 -2: 2011: : DES0100 is deprecated.
Best practice(s) -
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6.3 Creator (P0200)
Property specification
Essential attributes
Identifier ISO _IEC _19788 -2: 2026: : P0200
Canonical identifier ISO_IEC_19788-2::P0200
Label creator
Name creator
Definition Entity primarily responsible for making the information resource.
Domain ISO_IEC_19788-1::RC0004 (Information Resource)
Codomain literal
Linguistic indicator linguistic
Content value rules ISO_IEC_19788-1::PRS0001 (MLR string)
Non-essential attributes
Refines ISO _IEC _19788 -2: 2026: : P0600 (Contributor)
Example(s) John Doe
Note(s) 1. A property (P1600) with the same name (creator), but with non-literal content value
is also provided: see subclause 6.17.
2. Is a subproperty of https:// purl .org/ dc/ elements/ 1 .1/ creator (ISO 15836-1:2017).
3. ISO _IEC _19788 -2: 2011: : DES0200 is deprecated
Best practice(s) -
6.4 Subject (P0300)
Property specification
Essential attributes
Identifier ISO _IEC _19788 -2: 2026: : P0300
Canonical identifier ISO_IEC_19788-2::P0300
Label subject
Name subject
Definition Topic of the information resource.
Domain ISO_IEC_19788-1::RC0004 (Information Resource)
Codomain literal
Linguistic indicator linguistic
Content value rules ISO_IEC_19788-1::PRS0001 (MLR string)
Non-essential attributes
Refines -
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Property specification
Example(s) Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (en)
Note(s) 1. Typically, the subject will be represented using keywords, key phrases or
classification codes.
2. A property (P1700) with the same name (subject), but with non-literal content
value is also provided: see subclause 6.18.
3. Is a subproperty of https:// purl .org/ dc/ elements/ 1 .1/ subject
(ISO 15836-1:2017)
4. Is a subproperty of https:// purl .org/ dc/ terms/ subject (ISO 15836-2:2019).
5. ISO _IEC _19788 -2: 2011: : DES0300 is deprecated.
Best practice(s) 1. To describe the spatial or temporal topic of the information resource, use the
ISO _IEC _19788 -2: 2026: : P1400 (coverage) element.
2. Use a controlled vocabulary.
6.5 Description (P0400)
Property specification
Essential attributes
Identifier ISO _IEC _19788 -2: 2026: : P0400
Canonical identifier ISO_IEC_19788-2::P0400
Label description
Name description
Definition Account of the information resource.
Domain ISO_IEC_19788-1::RC0004 (Information Resource)
Codomain literal
Linguistic indicator linguistic
Content value rules ISO_IEC_19788-1::PRS0001 (MLR string)
Non-essential attributes
Refines -
Example(s) This Java applet shows a car moving with constant acceleration. The green control panel
contains text fields where you can vary the values of initial position, initial velocity and
acceleration. (en)
Note(s) 1. Description may include, but is not limited to, an abstract, a table of contents, a
graphical representation, or a free-text account of the information resource.
2. A property (P1800) with the same name (description), but with non-literal
content value is also provided: see subclause 6.19.
3. Is a subproperty of https:// purl .org/ dc/ elements/ 1 .1/ description
(ISO 15836-1:2017)
4. Is a subproperty of https:// purl .org/ dc/ terms/ description (IS
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