Dublin Core Metadata Elements	Definition (Source here)	Sakai Resources - 'Edit Details' Fields	Sakai Behaviour - Auto-Capture or Manual Edit	Sample Content
4.14. Identifier	An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context.	Name	Automatic. Sakai auto-detects the file identifier and records it - but as the default resource Name. The field can be manually edited. (See also: 4.1. Title.)	llp_final_report_ec_v03.pdf
4.1. Title	Lists the name given to the resource.	Name	Automatic. Sakai auto-detects the file identifier and records it as the default resource Name. The field can be manually edited.	Final Report of the Learning Landscape Project
4.8. Creator	An entity primarily responsible for making the content of the resource.	Creator	Manual edit.	Learning Landscape Project
4.10. Contributor	An entity responsible for making contributions to the content of the resource.	Contributor	Manual edit.	Project Team
4.3. Description	An account of the content of the resource.	Description *AND / OR* Abstract	Manual edit.	Final report of the Learning Landscape Project to the University of Cambridge. It was reviewed by the Project Steering Group and the Project Board in June 2008.
4.12. Date	A date associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource.	Date Created *AND / OR* Date Issued	Date Created: Automatic. Sakai auto-detects the date of upload and uses this as the primary reference date for a resource. Date Issued: Manual edit.	23/06/2008
4.13. Format	The physical or digital manifestation of the resource.	File Type	Automatic. Sakai auto-detects the resource format. The field can be manually edited.	application/pdf
4.11. Rights Manager	A person or organisation owning or managing rights over the resource.	Copyright Status	Automatic. Cambridge's Sakai instance (CamTools) is set to default this setting to "I hold copyright". Field can be manually edited: a drop-down menu offers a choice of options, or alternately, can link to a separate rights description.	University of Cambridge
4.16. Audience	A class of entity for whom the resource is intended or useful.	Audience	Manual edit.	FOIO Closed
4.2. Subject	The topic of the content of the resource.	Subject and Keywords	Manual edit.	Findings, Reports, Outcomes, Learning Landscape Project
4.9. Publisher	The entity responsible for making the resource available.	Publisher	Manual edit.	Learning Landscape Project
4.13. Format	The physical or digital manifestation of the resource. (When more than one category of format information is included in a single record, they should go in separate iterations of the element).	File Size	Automatic. Auto-detected by Sakai on upload.	6.1 MB

About this table

The table maps selected 'standard' metadata elements (taken from the Dublin Core metadata elements) to the metadata fields currently available in Sakai, via the Sakai Resources Tool.

Metadata in Sakai

Individual digital resources in Sakai are associated with a mix of automatically extracted metadata and 'optional' metadata fields. The values of some automatically detected fields, and all 'optional' fields, can be edited manually. Sakai splits the display of its metadata fields; those considered less important are 'hidden' in an expandable table in the Resources -- 'Edit Details' area, under the label 'Optional properties.'

As the table shows, Sakai's metadata fields generally align with Dublin Core metadata elements.

About the Learning Landscape Project

The Learning Landscape Project was an educational research project at the University of Cambridge, supported by the Higher Education Academy under its Pathfinder Programme.

The examples given in the table above show how the project has adapted Dublin Core metadata categories for use in archiving project outputs and primary data. Learning Landscape work will be archived in DSpace@Cambridge, Cambridge's institutional digital repository. Project data is serving as pilot data for the JISC / CTREP project, which aims to integrate Cambridge's Sakai instance, CamTools, with DSpace.