The Design of a DLS for the Management of Very Large Collections of Archival Objects

 Dublin Core, a tiny and lightweight metadata format is getting the preponderant mean to exchange information in a wide distributed environment. DC has been chosen as the minimum common denominator in the OAI-PMH environment. Libraries have been using for the couple OAI-PMH and DC since a relatively long time with good results.  Relevant European initiatives which both enjoy the benefits of OAI-PMH are: The European Library portal, TELplus and DRIVER.