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Free Dublin Core Metadata Generator — DC Meta Tags for Libraries & Archives

October 16, 2026 · 2 min read · By the DollarWise team

Dublin Core is the metadata standard libraries, archives, and academic repositories rely on to catalog digital resources. This free generator turns your form entries into valid DC.* meta tags — title, creator, subject, date, rights and more — ready to paste into your page’s <head>.

Dublin Core Metadata Generator

Build standards-compliant Dublin Core meta tags — fill the form, copy, done.

100% Free Forever No Sign-up No Credit Card Private — files never leave your browser Unlimited Use

1 Describe your resource

2 Settings

The DCMI type vocabulary value for your resource.
The file format, e.g. text/html or image/jpeg.

3 Generate tags

Working…

✅ Done — your Dublin Core tags

🎉 Free forever. No sign-up. No credit card. No limits.

Generate unlimited Dublin Core tag sets — for every resource you publish.

How it works

  • Step 1 — Fill in the fields that describe your resource (title, creator, subject…).
  • Step 2 — Pick the DCMI resource type and MIME format.
  • Step 3 — Copy the generated DC.* meta tags into your page’s <head>. Only filled fields produce tags.

Everyday uses

  • Librarians & archivists — catalog digital collections with standard metadata.
  • Academics — add proper metadata to papers and datasets for repositories.
  • Publishers — make ebooks and articles harvestable by aggregators.
  • Bloggers — richer metadata helps discovery beyond basic SEO tags.

Tip: the Subject field accepts comma-separated keywords — one tag per term.