Title: Name given to the resource: the title is usually the formal name by which the resource is known. 

Creator: The entity primarily responsible for creating the content of the resource. 

Subject: The topic of the resource content. Generally, the topic is expressed in the form of keywords or phrases 

Description: A presentation of the content of the resource. Examples of descriptions include: abstract, table of contents, reference to a graphical representation of the content, free-text presentation of the content. 

Publisher: The entity responsible for making the resource available or disseminating it. 

Contributor: An entity responsible for contributions to the content of the resource. Examples of contributors include an individual, organization, or department. 

Date: Date of an event in the life cycle of the resource. This will usually be the date the resource was created or made available. 

Type: Nature of the resource. At least one Type element conforms to the DCMI Type Vocabulary which includes 12 values: collection, dataset, event, image, interactive resource, moving image, physical object, service, software, sound, still image, text. (http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-type-vocabulary/) 

Format: The physical or digital manifestation of the resource. The values for this element, for the description of a digital resource, come from the list of MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) types maintained by The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. (http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/) 

Identifier: Unambiguous reference to the resource in a given context. (DOI) 

Source: Reference to a resource from which the described resource is derived. 

Language: The language of the resource 

Relation: Reference to a related resource. 

Coverage: Perimeter or scope of the resource's content, i.e., the spatial and temporal coverage of the resource. It is recommended that a value be selected from a controlled vocabulary (e.g., the TGN Thesaurus of Geographic Names) and that, where appropriate, place or period names be used rather than numeric identifiers such as coordinates or date ranges. (http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/vocabularies/tgn/) 

Rights: rights associated with the resource.