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The existing 15 elements were extended with range and domain and new elements were added. To ensure "backwards compatibility" with existing implementations, these new changes were located in a new namespace, dcterms:
So dc:creator can't be confused with dcterms:creator, a property that can now have a range and domain.

http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/^{Image Added}

Goals for DSpace

Exposing DSpace metadata in the dcterms namespace

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