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# System prepended metadata

title: OpenWEMI

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# OpenWEMI
OpenWEMI is a minimally constrained RDF vocabulary defining classes for Work, Expression, Manifestation, and Item (WEMI) and properties for the relationships between them. It is based on concepts that were originally developed out of library cataloging practice. Unlike the library usage of these terms, OpenWEMI is not defined by any particular community type and can be used as a scaffolding for metadata describing any type of resource.

## The OpenWEMI documents

* Specification (needs DCMI URL) https://dcmi.github.io/openwemi/
* Vocabulary page: https://ns.dublincore.org/openwemi/
* Vocabulary in turtle: [https://dcmi.github.io/openwemi/ns/openWEMI.ttl](https://dcmi.github.io/openwemi/ns/openWEMI.ttl) (Normative)
* [The OpenWEMI Cookbook](https://github.com/dcmi/openwemi/wiki) an ongoing gathering of use cases and examples.

## DCMI OpenWEMI Community Group
OpenWEMI has been developed by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative's OpenWEMI Community Group. The group uses github for its work, and welcomes comments on the work. All resources are open for viewing and github issues can be created by anyone with a github account. The email list is self-subscribe. 

* The [OpenWEMI mailing list](https://lists.dublincore.org/mailman/listinfo/openwemi)
* [OpenWEMI on github](https://github.com/dcmi/openwemi)