| Name of Term | publisher | |
| Term URI | http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/publisher | |
| Label | Publisher | |
| Defined By | http://dublincore.org/documents/dcmi-terms/ | |
| Source Definition | An entity responsible for making the resource available. | |
| DC-Gov Definition | - | |
| Source Comments | Examples of a Publisher include a person, an organisation, or a service. Typically, the name of a Publisher should be used to indicate the entity. | |
| DC-Gov Comments | Although some applications may wish to conflate Creator, Contributor and Publisher, DC-Gov maintains the distinction between Creator and Contributor and Publisher. In the government area publisher will typically be the organization – this means the public administration - to which creator and perhaps contributor are connected to | |
| Source status | recommended | |
| DC-Gov status | conforming | |
| Usage | OWMS | |
| Type of term | Element | |
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| Obligation | O | |
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