ISO/IEC 19788规定了学习资源描述的元数据元素及其属性。ISO/IEC 19788-2:2011使用ISO/IEC 19788-1:2011中提供的框架，从ISO 15836:2009都柏林核心元数据元素集中提供了用于描述学习资源的基本数据元素集。元数据学习资源框架中的这些数据元素可以与其他部分中定义的数据元素一起使用，以满足特定用户群体对扩展、模块化或细化的需求。

ISO/IEC 19788 specifies metadata elements and their attributes for the description of learning resources. ISO/IEC 19788-2:2011 provides a base-level data element set for the description of learning resources, from the ISO 15836:2009 Dublin Core metadata element set, using the framework provided in ISO/IEC 19788-1:2011. Those data elements being cast into the metadata learning resources framework can be used with data elements defined in other parts, in order to address specific user communities' needs for extensions, modularization or refinement.