為配合國科會數位博物館專案計畫中「蝴蝶生態面面觀」之資料的著 錄，「資源組織與檢索規範」研究群自1998年8月開始著手進行對蝴蝶資料的瞭 解以及資料著錄項目的研究。「蝴蝶生態面面觀」是由國立暨南大學、國立自然 科學博物館共同提出的先導計畫，主要目的是以台灣蝴蝶為內容主題，建立一個 可以支援科普教育的數位博物館。「資源組織與檢索規範」研究群則是配合計畫 內容主題及系統設計，以資訊儲存及檢索需求為基礎，發展蝴蝶詮釋資料格式。 本文將針對計畫在資訊組織與檢索規劃過程中對資料欄位訂定考量及結果做分 析與說明;並就訂定資料之結果欄位與都柏林核心集欄位做比較，以促進資料的 交換。

　　　　　"Butterflies of Taiwan" is a sub-project under Taiwan Digital Museum Project(TDMP), sponsored by the National Science Council of Taiwan. "Butterflies ofTaiwan", a cooperative project, was proposed by National Chi-Nan University andNational Museum of Natural Science; its metadata was developed by Resources Organization Searching Specification (ROSS, also a sub-project under TDMP) ResearchTeam. In order to design the appropriate elements and create the butterfly metadata,ROSS started to gather relevant information on butterfly and information cataloging inAugust 1998. The main purpose of this project is to establish a digital museum tosupport and promote science education. Task of ROSS is the following: with respect toinformation storage and retrieval demand, to develop butterfly metadata format anddesign system specification based on the project content. This article presents the metadata format created for butterfly project and discusses issues related with its implementation. In order to promote information exchange, mapping of butterfly metadata toDublin Core will also be presented.