Presentation on benefits of using Dublin Core™ published
Based on work done by Barbara Gorson and subsequent review by a committee of the DCMI Advisory Board, a general presentation of the benefits of using Dublin Core™ metadata has been …
News
Latest updates and announcements from the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
Dublin Core™ Metadata Element Set renewed as ANSI/NISO standard
As the result of a five-year review, an updated version of the "The Dublin Core™ Metadata Element Set" has been published as ANSI/NISO Standard Z39.85-2007.
DCMI Task Group for collaborative work on ResourceDescription and Access (RDA)
A new DCMI Task Group is being set up for collaborative work on Resource Description and Access (RDA), a library standard being developed for resource description and access in the …
DC-2007 Preliminary program published, on-line registration opens
The Organizing Committee of DC-2007, to be held in Singapore from 27 through 31 August 2007, has published the preliminary program for the conference. Keynotes will be given by …
Call for tender for a machine-processable application profile format
DCMI has published a Call for Tender for the creation of a structured document format expressing a Description Set Profile (part of a Dublin Core™ Application Profile) as a wiki …
Official DC-2007 Web site installed
The official Web site of DC-2007, to be held in Singapore from 27 through 31 August 2007, is now online. Information about the conference will be posted on a regular basis. …
Description Set Profile model under development
The DCMI Directorate has awarded a contract to Mikael Nilsson (Knowmania HB, Sweden) to draft a specification modelling a "Description Set Profile" the core component of …
DCMI Tools workshop at ELPUB in Vienna, 13 June 2007
At the ELPUB conference in Vienna, a DCMI Tools workshop will be held under the title "Ontologies for Digital Application Description". The workshop will take place on 13 …
Results of mid-year meeting of the DCMI Usage Board
The DCMI Usage Board held its mid-year meeting in Barcelona on 16-17 March 2007. The Usage Board reviewed a revised version of the Collection Description Application Profile, …
Public comments for revision of DCMI Abstract Model and RDF encoding specification
Public comment will be held from 2 to 30 April 2007 on two related documents: the "DCMI Abstract Model" and the specification "Expressing Dublin Core™ metadata using …