Webinar: Introduction to Metadata Application Profiles
This webinar is scheduled for Thursday, June 14, 2018, 14:00 UTC (convert this time to your local timezone here) and is free for DCMI members.
Successful data sharing requires that users of your data understand the data format, the data semantics, and the rules that govern your particular use of terms and values. Sharing often means the creation of “cross-walks” that transfer data from one schema to another using some or all of this information. However, cross-walks are time-consuming because the information that is provided is neither standardized nor machine-readable. Application profiles aim to make sharing data more efficient and more effective. They can also do much more than facilitate sharable data: APs can help metadata developers clarify and express design options; they can be a focus for consensus within a community; they can drive user interfaces; and they can be the basis for quality control. Machine-actionable APs could become a vital tool in the metadata toolbox and there is a clear need for standardization. Communities such as Dublin Core and the World Wide Web Consortium are among those working in this area.
Karen Coyle is a librarian with four decades of experience with library technology. She has published dozens of articles and reports, most available on her website, http://kcoyle.net, and is a frequent speaker at digital library conferences. She has served on standards committees including the MARC standards group (MARBI), NISO committee AX for the OpenURL standard, and the RDF validation standard “SHACL”. She is currently co-chairing the W3C working group on dataset exchange metadata. Karen co-authored the DCMI Guidelines for Application Profiles.
This Webinar will be hosted by ASIS&T. Full details, including instructions for joining the webinar.
JTDC 2018 - A Doctoral Consortium
In addition to the main DCMI conference (co-located with TPDL) in Porto in September, DCMI is also collaborating with TPDL to host JTDC 2018, described as a "Doctoral Consortium".
From the TPDL website, which explains this in detail:
The purpose of JTDC 2018 is to provide to doctoral students a friendly and lively atmosphere for sharing research ideas and experience with peers, and receive constructive feedback from senior researchers and scholars. JTDC 2018 follows an important TPDL tradition that aims at giving next generation researchers a chance to present their work to the digital libraries community, this year also extended to the DCMI community.
Important Dates
- June 01, 2018 – Submissions deadline (submissions by email to jlb@tecnico.ulisboa.pt)
- June 08, 2018 – Notifications of acceptance
- June 22, 2018 – Camera-ready short-papers
- September, 10, 2018 – JTDC 2018 workshop session
Peer-reviewed conference proceedings
DC-2017, DC-2016, DC-2015, DC-2014, DC-2013, DC-2012, DC-2011, DC-2010, DC-2009, DC-2008, DC-2007, DC-2006, DC-2005, DC-2004, DC-2003, DC-2002, DC-2001
Full conference proceedings
DC-2017, DC-2016, DC-2015, DC-2014, DC-2013, DC-2012, DC-2011
Announcements
Thursday, May 03, 2018Webinar: A Linked Data Competency Framework for Educators and Learners
Thursday, May 03, 2018
Webinar: Understanding and Testing Models
Monday, April 16, 2018
DCMI 2018 Conference - Call for Papers (deadline extended)
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