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2025 October 20 ^th to 25 ^th

DCMI 2025

Barcelona, Spain

DCMI 2025, the twenty-third International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, will be hosted at the University of Barcelona, Spain, from Wednesday, October 22 to Saturday, October 25. Related events will be held by the Document Society (on Monday, October 20) and the Open Metadata Clinic event (on Tuesday, October 21).

News

Dublin Core Academy Announces BIBFRAME Part 2 Course

Dublin Core Academy will offer BIBFRAME Part 2 on May 8, 2025, taught by Greta Heng from San Diego State University. This hands-on module will cover BIBFRAME implementation infrastructure, linked data workflows, and practical experience with BIBFRAME databases and editors. Registration is open with discounted rates for DCMI and ASIST members.

March 16, 2025

Webinars

Centering LGBTQ+ Voices in Catalog Research

Libraries are addressing barriers faced by marginalized communities through improved catalog metadata. The Inclusive Catalog Use Lab (ICUL) focuses on user-based research to understand LGBTQ+ needs. Dr. Karen Snow and Dr. Brian Dobreski will share ICUL’s findings, highlighting user studies, focus groups, and solutions to support inclusive access for diverse communities.

January 9, 2025

Blog posts

Announcing OpenWEMI

In 1998, the International Federation of Library Associations introduced a new model for library catalog data, focusing on the bibliographic relationships within metadata. This model, known as the Library Reference Model (LRM), includes four main elements: Work, Expression, Manifestation, and Item (WEMI), each representing different aspects of created resources. To support the broader use of these WEMI concepts, OpenWEMI was developed by the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, providing a general vocabulary with minimal constraints. OpenWEMI’s RDF vocabulary includes classes and properties designed to facilitate the creation of context-specific metadata vocabularies, allowing for the flexible integration of WEMI concepts in diverse applications.

August 2, 2024

Themes

The activities of DCMI, its members and its communities are broadly characterised under four themes.

Stewardship: DCMI develops and curates open-standard metadata vocabularies such as the Dublin Core; hosts the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI); and provides good-neighbor support for other related metadata activities.
Community: DCMI's international community of metadata practitioners and experts meet in working groups and at an annual conference to share implementation experience and reports on research and new developments.
Learning: Teachers and experts of metadata technologies from around the world hold tutorials, online meetings, and webinars to discuss and disseminate innovative metadata solutions.
Development: Since pioneering the Application Profile in the 1990s, DCMI continues to develop profiles and related vocabularies spanning practical techniques such as spreadsheets and modern technologies such as data shapes.