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2026 August 3^rd to 7^th

DCMI 2026

Seoul, Korea

DCMI 2026, the twenty-fourth International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, will be hosted at the National Library of Korea, Seoul, from Monday, August 3 to Friday, August 7. The conference theme is "Meaning-Driven AI: Using Metadata to Align Systems with Human Values".

Webinars

AI Empowered Metadata Research in Uncertain Environments

This webinar presents studies on AI empowered metadata research and information analysis in uncertain environments. Metadata research in uncertain environments involves various aspects of events, information, and people. The traditional metadata elements include the time, location, and stakeholders of an event, title, keywords, author and length of information as well as age, gender, and occupation of people, etc. In addition to traditional metadata elements, AI can also dynamically generate implicit metadata, such as semantic features and credibility of textual and visual information, severity levels of events, as well as needs, attentions, opinions, and influence of people, etc.

January 15, 2026

Webinars

AI and the Transformation of Metadata Research and Practices

This presentation reports the major findings from a large-scale, multilingual global survey conducted by the DCMI Education Committee AI Task Group, offering a comprehensive analysis of AI adoption in metadata practices from diverse global and regional perspectives. The results indicate a strong consensus toward a positive outlook on AI's role in metadata tasks, with perceived benefits as the most significant factor shaping this optimism. The most pressing challenge identified is a widespread lack of professional AI skills training.

October 30, 2025

Webinars

Chinese Students in Archives: Radical Empathy & Metadata

This webinar explores the representation of early Chinese international students at the University of Illinois, focusing on archival materials and metadata. Using the principle of radical empathy, the study identifies key issues— inaccuracies, inconsistencies, and inappropriateness—affecting discoverability and engagement. Introducing the “Three-I Framework,” the session highlights systemic factors shaping archival records and advocates for holistic, empathetic strategies beyond metadata enhancement to address subtle marginalization and improve access to these historical narratives.

April 30, 2025

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.