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2026 August 3^rd to 7^th

DCMI 2026

Seoul, Korea

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

Webinars

AI-Driven Metadata Workflows and Governance

Findings from two surveys — on AI's impact on metadata practices (n=752) and on academic librarians' skills (n=155) — and what they mean for metadata workflows, competencies and governance.

17 September 2026

Blog posts

Sweden’s national union catalogue search is now built on linked data

Sweden’s national union catalogue Libris has launched a new search interface built fully on linked data, replacing MARC with BIBFRAME 2.0 and placing KB at the forefront of the transition.

24 June 2026

Webinars

Generating Smart Data for Cultural Heritage in the AI Era

Explore the opportunities and challenges of generating smart data for diverse cultural heritage resources using AI, including processing manuscripts, symbols, images, sound, scent, museum objects, and rock arts.

2 April 2026

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.