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DCMI Collection Description Application Profile Task Group Wiki

Co-Chair:	Sarah L. Shreeves, University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign, USA
Co-Chair:	Muriel Foulonneau, Centre national de la recherche scientifique, France
Status:	This Task Group is currently active.
Established:	2006-12-18
Purpose:	This Task Group is responsible for the development of the DCMI Collection Application Profile, establishing procedures for the ownership and maintenance of the profile, and establishing procedures for the ownership and maintenance of terms used in the profile.

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This Wiki supports the work of the DCMI Collection Description Application Profile Task Group (DC CD AP TG).

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Purpose

The purpose of the DCMI Collection Description Application Profile Task Group is

to finalise the DCMI Collection Application Profile, taking into account comments made by the DCMI Usage Board in their provisional review at their meeting in October 2006
to establish and document policies/procedures for the ownership and maintenance of the DCMI Collection Description Application Profile
to establish and document policies/procedures for the ownership and maintenance of those terms used in the DCMI Collection Application Profile for which ownership is not currently specified

The Task Group reports to the DCMI Collection Description Community.

Workplan

December 2006: Recruit/select Task Group members
Early January 2007: Review Usage Board comments on DC CD AP
January-February 2007: Amend data model, term definitions, DC CD AP as required. Deliverable: Revised data model, revised terms, revised DC CD AP.
March 2007 - May 2007: Establish ownership of DC CD AP. Deliverable: Short note describing ownership, procedures for proposing amendments etc
March 2007 - May 2007: Establish ownership of terms. Deliverable: Short note describing ownership, "namespace policy", procedures for proposing amendments etc

Dublin Core Collection Application Profile

The focus of the Task Group is the development of the Dublin Core Collection Application Profile (DC CD AP) and documents in this work area are created to support that activity.

The DC CD AP is a specification of how to construct a DC description set containing descriptions of collections.

Current Working Documents

Current Drafts

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