Agenda: Kernel Metadata Application Profile (KAP) Task Group
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Introductions and review of charge: create Kernel Application Profile
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Review purpose and format of KAP -- DC2007 theme and Kernel meeting
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Review recent Kernel spec changes and relation to Dublin Core
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Discussion of changes -- concerns, clarifications, etc.
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Develop Roadmap to completion -- inputs, investigation, volunteers
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Wrapup
Attending:
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Jon Mason, Pete Johnston, Charles Blair,
Tom Baker, Jane Huang, William Moen, Adrian
Turner, John Kunze
Notes from 2007.08.16 KAP Task Group Conference Call
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Tom Baker and Pete Johnston helped the group understand what's involved in creating an application profile.
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The best approach appears to be to map Kernel/ERC to the Dublin Core Abstact Model (DCAM) rather than to remodel the Kernel along DCAM lines.
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The profile should represent an "ontological commitment". Application Profiles are still new and our group is somewhat of a pioneer in the area.
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Benefits of mapping the Kernel/ERC to DCAM are expected to include (a) a general flushing out of bugs in semantic and syntactic consistency and (b) structures that may assist automatic translation (eg, to XML).
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The group was asked to review and give feedback on the Kernel spec, especially recent changes. The changes appear to be well-received. [Several substantive comments came in by email directly following the call; a revision will appear soon.]
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Jon Mason asked if there were more story types to come, the answer being yes, that other story types were under development and could easily be proposed.
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Bill Moen suggested that the document reference the ARK identifier specification, which references Kernel metadata.
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Bill also asked for clarification of whether it is the ERC (object description) or the Kernel (vocabulary) that we are mapping to the DCAM; the answer is probably the former (ERD) but this is a matter that we will need to confirm later.
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The group's next call will be Thursday, 20 September for 60 minutes.