DCMI Call for Tender 2008-01: Guidelines for implementing application profiles

• publication of a revised DCMI Abstract Model;
• the drafting of a formal model for DCMI Description Set Profiles;
• a wiki format for embedding information about a description set profile into a wiki document;
• the development of a Collections Application Profile, which was reviewed by the DCMI Usage Board;
• the development of an Eprints Application Profile (a.k.a. Scholarly Works Application Profile, or SWAP);
• a draft of Eprints Application Profile using the wiki syntax, from which a formal expression in XML can be automatically derived.

1. Draft outline of the deliverable, taking a rough outline from the DCMI Usage Board as a starting point [11].
2. Draft "Dublin Core Application Profile Guidelines" taking into account the documents cited above. The document should explain the rationale for and use of application profiles, summarize existing work, and walk the user through the steps of defining requirements, building consensus, specifying a domain model and description set profile, and declaring new terms as needed. Using the Collections and Eprints profiles as sources, the document should point to examples, annotating a dozen or so statement templates. The document should provide some very minimal guidelines on declaring new metadata terms (pointing to external guidance documents as appropriate) and on DCMI syntax guidelines.
3. Engage with the DCMI Usage Board in a cycle of reviews in June 2008, taking into account any comments received in the final deliverable.
4. An appendix to the Guidelines should provide basic guidance on the use of the wiki syntax for application profiles.

1. Advanced knowledge and understanding of RDF-based modeling.
2. Excellent writing and communication skills in English.

All deliverables to be presented in English

1. Outline "Dublin Core Application Profile Guidelines"
2. Draft "Dublin Core Application Profile Guidelines" for discussion with the Usage Board.
3. Final deliverable, with appendix on the use of wiki syntax.

Deliverables are to be submitted in draft form for discussion with the DCMI Usage Board. After such discussion, deliverables are to be submitted in final form, taking into account comments made during the review, for formal acceptance by the Managing Director.