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Agent Issues -- Proposed Agenda, 23 October Breakout Session

This is for the Agent Issues breakout session at DC-2001 in Tokyo,
scheduled for Tuesday 23 October 9:30 to 11:30 (2 hours). All
interested parties are welcome to join the actual meeting or to
subscribe to the dc-agents discussion list (instructions are at
the end of this message).

* Introduction and current status (15 mins)

* Changes to agenda? (5 mins)

* Definitions and architectural context (10 mins)

Assumptions to clarify during discussion:

+ what namespace model -- (eg, dcq:, AC:)
+ syntax model(s) -- XML, XML/RDF, HTML, other?
+ metadata ambitions: rich & expressive vs cheap & simple
+ "application profile" vs new element set?
+ relationship to DCMI element set, which is
Title Contributor Source
Creator Date Language
Subject Type Relation
Description Format Coverage
Publisher Identifier Rights

* Charter review and possible emendation (60 mins)

1. Develop a commentary which sets out the rationale and purpose of
an agent record and an agent element set.

2. Develop a Recommendation for an agent element set, possibly to
include agent element qualifiers.

3. Propose qualifiers for the Creator, Contributor, and Publisher
(the CCP) elements of the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set.
This activity is completely independent of the agent element set.

4. Provide input to the DCMI Architecture working group concerning
a recommended mechanism for linking CCP elements to agent records.

* Create Milestones: Task Assignments and Due Dates (30 mins)

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The following documents are relevant to the current Agent Issues.

Must Read:

Proposed Agenda, 23 October Breakout Session
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0110&L=dc-agents&F=&S=&P=864

Warwick Cathro's background paper
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0109&L=dc-agents&P=175

Starter definitions, lists, and notes from Ottawa
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0110&L=dc-agents&P=739

Discussion of Barbara Tillet's response to the background paper
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0110&L=dc-agents&F=&S=&P=374
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0110&L=dc-agents&F=&S=&P=497

Related Material:

DCMI Usage Board's views on Agent Issues
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0106&L=dc-usage&F=&S=&P=8824
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0106&L=dc-usage&F=&S=&P=8912

A "straw man" Agent Element Set
http://www.nla.gov.au/meta/drafts/dcagent2.html

Report of the IFLA UBCIM Working Group on Minimal Level
Authority Records and ISADN
http://www.ifla.org/VI/3/p1996-2/mlar.htm

Agents Issues chairs: John Kunze and José Borbinha