Architecture Working Group:
DCMI Architecture Web Page

Session 1: Abstract Model
Tuesday, 30 September 2003, 10:30-12:30 Sound Room
Chair: Andy Powell, a.powell@UKOLN.AC.UK

Agenda:

- overview of proposed abstract model (tutorial/presentation by Andy Powell)
- discussion
- general discussion about whether the abstract model is appropriate
- is the model rich enough to cover all DCMI usage scenarios
- what impact does it have on existing encoding documents
- (X)HTML guidelines
- XML guidelines
- RDF/XML guidelines
- impact on other working groups
- DC Agents
- DC Rights
- agree next steps
- possibilities
- update current encoding documents to refer to abstract model
- write separate document that outlines how much of abstract model is
covered by existing encoding documents

Recommended reading:

Dublin Core Abstract Model: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcmi/abstract-model/

Guidelines for implementing Dublin Core in XML: http://dublincore.org/documents/dc-xml-guidelines/
 

Session 2: RDF
Wednesday, 1 October 2003, 15:30-17:30 Sound Room
Chair: TBA

Agenda:

- Contributions from OWL
- Header and Ontologies
- Instance Data and Schema

- Developments in RDF(S) Constructs
- Resources
- Classes
- plain and (data)typed Literals
- XML Schema Datatypes
- Relation to Schemes in DC
- DC Schema

- RDF/XML Syntax
- Node Identifier
- RDF in XHTML

Recommended Reading:

RDF Semantics: http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-mt/

RDF Concepts and abstract Syntax: http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-concepts/

XML Schema Part 2: Datatypes: http://www.w3.org/TR/xmlschema-2/

OWL Web Ontology Language Reference: http://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/

RDF in XHTML: http://www.w3.org/2003/03/rdf-in-xml.html

Expressing Simple Dublin Core in RDF/XML:
http://www.dublincore.org/documents/dcmes-xml/

Expressing Qualified Dublin Core in RDF/XML: http://www.dublincore.org/documents/dcq-rdf-xml/