DCMI Abstract Model Review Task Group
| Name: | DCMI Abstract Model Review Task Group |
| Type: | Working Group |
| Status: | Finished |
| Charter: | This Task Group will produce a discussion paper, provisionally titled DCMI Abstract Model: Past, present, future, as a basis for discussion in October at DC-2010 in Pittsburgh. |
| Moderator/Chair: |
Tom Baker |
| Established: | 2010-08-30 |
News and Announcements
2010-08-30, DCMI Abstract Model Review Task group established
Scope
Work on the DCMI Abstract Model began in 2003, resulting in a first
DCMI Recommendation in March 2005 and second, revised DCMI
Recommendation in June 2007. Work on an abstract model was undertaken in order to clarify and formalize the
"home-grown" model of metadata that had emerged from early Dublin Core™ workshops.
This model became the basis for a number of revised syntax specifications (DC-HTML, DC-RDF, DC-DS-XML, DC-TEXT),
a "constraint language" for Description Set Profiles, the Singapore Framework for Dublin Core™ Application Profiles,
application profile review criteria used by the DCMI Usage Board, and Interoperability Levels for Dublin Core™ Metadata.
This formal notion of application profile is also the basis of Guidelines for Dublin Core™ Application Profiles.
The goal of the discussion paper will be to take stock of the Abstract Model in light of the recent success of Linked
Data. Does the Abstract Model conform to developments in Semantic Web and Linked Data? How should this work move
forward, and what resources would be required to do so?
This paper will provide a critical but constructive review of the DCMI Abstract Model -- its history, its relationship
to parallel developments in RDF and Semantic Web, and its role in the message that DCMI presents to the public about
the nature of metadata.
Work plan
Members of the Task Group will write the draft on the wiki and encourage discussion on the DC-Architecture mailing
list prior to DC-2010. The Task Group warmly welcomes new participants with fresh perspectives. We will hold at
least two teleconferences in the context of the DCMI Architecture Forum.
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Open Issues
None.
--> * * *History
- Task Group constituted: 2010-08-30