News from 2004
In preparation for its next meeting on 9 and 10 October 2004 in Shanghai, China, the DCMI Usage Board is inviting comments on several proposals. There are six proposals from the DCMI Collection Description Working Group, one from the DCMI Education Working Group and one from the DCMI Accessibility Working Group. These proposals are available for Public Comment until 30 September 2004. See for more information Work in Process: Documents Available for Public Comment.
The inaugural version of the Public Broadcasting Metadata Dictionary (PBcore), a standard way to describe all public broadcasting content based on Dublin Core™ metadata, is being finalized for the launch of version 1.0 in September 2004.
As part of the Affiliate Agreement with MLA and JISC in the UK, Paul Miller will represent the UK Affiliate on the DCMI Board of Trustees. Paul is the Director of the Common Information Environment in the UK, and was previously involved with DCMI as member of various executive and advisory committees and chair of working groups.
The DCMI Directorate is pleased to announce that the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council (MLA) and Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) of the further and higher education funding bodies in the UK have signed an Affiliate Agreement with DCMI, enabling the UK to become formally involved in the continued development of the Dublin Core™ metadata standards. MLA and JISC are the UK's official representatives, presenting the views of all UK public sector institutions at an international level.
The CEN/ISSS Workshop on Dublin Core™ Metadata for Multimedia Information - Dublin Core™ (MMI-DC) of the European Committee for Standardization CEN has published several Dublin Core-related documents for public comment. More information... Usage Board announces new DCMI terms "License" and "Rights Holder" 2004-06-14, The Usage Board is pleased to announce the approval of two new terms -- "License" and "Rights Holder" -- with the status of "conforming". The new terms have been incorporated into DCMI's term documentation. More information.... DCMI Status report March 2004 published 2004-04-26, Makx Dekkers, DCMI Managing Director, has published the next status report of the Dublin Core™ Metadata Initiative, with highlights of the six months. More information... Usage Board proposals available for Public Comment 2004-02-16, Three proposals submitted for consideration at the Usage Board meeting of 14-15 March 2004 in Bath are now available for Public Comment until 13 March 2004. More information...
The DCMI Directorate is pleased to announce the publication of the By-laws of DCMI. These By-laws define all roles, responsibilities and procedures involved in the governance of DCMI and, as such, serve as a basic description of the organization and its functioning. More information...
The Usage Board is pleased to announce the approval of two new terms -- "License" and "Rights Holder" -- with the status of "conforming". The new terms have been incorporated into DCMI's term documentation. More information....
Diane Hillmann has graciously agreed to become Co-chair of the DCMI Education Working Group, replacing Paul Miller who stepped down from that position recently. More information...
In addition to the links to RDF metadata on all pages on the DCMI Web site, we now also have embedded metadata on our pages, following the recommendation for XHTML encoding of Dublin Core™ metadata.
Makx Dekkers, DCMI Managing Director, has published the next status report of the Dublin Core™ Metadata Initiative, with highlights of the six months. More information...