News

The papers from the DC-2005 conference, held from 12-15 September 2005 in Legans (Madrid) are now online in the Dublin Core™ Conference Paper Repository.

The DCMI Usage Board met in Madrid on 9-10 September 2005. A large batch of editorial changes to existing elements and Type Vocabulary terms clarifications of wording, updated references, and the like will be posted on 7 November 2005 for a public comment period prior to final approval.

the DCMI Directorate is very pleased to be able to announce that next year's conference and workshop will be hosted by the University of Colima in Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico.

this year's conference and workshop, DC-2005, that was held from 12 through 15 September 2005 in Leganés (Madrid) was attended by 214 attendes from 33 countries.

The organising committee for DC-2005, to take place 12-15 September 2005 at the University Carlos III of Madrid, Legans Campus, has published the final program for the conference and workshop.

Makx Dekkers, DCMI Managing Director, has published a new status report of the Dublin Core™ Metadata Initiative, covering the period March to September 2005.

Joseph T. Tennis, Assistant Professor at The University of British Columbia, along with Mark Jordan and Brian Owen of Simon Fraser University's WAC Bennett Library and Brad Allen at Siderean Software, have established the Dublin Core™ Conference Paper Repository.

At their next meeting, in Madrid on 9-10 September 2005, the DCMI Usage Board will review the revised versions of four existing DCMI recommendations: Dublin Core™ Structured Values, the DCMI Box Encoding Scheme, the DCMI Period Encoding Scheme, and the DCMI Point Encoding Scheme.

The DCMI Usage Board will meet in Madrid on 9-10 September 2005, prior to the DC-2005 conference. For more information, please contact the Chair, Tom Baker.

The organising committee for DC-2005, to take place 12-15 September 2005 in Legans (Madrid), has published an updated agenda for the conference and workshop.