News
A new version of Using Dublin Core, the official user guide to Dublin Core™ metadata, is now available. The updated version includes guidance for new terms approved by the Usage Board, as well as new sections on the DCMI Abstract Model and references to newly recommended documentation available for implementers.
The DCMI Usage Board is pleased to announce the creation of several new terms -- an encoding scheme for National Library of Medicine Classification; Instructional Method; and three elements related to the method, policy, and periodicity of collection accrual (see the Usage Board decisions page).
The DCMI Directorate is pleased to announce that after the Public Comment period that ended in May 2005, the document Element Refinement in Dublin Core™ Metadata that describes the concept and appropriate use of element refinement as used in Dublin Core™ metadata, is now published as a DCMI Recommended Resource.
The preliminary program for DC-2005, to be held in Madrid from 12 through 15 September, is now online. The program includes keynotes by Thomas Baker, Ricardo Baeza, Johannes Keizer and Eric Miller, presentations of 36 papers and project reports, a series of tutorials on metadata basics and numerous working group meetings.
The DCMI Directorate is pleased to announce that after the Public Comment period that ended in May 2005, the Guidelines for Encoding Bibliographic Citation Information in Dublin Core™ Metadata are now published as a DCMI Recommendation.
The DCMI Usage Board will meet on 19-20 May 2005 at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Please contact Tom Baker for further information.
The DCMI Directorate is pleased to announce that two documents are now available for public comment until 18 May 2005. These are Guidelines for Encoding Bibliographic Citation Information in Dublin Core™ Metadata and Element Refinement in Dublin Core™ Metadata.
The Call for Papers for DC-2005 is now closed. The Program Committee will review the received papers and communicate acceptance of papers to the authors by 1 June 2005.
The Call for Papers for DC-2005, to be hosted by the University Carlos III of Madrid in Legans (Madrid) on 12-15 September 2005, has been extended to 15 April 2005.
Makx Dekkers, DCMI Managing Director, has published a new status report of the Dublin Core™ Metadata Initiative, covering the period October 2004-March 2005.