DCMI Glossary Task Force - telecon - Friday, 2010-05-07
Expected:
Mary Woodley, co-chair
Tom Baker, co-chair
Marcia Zeng
Stefanie Ruehle
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Links:
-- DC-GLOSSARY mailing list
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/dc-glossary
-- DC-GLOSSARY wiki (contact Mary Woodley <[email protected]> for access)
http://sites.google.com/site/dublincoreglossaryupdate/
-- DC-GLOSSARY charter
https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind1004&L=DC-GLOSSARY&P=54
-- Existing DCMI Glossary, last published 2005 (part of User Guide)
http://dublincore.org/documents/2005/11/07/usageguide/glossary/
-- Existing DCMI Glossary showing Mary's proposed changes (deletions)
http://library.csun.edu/mwoodley/DublinCore/glossary.shtml
Other glossaries:
-- DCMI Tools Glossary (2007 draft)
http://dublincore.org/groups/tools/glossary/
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1) Review of charter (see attached)
2) 2010-03-03 telecon - Tom and Mary
-- Rather than aspiring to be a comprehensive glossary that one
would consult upon coming across an unfamiliar term, we picture
the glossary more as a short document, and therefore maintainable,
written in an engaging style -- a sort of general introductory
document one might assign for a metadata class or print off for
reading on the train. We are therefore inclined to keep the number
of entries small. For a sense of what the glossary might look like
as a Web page, see [1].
-- One of the problems the glossary should address is
confusion over terminology, which has significantly evolved
over the years, from "elements and qualifiers" through
"encoding schemes" to "properties and datatypes", with historically
interesting concepts along the way, such as "dumb-down principle".
Rather than throw away the old concepts, we agreed to work for now
with two files -- one (smaller) list of concepts in current use, and
a somewhat longer list of legacy concepts. This picks up on a suggestion
made in the Seoul Usage Board meeting by Joe Tennis [2]. Whether the
legacy and current concepts would be listed in separate documents,
interleaved but clearly marked in one document, or combined in one
document with clearly marked Current and Legacy sections, is a
question that for now can be postponed.
[1] http://dublincore.org/specifications/dublin-core/glossary/
[2] http://dublincore.org/usage/minutes/2009/2009-10-16.dcub-meeting-seoul-minutes.html
3) Stefanie's revision of Using Dublin Core™
http://dublincore.org/usageboardwiki/UsingDublinCore
http://dublincore.org/usageboardwiki/UsingDublinCore_2fChapterOne
http://dublincore.org/usageboardwiki/UsingDublinCore_2fChapterTwo
http://dublincore.org/usageboardwiki/UsingDublinCore_2fChapterThree
4) Scope of glossary
-- DC-GLOSSARY wiki (contact Mary Woodley <[email protected]> for access)
http://sites.google.com/site/dublincoreglossaryupdate/
-- Existing DCMI Glossary showing Mary's proposed changes (deletions)
http://library.csun.edu/mwoodley/DublinCore/glossary.shtml
5) Next steps
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Appendix
DCMI Glossary Task Force (2010-03-04)
Co-chairs: Mary Woodley and Tom Baker
Purpose
The DCMI Glossary was last updated as part of "Using Dublin
Core" in November 2005 [1]. The 2005 glossary provided
definitions and links to further information for 204
glossary terms. In scope were concepts of relevance to
"metadata" in a broad sense; an appendix included short
descriptions of eleven other metadata standards related to
Dublin Core™.
The Glossary Task Force co-chairs propose to write an
entirely new glossary - one that is much shorter and focused
on concepts characteristic of or unique to DCMI usage.
Rather than consider the glossary as a place primarily to
"look up" concepts encountered elsewhere, the co-chairs
envision the glossary as a short and engaging text that
should be readable in its own right as an introduction to
Dublin-Core-style metadata -- one written to fit the
new reading styles of an online audience [4].
Work Plan
Mary has reviewed the 2005 glossary and is preparing a list
of the (relatively few) concepts that are candidates for carrying
forward from the old glossary into the new [5]. Tom is
preparing a list of more recent concepts to add to this
shortlist. We plan to post this list to the dc-glossary
list [2] and post an invitation to dc-general to participate
in discussion.
In light of its didactic nature, the editors see the
glossary as an opportunity to coin new handles that capture
and elucidate distinctions between "legacy" DCMI approaches
and the current "semantic" or "linked-data" orientation.
The editors therefore believe the glossary could serve as a
useful focus for discussions in the DCMI community (Advisory
Board, Oversight Committee, Usage Board, and general mailing
lists) on clarifying DCMI's general message.
Work on the glossary will proceed on a Dublin Core™ Glossary
Update wiki [3].
Schedule
April: Post a shortlist of proposed glossary terms to the
dc-glossary (and possibly dc-general), inviting suggestions
and discussion.
May: Prepare a draft to circulate for comment by the DCMI
community (Usage Board, Advisory Board, Oversight Committee,
and the general public).
June: Finalize a stable draft before the
(Northern-hemisphere) summer season. Submit for Usage Board
review.
October: Discuss the draft Glossary at DC-2010 with
interested parties, such as the DCMI Advisory Board and
Usage Board for finalization as a DCMI Recommended Resource.
[1] http://dublincore.org/documents/2005/11/07/usageguide/glossary/
[2] http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/dc-glossary
[3] http://sites.google.com/site/dublincoreglossaryupdate/
[4] http://www.useit.com/alertbox/9710a.html
[5] http://library.csun.edu/mwoodley/DublinCore/glossary.shtml
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Thomas Baker <[email protected]>