News from 2003
The DC-2003 Conference and Workshop tentative schedule to be held in Seattle, Washington, USA, September 28 through October 2 is available on the DC-2003 Web site. Abstracts of all papers and posters will be available online very soon. Online registration for the Conference hotel and all related activities is also available at the DC-2003 Web site.
Makx Dekkers, DCMI Managing Director, has published the next status report of the Dublin Core™ Metadata Initiative, with highlights of the last three months. More information...
The DCMI Usage Board held a meeting at Cornell University on 16-17 June 2003 and is currently finalizing a series of decisions and documents, among which:
The DCMI Board of Trustees mid-year meeting convened in Budapest, Hungary at the end of May to discuss ongoing activities and review organizational plans and activities for the coming months.
As of July 1, 2003, Stuart Weibel has stepped down as Director of the Dublin Core™ Metadata Initiative. Makx Dekkers, DCMI's Managing Director, will assume this role. Stu will continue an active role on the DCMI Board of Trustees, on the Advisory Board, and as primary liaison between DCMI and OCLC, the host of the DCMI Directorate. Learn more.
The Dublin Core™ Metadata Initiative (DCMI) and IEEE Learning Technology Standards Committee (LTSC) are pleased to announce that the LTSC will be holding plenary and working group meetings in Seattle, Washington, September 30 - October 3 in conjunction with the DCMI 2003 conference (http://dc2003.ischool.washington.edu [cached copy]). This co-location will encourage the continued exchange of ideas and joint work. Further details concerning the LTSC meetings will be made available at http://ltsc.ieee.org and linked from the DCMI conference page.
Register for DC-2003 today! The registration form for the Conference, Tutorial, and Workshop tracks as well as pre-Conference workshops is available at http://dc2003.ischool.washington.edu/registration.html [cached copy]. In addition, the new DC-Lab will provide organizations with the opportunity to present their DC-based applications to interested attendees in an informal setting. The DC-Lab will be open throughout the conference and will take place in a space accommodating approximate 6-8 simultaneous demonstrations. The facility will be equipped with a wireless network and several data projectors. Approximately one half of the space will be dedicated to pre-scheduled presentations and the remaining space will be filled on a drop-in basis. Daily early morning announcements will be made at DC-2003 of the DC-Lab schedule. Organizations interested in sharing their applications with attendees through the DC-Lab should contact Danielle Miller at mailto:[email protected].
The National Library of Spain hosts a Seminar on the Application of the Dublin Core™ Metadata Model in Spain on 5 June 2003 in Madrid. The meeting is co-organized by the University Institute of Information Science and Information Management Agustín Millares of the Carlos III University in Madrid; SEDIC, the Spanish Society of Information Science and Scientific Information; and the National Library of Spain. The event will be relayed in real time by the UC3M-TV service on: http://audiovisuales.uc3m.es/index2.html. Contact Eva Méndez for further information.
Online registration is now available for the DC-2003 Conference & Workshop to be held in Seattle, Washington, USA 28 September through 2 October 2003. The registration form can be found on the Conference Web site. Registration for the 28 September pre-conference workshops Metadata Search (sponsored by the DCMI Global Corporate Circle) and Metadata Primer (sponsored by the University of Washington Information School) are also available through the online form. The number of available participants in the pre-conference workshops is limited so early registration is encouraged. Following the open spirit of the Dublin Core™ Metadata Initiative, DC-2003 is open to researchers, system implementers, metadata practitioners, administrators, and others wanting to engage in a dialog to advance the discourse and practice of metadata research and applications. DC-2003 will consist of Conference, Workshop, and Tutorial tracks.
Two proposals from the DCMI Type Working Group to the Usage Board are now available for review and public comment. The public comment period for the proposals for Moving Image and Still Image is open until 13 June 2003. [More info]