News from 2004 on DCMI

Several documents updated on the DCMI Web site

Mon, 20 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000

The DCMI Metadata Terms and the Reference description of the Dublin Core™ Metadata Element Set, Version 1.1 have been republished with some minor editorial changes, repairing two links to the specifications of ISO3166 and MIME. Several Working Group Web pages have been updated with reports of meetings at DC-2004 and new workplans for next year.

New chairs appointed for DCMI Agents Working Group

Mon, 20 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000

The DCMI Directorate, in consultation with the DCMI Advisory Board, has appointed Andrew Wilson of the National Archives of Australia and John Roberts of Archives New Zealand as chairs of the DCMI Agents Working Group, taking over from John Kunze and Stuart Weibel.

DC-2005 to be held 12-15 September 2005 in Madrid, Spain

Mon, 20 Dec 2004 00:00:00 +0000

The DCMI Directorate is very pleased to announce that DC-2005, next year's International Conference on Dublin Core™ and Metadata Applications, will take place 12-15 September 2005 at the University Carlos III of Madrid at its Leganés campus just south of Madrid. More news about the conference will be published on the DCMI Web site in January 2005.

DC-2004 in Shanghai successful

Sat, 13 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000

DC-2004, this year's International Conference on Dublin Core™ and Metadata Applications, that took place in Shanghai, China from 11 to 14 October was a great success. There were 160 participants from 21 countries, representing a wide range of domains: corporate, governments, libraries, archives, universities, education, computer science and international organisations. The closing presentation is available at http://dublincore.org/resources/presentations/Dekkers_DC-2004_closing.pdf.

New chairs appointed for DCMI Tools Working Group

Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000

The DCMI Directorate, in consultation with the DCMI Advisory Board, has appointed Thomas Severiens of the Institute for Science Networking Oldenburg and Harry Wagner of OCLC as chairs of the DCMI Tools Working Group, taking over from Roland Schwnzl who passed away this summer.

DCMI Type Working Group de-activated

Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000

The DCMI Advisory Board, in its meeting on 15 October 2004 in Shanghai, decided to de-activate the DCMI Type Working Group.

DC-2004 papers and tutorials available on-line

Fri, 12 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000

The papers from the DC-2004 conference in Shanghai can be accessed by clicking on the titles of the papers on the DC-2004 Conference Program Web page, as well as at http://purl.org/metadataresearch /search.jsp. The tutorial slides are available in English and Chinese from the Training resources page on the DCMI Web site.

Summary of DC Usage Board Meeting in Shanghai

Thu, 11 Nov 2004 00:00:00 +0000

The Usage Board has published a summary of the main decisions taken at its meeting at DC-2004 in Shanghai

on 9-10 October 2004. These decisions include the approval of five new terms related to education, accessibility, and collection description; the endorsement of MARC Relator terms as sub-properties of Contributor; and clarification of a method for endorsing non-DCMI-maintained identifiers for use as vocabulary encoding schemes. Note that Usage Board decisions are not considered official until decision documents are finalized and published on the DCMI Web site.

Usage Board announces new DCMI term 'Provenance'

Mon, 20 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000

The Usage Board has announced the approval of a new term: "Provenance". The full text of the decision can be found from the Usage Board Decisions Web page. The terms have been added to DCMI Metadata Terms and related documents, as well as to the RDF schema provided by DCMI and to the DCMI Registry.

DCMI Status report September 2004 published

Mon, 20 Sep 2004 00:00:00 +0000

Makx Dekkers, DCMI Managing Director, has published a new status report of the Dublin Core™ Metadata Initiative, covering the period March-September 2004. More information...

Public comment period for proposals to the Usage Board

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Public Broadcasting Metadata Directory, based on Dublin Core, to be launched

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0000

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.

Paul Miller to represent UK Affiliate on DCMI Board of Trustees

Mon, 30 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0000

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.

UK joins DCMI Affiliate Program

Tue, 24 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0000

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.

MMI-DC documents published for public comment

Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0000

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...

DCMI publishes organizational By-laws

Sun, 01 Aug 2004 00:00:00 +0000

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...

Usage Board announces new DCMI terms 'License' and 'Rights Holder'

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0000

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 appointed co-chair of DCMI Education Working Group

Mon, 14 Jun 2004 00:00:00 +0000

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...

DCMI Web site now incorporates embedded Dublin Core™ metadata on its Web pages

Mon, 26 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0000

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.

DCMI Status report March 2004 published

Mon, 26 Apr 2004 00:00:00 +0000

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...