News from 2008

The organizing committee of DC-2008 is pleased to announce two of four keynote speakers for this year's conference: Kurt Mehlhorn (Max Planck Society), and Ute Schwens (German National Library). In addition to this keynotes there will be paper and poster presentations and several open meetings of DCMI Communities, Task Groups and on other topics of interest to the community. Following the Call for Papers, the Program Committee received over 70 submissions for papers, posters and project reports that will be evaluated by 53 reviewers until 15 May 2008.

The early bird registration for DC-2008 is scheduled to open on 1 June 2008. An individual online registration system will be available on the conference Web site. To find the perfect accommodation for your stay during the conference, we have picked some well-equipped and conveniently located hotels for you. Participants are now welcome to book their accommodation online.

The DCMI Directorate and the chairs of the DCMI/RDA Task Group are happy to announce that The British Library has agreed to provide financial support to the activities of the DCMI/RDA Task Group. See also the Activity Sponsor page of the DCMI Partnership Program.

After expiration of the two-week extension of the submission deadline, the Call for Papers for DC-2008 is now closed. A press release (in English and in German) issued by the organization committee of DC-2008 outlines the main aspects of the program. For further information, see the conference Web site.

Public Comment will be held on the Working Draft "Description Set Profiles: A constraint language for Dublin Core™ Application Profiles" (and accompanying XML schema for the XML representation) from 31 March through 28 April 2008. As described in the "Singapore Framework for Dublin Core™ Application Profiles", this specification offers a simple constraint language for Dublin Core™ metadata on the basis of the DCMI Abstract Model. Interested members of the public are invited to post comments to the DC-ARCHITECTURE mailing list, including "[Public Comment]" in the subject line.

A further press release (in English and in German) has been issued by the organization committee of DC-2008, the eighth International Conference on Dublin Core™ and Metadata Applications, to be held in Berlin, Germany, from 22 to 26 September 2008 under the title Metadata for Semantic and Social Applications. The press release outlines the main aspects of the program. Please note that the deadline for submission of papers has been extended to 13 April 2008. For further information, see the Call for Papers on the conference Web site.

The DCMI Directorate invites organizations to join the new DCMI Partnership Program. This program is intended for organizations that want to associate themselves with DCMI and provide financial support to the activities of DCMI. There are several levels and options in the program that may be of interest to companies and public organizations. For further information, see the Partnership Program page.

The DCMI Directorate has awarded a contract to Karen Coyle to write user-oriented "Guidelines for Dublin Core™ Application Profiles". The guidelines will provide an overview of recent work on a formal Description Set Profile specification in the context of the Singapore Framework for Dublin Core™ Application Profiles together with good-practice examples.

The March 2008 Status Report is now available, covering the period from August 2007 through March 2008. Read the report...

Stefanie Rhle, researcher at Gttingen State and University Library in Germany, has joined the DCMI Usage Board.