News from 2009 on DCMI

DCMI/NKOS Task Group established

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

A new Task Group has been established under the name DCMI/NKOS Task Group that targets to develop a Dublin Core™ Application Profile for KOS (Knowledge Organization Systems) resources based on the work of the NKOS group. This Task Group is led by Marcia Zeng of the School of Information and Library Science at Kent State University, and Gail Hodge of Information International Associates, Inc. (IIa) who both have become members of the DCMI Advisory Board.

DC-2010 Web site established

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The conference Web site for DC-2010, to be held 20-22 October 2010 in Pittsburgh is now available. The site is kindly hosted by ASIS&T, the American Society for Information Science and Technology.

DC-2010 Call for Papers published

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The organizing committee for DC-2010, to be held 20-22 October 2010 in Pittsburgh, has issued the Call for Papers. The theme of the 2010 conference is "Making Metadata Work Harder: Celebrating 15 years of Dublin Core™". Beyond the conference theme, papers, reports and poster submissions are welcome on a wide range of metadata topics as listed in the Call. The call is open until 2 April 2010.

Updates in DCMI Workstructure

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Following the DCMI Advisory Board meeting on 16 October 2009 in Seoul, two Task Groups have been deactivated: the DCMI Agents Task Group and the DCMI Government Application Profile Task Group. Talat Chaudhri of UKOLN was appointed co-moderator of the DCMI Scholarly Communications Community and member of the DCMI Advisory Board.

DC-2010 conference committee established

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

In preparation for DC-2010, the tenth International Conference on Dublin Core™ and Metadata Applications, to be held in Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 20-22 October 2010, a conference committee has been established, chaired by Stuart Sutton of the University of Washington Information School. Program Chairs for DC-2010 are Diane Hillmann of the Information Institute of Syracuse and Metadata Management Associates, and Mike Lauruhn of Taxonomy Strategies, while Liddy Nevile of La Trobe University is the Workshop Convenor.

DC-2009 papers and presentations published

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The DC-2009 conference, held in Seoul, Korea, 12-16 October 2009, featured high quality tutorials, keynotes, conference papers and workshop sessions. The event was attended by around 100 participants from 18 countries and territories who engaged in lively discussions around the theme of Semantic Interoperability of Linked Data. The conference proceedings are available in the DCMI Conference Paper Repository and many of the presentations are linked from the program page on the conference Web site. DCMI wishes to thank the National Library of Korea and the Korean Library Association for the splendid organization of the event.

DC-2010 to be held in Pittsburgh, 20-22 October 2010

Wed, 14 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

DCMI is pleased to announce that DC-2010 will take place 20-22 October 2010 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. The conference will be held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) which is scheduled for 24-27 October 2010 in the same location. Further announcements will be released in the coming months. See the conference flyer.

On-line registration DC-2009 now closed, on-site registration possible during event

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

On-line registration for DC-2009, to be held 12-16 October in Seoul, Korea, hosted by the National Library of Korea in cooperation with the Korean Library Association and DCMI, is now closed. During the event, on-site registration will still be possible. Please have a look at the final programme for the event. We are looking forward to meeting many of you next week in Seoul!

DCMI home page http://dublincore.org/ redesigned to orient interested newcomers

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The DCMI home page http://dublincore.org/ has been redesigned with four new "landing pages": Metadata Basics, DCMI Specifications, Community and Events, About Us, and a new Site Map.

Dublin Core™ Tutorial to be held on 17 December 2009 in Florence, Italy

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The Fondazione Rinascimento Digitale, a DCMI Gold Partner in 2008-2009, has agreed to be a Local Tutorial Partner under the DCMI Partnership Program. The Fondazione, in cooperation with DCMI, is organizing a Dublin Core™ Tutorial on 17 December 2009 in Florence under the title "Dublin Core: building blocks for interoperability". This Tutorial will take place on the day after the Conference "CULTURAL HERITAGE on line: Empowering users: an active role for user communities" on 15-16 December 2009. DCMI is among the special supporters of this event. For more information see the Local Tutorial Partner page.

Mike Teets of OCLC appointed to DCMI Oversight Committee

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are happy to announce that the DCMI Oversight Committee has appointed Mike Teets of OCLC Inc. (Dublin, Ohio, USA) as an independent member of the Committee. At the same time, Lorcan Dempsey of OCLC has stepped down after more than seven years of involvement, first in the DCMI Board of Trustees and, since the end of 2008, in the Oversight Committee. We are very grateful to Lorcan for his efforts over the years. The next meeting of the Oversight Committee is scheduled for 12 October 2009.

Expressing Dublin Core™ metadata using HTML/XHTML updated

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The DCMI Recommendation "Expressing Dublin Core™ metadata using HTML/XHTML meta and link elements" has been revised with a small number of errata and an addendum with new examples.

DCMI Status Report September 2009 published

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The DCMI Status Report September 2009 is now available.

DC-2009 is drawing near!

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The start of DC-2009 to be held 12-16 October 2009 in Seoul, Korea is now less than three weeks away. We are still accepting registrations online for the event until 5 October 2009. After that, it will still be possible to register on-site during the event. We have made some final adjustments in the program, with the session of the DCMI Science and Metadata Community now on Tuesday 13 October, and the final program of the Special Sessions on Linked Data.

Follow us on Twitter and Facebook

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

DCMI now has a presence on Twitter. There is also a Facebook group for DCMI and a Facebook page for the DC-2009 conference.

DC-2009: early-bird registration closed, on-line registration still open

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The early-bird registration for DC-2009 to be held 12-16 October 2009 in Seoul, Korea, is now closed. On-line registration for the event at regular fees will remain open until 5 October. After that, it will still be possible to register on-site during the event. This year's program includes introductory tutorials by Tom Baker and Marcia Lei Zeng; keynotes by Michael Crandall, Eunchul Lee and Alistair Miles; eight full papers and five project reports; three special sessions on functional, technical and strategic issues related to Linked Data; meetings of the DCMI Communities Localization & Internationalization, Libraries, Registry and Science & Metadata; and advanced tutorials by Sam Oh and Marcia Lei Zeng. We are looking forward to meeting many of you in Seoul next month!

Program for DC-2009 updated

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

Today, an updated program for DC-2009, the ninth International Conference on Dublin Core™ and Metadata Applications, to be held 12-16 October 2009 in Seoul, has been published on the conference Web site. A main update is the inclusion of the detailed program for three special sessions covering functional, technical and strategic issues of Linked Data. Registration at early-bird discount is open until 31 August 2009.

Infocom Corporation renews Platinum Partnership

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are very pleased to announce that Infocom Corporation of Japan has renewed its Platinum Partnership status for another year starting 1 July 2009. Please see the Platinum Partner page for more details. The DCMI Partnership Program is open for all companies and organizations that want to support DCMI financially to continue its work to the benefit of the global audience.

In memoriam: Rachel Heery

Thu, 06 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0000

With great sadness we have learned that Rachel Heery, a long-time participant in the Dublin Core™ community and member of the DCMI Advisory Board until her retirement in 2007, passed away on 24 July 2009. With her ground-breaking introduction of the idea of Application Profiles at the eighth Dublin Core™ workshop in Ottawa in 2000, Rachel helped move DCMI in the direction we still follow. Her numerous research and development projects as Assistant Director of UKOLN at the University of Bath (UK) made essential contributions to defining the evolving state of the art in metadata. We will miss her.

DC-2009: Online registration opens, preliminary program published

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

We are pleased to announce that the online registration for DC-2009, the ninth International Conference on Dublin Core™ and Metadata Applications, to be held in Seoul, Korea, 12-16 October 2009, is now open. Early bird registration is open until 31 August. Also, the preliminary program is published with the main elements of the program for the event. A further version of the program with additional details is scheduled to be published in early August.