News from 2011 on DCMI

Meeting minutes available: DCMI Task Group on Schema.org-to-Dublin Core™ property mappings

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The Dublin Core™ Metadata Initiative's Schema.org Alignment Task Group held its first teleconference on 12 December to discuss a proposed mapping of DCMI metadata terms to terms in the Schema.org vocabulary. The teleconference report is available and highlights different potential uses for published mappings: as a social signal that different standards can work together, as a source of documentation for people who work with data, as a source of patterns for search-engine engineers, and as input into the further development of vocabularies and related applications.

DC-2012 to be part of Knowledge Technology Week 2012

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0000

DC-2012 in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia will be part of the collocated activities of Knowledge Technology Week 2012. DC-2012 delegates will be able to engage with the delegates of the Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI) and the International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA-2012) and enjoy the opportunity to participate in sessions and social events across the range of collocated activities.

New DCMI Oversight Committee Members: Winston Ong and Ulla Ikaheimo

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

At the Dublin Core™ Metadata Initiative's 20 September 2011 meeting at The Hague, Winston Ong and Ulla Ikäheimo joined the Oversight Committee representing the National Library Board Singapore and the National Library of Finland.

DC-2012 Call for Papers published

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The Call for Papers for DC-2012 in Malaysia, to be hosted by MIMOS Berhad in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 3-7 September 2012, has been published. The call solicits submissions for Full Papers, Project Reports, Posters, Special Sessions and DCMI Community Workshop Sessions. Deadline for submissions is 23 March 2012.

W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group Final Report published

Mon, 31 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The W3C Library Linked Data Incubator Group has published its final report at http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/XGR-lld-20111025/, examining how Semantic Web standards and Linked Data principles can be used to make the information assets of libraries more widely visible and re-usable on the Web. The report is supplemented by descriptions of use cases and by an inventory of datasets, value vocabularies, and metadata element sets currently available as Linked Data.

New Architecture Forum task group on alignment with Schema.org

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The DCMI Architecture Forum has formed the DCMI Schema.org Alignment Task Group to define and publish mappings (alignments) between Schema.org vocabularies and DCMI Metadata Terms. The Task Group is open to participation by any interested member of the public. A Task Group wiki has been set up at http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/Schema.org_Alignment. Discussion in the Task Group will take place on the dc-architecture mailing list at http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/dc-architecture.html.

NISO/DCMI Webinar: The RDA Vocabularies: Implementation, Extension, and Mapping

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

A NISO/DCMI Webinar, http://www.niso.org/news/events/2011/dcmi/rda will be held online at 13:00 Eastern Time on 16 November 2011. Diane Hillmann will provide an up-to-the-minute update on the development of an element vocabulary, application profile, and value vocabularies based on the Resource Description and Access (RDA) standard. Registration closes on November 16, 2011 at 12:00 Eastern Time.

DC-2012 Set for Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

DC-2012 has been scheduled to take place in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia 3-7 September 2012 as part of Knowledge Technology Week. It will be collocated with the Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and the International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems as well as with a number of other symposia and workshops.

DC-2011 Sets DCMI Attendance Record

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0000

DC-2011 at The Hague set a new attendance record for the DCMI International Conference series with delegates from 36 countries representing every continent but Antarctica. Surely there are metadata needs in Antarctica--next year delegates from Delphia and Semei when we meet for DC-2012 in Malaysia!

DC-2011 Interviews Published: Berms, Dekkers, Sutton, Baker, Hillmann

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0000

In the build-up to DC-2011, opening 21 September 2011 at The Hague, the National Library of the Netherlands has published interviews with keynote speaker Emmanuella Berms, out-going DCMI CEO Makx Dekkers, new CEO Stuart Sutton and a joint interview with DCMI Chief Information Officer (Communications, Research and Development) Tom Baker and Diane Hillmann, DCMI Vocabulary Maintenance Officer. The interviews discuss personal motivations for the interviewees' engagement with DCMI, DCMI goals going forward and reasons for attending DC-2011.

OCLC, Elsevier, UW iSchool and DANS Join as DC-2011 Sponsors

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

OCLC, Elsevier, DANS and the Information School at the University of Washington in Seattle have joined DCMI and the National Library of the Netherlands in bringing you DC-2011 at The Hague. The conference will offer the metadata community the opportunity to come together to discuss metadata innovation in design, deployment and best practices.

Bas Savenije to Open DC-2011

Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Drs. J.S.M. (Bas) Savenije will open the DC-2011 conference at The Hague. Drs. Savenije has served as General Director of the National Library of The Netherlands since 1 June 2009. In addition to his Directorship, Drs. Savenije is widely involved in the cultural heritage sector and fulfills different roles on the boards of several national and European organizations.

Early registration for DC-2011 ends 21 August

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The end of early registration for DC-2011 at The Hague is rapidly approaching. Don't miss the conference or the opportunity to save on the registration fee during the Early Registration period (end 21 August). Visit the registration page on the Conference Website to register.

DC-2011 final program announced

Mon, 08 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The Final DC-2011 Program has been announced. DC-2011 at the National Library of the Netherlands at The Hague promises to be an exciting forum for the exchange of innovative work in metadata research and best practices including tutorials, keynote speeches by Mikael Nilsson and Emmanuelle Berms, a program of peer reviewed papers, project reports and posters, and DCMI Workshop and special sessions.

NISO/DCMI Webinar, 'International Bibliographic Standards, Linked Data, and the Impact on Library Cataloging'

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

A NISO/DCMI Webinar, International Bibliographic Standards, Linked Data, and the Impact on Library Cataloging will be held online at 13:00 Eastern Time on 24 August 2011. Gordon Dunsire will provide practical examples of deriving high-quality linked data from the vast numbers of records created by libraries, and demonstrates how a shift of focus from records to linked-data triples can provide more efficient and effective user-centered resource discovery services. Registration for the event will close on 24 August 2011 at 12:00 pm Eastern Time.

Register now for DC-2011

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The online registration for DC-2011 opened on 5 July 2011. The conference itself will take place on 22 and 23 September, while on Wednesday 21 September, you have a choice between Tutorials about Dublin Core™ and metadata best practices, Linked Data and SKOS; and a Workshop on Vocabulary Maintenance and Alignment. Registrations are already coming in at a fast pace. Don't wait, register now!

DCMI appoints new Executive Officers

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

Following an open recruitment call in March 2011, DCMI has completed the process of appointing new Executive Officers. The new Executive Officers are: Stuart Sutton as Chief Executive Officer; Raju Buddharaju as Financial and Administrative Officer; Tom Baker as Information/Communications Officer and Research and Development Officer; and Diane Hillmann as Vocabulary Maintenance Officer. For futher information see the press release.

Online registration for DC-2011 opens on 5 July 2011

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The online registration for DC-2011 is about to open. Early-bird discount is available until 21 August 2011. Please note that capacity is limited to 187 participants. We will accept registration on a first-come, first-serve basis, so we recommend that you register as early as possible!

Infocom Corporation renews DCMI Platinum Partnership

Mon, 04 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +0000

DCMI is very pleased to announce that Infocom Corporation of Japan has renewed its Platinum Partnership status until 30 June 2012. 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.

Preliminary Program for DC-2011 published

Mon, 27 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0000

The organizing committee of DC-2011 has published the preliminary program of the event. On Wednesday 21 September there will be a full day of Tutorials alongside a special session on Vocabulary Management and Alignment. The program for the conference on Thursday 22 and Friday 23 September includes plenary keynotes and paper sessions, posters, workshop and special sessions, while there will also be an opportunity for people to meet in an "unconference" setting. You can show your interest at LinkedIn and at Lanyrd. Twitter stream at @dcmi11, hashtag #dcmi11. Registration will open on 2 July 2011.