I've asked this question before, but I'm still looking for a simple schema
for describing events. I know from previous responses that there's great
work going on in relation to event modelling but I'm after something much
more basic - data elements for describing human events - seminars, meetings,
exhibitions, projects. MARC21 has a format for community information but it
is too rich. We need something simpler in terms of data element choices but
with the granularity to interface with other scheduling systems.
As an example of an application where such a schema would be useful see
http://www.nla.gov.au/apps/events/. This is generated from a database for
which we have our own internal schema but we would like to start exchanging
information about events with other cultural organisations - eg - to provide
combined calendars of events.
There are some calendar standards but they tend to focus on standards for
exchanging date/time information rather than information about the events
themselves - eg. agents having a role in relation to the event, location,
description, etc.
People are also using DC to describe events - and that's fine if you want to
describe a mixture of resources, events, services, etc on a website using a
single metadata standard - but it doesn't extend to address this need.
Judith Pearce
Director, Web Services
National Library of Australia
CANBERRA ACT 2601
Australia
Phone: +61 2 62621425
Fax: +61 2 6273 3648
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NLA Web Site: http://www.nla.gov.au
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