Hi Folks

I expect most of you have spotted this, it comes from the W3C weekly news
update. Thought it might be of interest with FISHKOS in mind.

Working Drafts: Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS)

 The Semantic Web Best Practices and Deployment Working Group released
 three First Public Working Drafts: "SKOS Core Guide," "SKOS Core
 Vocabulary Specification," and a "Quick Guide to Publishing a  Thesaurus on
the Semantic Web." The drafts explain how to express classification schemes,
thesauruses, subject heading lists, taxonomies, terminologies, glossaries
and other types of controlled vocabulary in RDF. Previous SKOS work was
supported by the European project SWAD-Europe. Visit the Semantic Web home
page.

  http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-swbp-skos-core-guide-20050510/
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-swbp-skos-core-spec-20050510/
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-swbp-thesaurus-pubguide-20050510/
  http://www.w3.org/2001/sw/
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Dr Jonathan Kenny
Project Manager
Archaeology Data Service
Dept of Archaeology, University of York
The King's Manor, York, YO1 7EP
tel 01904 433956
 


-----Original Message-----
From: The Forum for Information Standards in Heritage (FISH)
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Sent: 09 May 2005 10:01
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Subject: [FISH] MDA Announces Publication of Revised Edition of SPECTRUM
Standard


-- With apologies for cross-posting --


MDA, the UK’s lead organisation on the management of information about
museum collections, has published the revised edition of SPECTRUM, the
documentation standard for museums.

SPECTRUM has been developed in partnership with over 100 museum
professionals and is recognised nationally and internationally as the
authoritative source of best practice in documentation. It includes 21
procedures, eight of which are defined as requirements of the Museum,
Library and Archive Council’s (MLA) Museum Accreditation Scheme, the
national minimum standard for museums. The procedures cover all aspects of
the management of an object within a museum’s collections, from acquisition
to loan or disposal.

The revised edition has been comprehensively updated, and features three
entirely new procedures including information on Rights Management. Other
updates to the standard include a new, more accessible format, and updates
to the sources of help and advice that are referenced throughout.

SPECTRUM is available free of charge for non-commercial use by museums. It
can be downloaded from the redesigned MDA website at
http://www.mda.org.uk/spectrum.htm

This page is a form to sign up for the non-commercial licence, either for an
organisation or an individual. We encourage you to look at the licence
before you download.

Wire-bound print-outs can be purchased from MDA Publications for £30 incl.
p&p (£25 for members of MDA). Orders should be addressed to MDA Publications
on 01223 415760 or by email to [log in to unmask]

MDA is supported in England by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council
(MLA), http://www.mla.gov.uk

Gordon.


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