Please note the news items that were published on the DCMI Web site
< http://dublincore.org/ > on 3 November 2008.
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"Guidelines for Dublin Core Applicaton Profiles" published as a Working Draft
2008-11-03, The new DCMI Working Draft
< http://dublincore.org/documents/2008/11/03/profile-guidelines/ >
"Guidelines for Dublin Core Application Profiles" describes the
key components of an application profile and walks the reader
through the process of designing a profile. Addressed primarily
to a non-technical audience, the guidelines also provide a
technical appendix about modeling the metadata interoperably
for use in linked data environments. This draft will be revised
in response to feedback from readers. Interested members of
the public are invited to post comments by 1 December 2008 to the
< http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=dc-general >
DC-GENERAL mailing list, including "[Public Comment]"
in the subject line.
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"Interoperability Levels for Dublin Core Metadata" published as a Working Draft
2008-11-03, < http://dublincore.org/documents/2008/11/03/interoperability-levels/ >
"Interoperability Levels for Dublin Core Metadata", published
today as a DCMI Working Draft, discusses the modeling choices involved
in designing metadata applications for different types of interoperability.
At Level 1, applications use data components with shared natural-language
definitions. At Level 2, data is based on the formal-semantic model of the
W3C Resource Description Framework. At Level 3, data is structured as
Description Sets (i.e., as records). At Level 4, data content is subject to
a shared set of constraints (as described in a Description Set Profile).
Conformance tests and examples are provided for each level. The Working
Draft represents work in progress for which the authors seek feedback.
Interested members of the public are invited to post comments by 1 December
2008 to the < http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=dc-architecture >
DC-ARCHITECTURE mailing list, including "[Public Comment]" in the subject
line.
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Dr. Thomas Baker <[log in to unmask]>
Director, Specifications and Documentation
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative
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