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Date: Fri, 1 May 2009 11:30:16 +0200
From: Makx Dekkers <[log in to unmask]>
To:  <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: DCMI News 1 May 2009

Today, the following news item was published on the DCMI Web site
(http://dublincore.org/)

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Interoperability Levels for Dublin Core Metadata published as DCMI
Recommended Resource

2009-05-01, "Interoperability Levels for Dublin Core Metadata" has been
published as a Recommended Resource. The document discusses 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 (as in
Linked Data). At Levels 3 and 4, data also shares syntactic constraints
based on the DCMI Abstract Model. The document aims at providing a point
of reference for evaluating interoperability among a variety of metadata
implementations. The authors expect this document to evolve as the
trade-offs and benefits of interoperability at different levels are
explored and welcome feedback from its readers.

(http://dublincore.org/documents/2009/05/01/interoperability-levels/) 

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