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Diane, Gordon and others, I'm responding to Gordon's email as a confirmation of the ISBD RG's interest in the proposed work. Best, Mirna > Diane and others > > > For Work item 1, we should look at the LODE-BD Recommendations for AGRIS > Network > [1]. I like the workflow/decision tree approach! Also, this work item is > likely > to be of interest to IFLA, so I hope IFLA members of the Community will be > able > to contribute. > > > Work item 3 is very much of interest to IFLA. The ISBD/XML Study Group > proposed > a project for this year to develop guidelines on using the IFLA element > set and > value vocabularies (overlap with Work item 1) and extending them (Work > item 3). > Although IFLA was unable to fund this specifically for ISBD, a more > general > approach for all IFLA namespaces is on the agenda for discussion by the > IFLA > Namespaces Technical Group in Helsinki in August (during the IFLA > conference). > So it would be great if general guidelines could be developed appropriate > for > IFLA, DCMI, and other organizations with potentially "open" namespaces. > I'm sure > IFLA will be happy to collaborate with the Community on this work. > > > I see two directions in which an element set or value vocabulary can be > extended. The first is refinement/"smart-up" to produce more granular > properties, classes, or concepts, or more "constrained" versions of > existing > elements and concepts, or both. The second is to produce less granular or > unconstrained "dumb-down" versions for mapping and other purposes. IFLA > will > also be considering the idea of unconstrained versions of its namespaces > (that > is, properties with no domains, ranges, or other semantic constraints) in > Helsinki, rather like the proposed versions of the RDA properties which > have no > FRBR domains or ranges. Which begs the question: is DCMI considering > something > similar for the DC/terms properties, some of which have domains and > ranges? > > > Cheers > > > Gordon > > > > [1] http://aims.fao.org/lode/bd > > > > > On 04 June 2012 at 23:15 Diane Hillmann <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > >> Folks: >> A bit of an update, then down to business. >> >> We're anticipating that the recording of the Thursday meetings in >> London >> (April 26th, 2012) will become available within the next week or so. The >> Seminar will be up soon after that. Apologies for the delay, but the >> volunteers doing the work are busy people, and scheduling of editing >> facilities can be difficult. >> >> I'm going to propose a couple of work items based on the discussions >> we've >> been having in this venue and in London, with an eye to getting some >> additional conversations going (and commitments made) prior to the >> summer >> hiatus. Keep in mind that I'm putting these out as proposals, and would >> really >> welcome suggestions, comments, arguments, etc. This is not a one-woman >> show, >> I know I'm talking to a very knowledgeable group, and I'm not going to >> be >> happy with silence! In London we had two major topics on our agenda, >> but as >> those of you who were present can attest (and the rest will see when the >> recordings are available), there was a great deal of wide-ranging >> discussion >> once the topics were introduced. I'm going to try to reflect those >> discussions >> in these proposals, but I welcome other views of what I may have >> misinterpreted, left out, or poorly explained. >> >> My proposals for Task Groups are as follows: >> >> Work Item 1: Develop plan for a set of best practice guidelines around >> vocabulary evaluation, selection, and re-use. Many of the relevant >> questions >> around these processes were articulated at the Special session in The >> Hague >> [1], and the Task Group's responsibility is to use these discussions to >> set up >> an outline for needed best practices documentation, as well as >> reviewing, >> evaluating and annotating any extant guidelines now available >> (particularly >> those consulted in their work). This group should be prepared to submit >> a >> discussion draft for the plan and outline to this group (preferably on >> the >> wiki) by the end of this calendar year, and a fully articulated plan and >> outline by the following Spring (March 31st?). The model I have in mind >> is the >> best practices guidelines for OAI Data Providers [2], which had a >> considerable >> number of participants (and as many opinions) but still resulted in >> useful and >> coherent documentation, but there are certainly others worth consulting. >> >> Work Item 2: Examine and articulate the issues around vocabulary >> sustainability and preservation and what role DCMI should play in this >> area. >> In a sense, sustainability is one of the criteria for evaluating >> vocabularies >> for use, but in a larger sense it's a critical issue for both vocabulary >> owners and the larger metadata community. At the London meeting, Bernard >> Vatant discussed some of his work, including an idea for a Vocabulary >> Commons, >> also featured in several of his blog posts. [3] [4] [5] For this item, >> we ask >> the Task Group to follow up on these ideas and initial discussions, and >> lead a >> discussion in this community intended to result in a recommendation for >> action >> by DCMI. >> >> Work Item 3: Develop a set of best practices for extending vocabularies >> for >> local use. One of the common problems we find when looking around at >> metadata >> using DC is that implementers have little guidance about what to do when >> they >> wish to extend DC or use DC terms in conjunction with local terms. The >> resulting documentation could be part of the user documentation >> currently >> being updated. [6] >> >> [1] >> http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/DC-2011_Vocabulary_Special_Session/Meeting_Report >> <http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/DC-2011_Vocabulary_Special_Session/Meeting_Report> >> [2] >> http://webservices.itcs.umich.edu/mediawiki/oaibp/index.php/Main_Page >> <http://webservices.itcs.umich.edu/mediawiki/oaibp/index.php/Main_Page> >> [3] http://blog.hubjects.com/2012/03/lov-stories-part-1-commons.html >> <http://blog.hubjects.com/2012/03/lov-stories-part-1-commons.html> >> [4] >> http://blog.hubjects.com/2012/03/lov-stories-part-2-gardeners-and.html >> <http://blog.hubjects.com/2012/03/lov-stories-part-2-gardeners-and.html> >> [5] >> http://blog.hubjects.com/2012/04/lov-stories-part-3-vocabularies-as.html >> <http://blog.hubjects.com/2012/04/lov-stories-part-3-vocabularies-as.html> >> [6] http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/User_Guide >> <http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/User_Guide> >> >> Please some feedback! (And if you want to volunteer for something, feel >> free >> to discuss a possible role off-list) >> >> Regards, >> Diane >> >> >> > -- Professor Mirna Willer, PhD University of Zadar Department of Information Sciences Franje Tuğmana 24i 23000 Zadar Croatia URL: http://www.unizd.hr E-mail: [log in to unmask] t: +385 23 345011 f: +385 23 345055