Good idea. I'm copy the DC-Libraries list on this.
Rebecca
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Debra Shapiro wrote:
> Hi Rebecca,
>
> I think another paper (that you are probably aware of) that you might
> direct participants to read, in addition to Rachel Heery's (which I
> found quite slow-going, but I assume it is because she is far more
> brilliant than me) is Martin Dillon's
> Metadata for Web Resources: How Metadata Works on the Web
> http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/bibcontrol/dillon.html
>
> It discusses aspects of DC which are not done enough yet for
> libraries, and suggests ways to improve DC.
> Regards,
> Debra.
>
>
> >See below an agenda for the DC-Library Working Group at the 8th Dublin
> >Core Workshop in Ottawa next week. This will also be linked to from the
> >agenda on the DC8 Web site (http://www.ifla.org/udt/dc8/agenda.htm.
> >
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> >^^ Rebecca S. Guenther ^^
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> >
> > DC-Library Interest Group Agenda
> >
> >1. Review of charge: see:
> >http://www.oclc.org/oclc/research/projects/core/groups/libraries.
> >htm
> >What has been completed? What needs more work? What needs to be
> >added?
> >
> >2. Application profiles: what would a general "library"
> >application profile look like? (see Rachel Heery's paper as
> >background: http://homes.ukoln.ac.uk/~lisrmh/app-prof.htm)
> > Additional elements to DCES
> > Additional qualifiers needed:
> > Request as DC approved?
> > Define as domain-specific?
> > Changes to semantics in DCES 1.1: are there elements that
> > need definitions refined for use by libraries?
> > Required elements
> > Data rules (e.g. lastname, firstname)
> >
> >3. Crosswalks: which are libraries using for what purposes? What
> >are their problems? What sort of standardization is needed?
> >
> >4. DC-Agents: can the library community agree on a position for
> >associating attributes of persons, corporate bodies with their
> >names? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the proposed
> >approaches for consistency/interoperability with bibliographic
> >data in libraries?
> >
> >5. Tools: What tools are people using for projects in libraries
> >implementing DC?
> >
> >6. "Investigate how to provide URI transparency to library
> >database resources": has any progress been made on this?
> >
> >
> >R. Guenther
> >27 September 2000
>
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> Debra Shapiro
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