Tom:
I note that you have left a couple of action statements toward the end,
which should probably be excised. Also, my name is spelled wrong (there's
been an absolute pandemic of it lately, not sure why that is ... ).
Also, since we seem to be announcing the approval of terms before our
formal announcement process, I think there should be a caveat somewhere
that implementations should not use these terms until they are formally in
the namespace.
Diane
At 04:13 PM 11/10/2004 +0100, Thomas Baker wrote:
>Dear all,
>
>I have drafted a summary of decisions taken in Shanghai
>(below). My plan is the following:
>
>-- to post this summary somewhere under http://dublincore.org/usage/;
>-- to announce its availability on DC-GENERAL along with
> a two-sentence summary of the summary;
>-- to announce its availability in a news item both in the
> RSS feed and on the DCMI home page;
>-- to link to the summary from http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/.
>
>This draft consists of highlights from the meeting notes
>(minus ACTION assignments). I tried to capture the decisions
>which are likely to be of interest to the general public but
>omitted alot of detail (e.g., regarding minor points in the
>Process document).
>
>Note that the summary is vague about the ISO8601 issue,
>about which I will write a separate note (hopefully today).
>
>The Web site is due to be published on Monday, so I'd
>appreciate your comments by this Friday (day after tomorrow).
>Feedback on the granularity of the report and the plan outlined
>above would be most appreciated.
>
>Many thanks,
>Tom
>
>----
>
>Title: DC Usage Board Meeting in Shanghai - summary
>Date: 2004-10-18
>Contributor: Tom Baker
>Contributor: Andy Powell
>Description: This brief summary captures the main decisions made
> at the Usage Board meeting held at Shanghai Library
> on 9-10 October 2004.
>
>Present: Tom Baker, Eva Mendez (guest), Diane Hillman, Andrew
>Wilson, Rebecca Guenther, Pete Johnston (guest), Andy Powell,
>Stuart Sutton, Traugott Koch, Akira Miyazawa, Liddy Nevile
>(guest), Charles McCathie-Nevile (guest), Juha Hakala (guest),
>Jani Stenval (guest), Dan Brickley (guest), Raju Buddharaju
>(guest).
>
>Agenda
>-- http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/2004/10/ISSUES/
>
>Abstract Model
>-- http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/2004/10/ISSUES/abstract-model/
>
>* For each of the currently recommended encoding schemes
> we need to determine if it is a syntax encoding scheme or
> a vocabulary encoding scheme.
>
>* Agreed to consider re-wording the definitions
> of current elements to make them more consistent with the
> abstract model.
>
>Versioning of DCMI 'term descriptions'
>-- http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/2004/10/ISSUES/version-identifiers/
>
>* Agreed to continue the current practice of treating
> the DCMI description of a DCMI term as a discrete
> 'bundle of attributes' that is assigned a new URI each
> time anything in that 'bundle' is updated.
>
>MARC Relator Terms
>-- http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/2004/10/ISSUES/terms-relators/
>
>* Approved set of circa 100 MARC Relator terms as
> sub-properties of dc:contributor. Model: Library of
> Congress asserts the sub-property relationship and
> Usage Board endorses those assertions.
>
>* DCMI needs an RDF-based mechanism for recording UB's
> endorsement of each LoC assertion.
>
>* Need to consider future possibilities for giving a
> status of 'Conforming' to terms in external namespaces.
>
>Element Refinement document
>-- http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/2004/10/ISSUES/abstract-model/
>
>* Agreed to publish Pete's explanation of element refinement
> as a 'recommended resource'.
>
>Element proposal: Accessibility
>-- http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/2004/10/ISSUES/terms-accessibility/
>
>* Approved "Accessibility" as Recommended element.
>
>* Definition: A description of the
> qualities of the resource in terms of control, display
> and content that can be used to match the needs and
> preferences of a user.
>
>Term proposals: Collection Description
>-- http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/2004/10/ISSUES/terms-collection/
>
>* Approved the following as "conforming" elements:
>
> accrualMethod
> accrualPeriodicity
> accrualPolicy
>
>* Unable to approve or reject proposals for 3 DC-CD
> controlled vocabularies. Defer decision, pending clarification
> about the ongoing maintenance of the vocabularies. Suggest
> that WG consider possible options for future maintenance.
> Seek clarification from the Board of Trustees about the role
> of DCMI (and the DC UB) in the maintenance of controlled
> vocabularies.
>
>Term proposal: Education
>-- http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/2004/10/ISSUES/terms-education/
>
>* Approved conforming element Instructional Method:
> 'A process, used to engender knowledge, attitudes and
> skills, that the resource is designed to support'.
>
>Future term proposal: NLM
>-- http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/2004/10/ISSUES/nlm/
>
>* Agreed we will, in principle, accept a proposal for
> 'NLM' as a vocabulary encoding scheme with a DCTERMS URI
>
>* Expectation that this will be the last proposal to
> assign a DCMI URI to an external vocabulary.
>
>* Need to develop a policy, process, mechanism and
> documentation for endorsing non-DCMI encoding scheme URIs
> (same endorsement mechanism as for endorsing non-DCMI
> properties) and develop guidelines to help external
> organisations/people declare URIs for non-DCMI vocabulary
> encoding schemes (to note that preference is for owners
> to declare URIs for their own vocabularies). Note impact
> on status of 'Registered' in current UB Process document.
>
>ISO8601 (proposed encoding scheme for dates)
>-- http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/2004/10/ISSUES/iso8601/
>
>* Further discussion at Shanghai conference (e.g., Date
> Working Group) suggests that this should be subject to
> careful review before the decision is finalized.
>
>Definition of dc:date
>-- http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/2004/10/ISSUES/definition-date/
>
>* Proposed re-definition: 'A date (or date and time),
> including a range, of an event in the lifecycle of the
> resource'. Suggest this to the DC Date WG as a new definition
> of dc:date and ask for their comments.
>
>* Subsequent discussion in Shanghai has raised the possibility
> that the problem with the definition could be handled with
> a comment.
>
>Type vocabulary definitions and comments
>-- http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/2004/10/ISSUES/type-definitions/
>
>* Need to tidy up editorial inconsistencies and send
> to dc-usage list for signing off.
>
>Review of application profiles
>-- http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/2004/10/ISSUES/profiles/
>
>* Need to ask the Board of Trustees to clarify the
> commitment and mechanism that DCMI has for maintaining the
> application profiles that are developed by DC WGs.
>
>Registration of Encoding Schemes
>-- http://dublincore.org/usage/meetings/2004/10/ISSUES/registration/
>
>* Need a public statement of new approach for handling
> vocabulary encoding schemes -- Action: Tom
>
>Other
>
>* Agreed that the PDF version of the meeting packet is
> sufficient for archival purposes.
>
>* Agreed that DCMI should continue not to host experimental
> or short-term namespaces.
>
>* Proposals for new terms should be moved to the DCMI Web
> site, and given DCMI page headers and a status of 'Proposed
> term'. when they are accepted by the UB (i.e. before comment
> period starts). UB Process document needs to be updated to
> say this. -- Action: Stuart
>
>
>
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