The following news items have been published on the DCMI Web site
(http://dublincore.org) today.

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DC-2007: REGISTER NOW!

2007-08-06, The preparations for DC-2007 (http://www.dc2007.sg/), to
be held in Singapore from 27 through 31 August 2007 are now drawing to
a close. The final program for the conference
(http://www.dc2007.sg/index.asp?section=programme) now contains links
to presentation slides and workshop session agendas. Online
registration (http://www.dc2007.sg/index.asp?section=registration)
closes on 18 August 2007. On-site registration will be available on
Sunday 26 August at the National Library from 14:00 to 18:00, and from
Monday 27 August at the conference venue, the InterContinental
Singapore, on level 2 from 08:00. Please note that only cash payment
in Singapore dollars will be accepted for on-site registration. Also
note that hotel reservations will be available through the conference
Web site until 10 August. The hotels will not hold any rooms for
conference attendees after this date so please book as soon as
possible if you still need accommodation.

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DCMI Web site and documentation survey

2007-08-06, As part of a program to evaluate the Web site and
documentation published by DCMI, a survey has been developed asking a
broad range of users for their feedback on DCMI's Web presence
(http://dublincore.org/). Results will be anonymous, but in hopes that
some responders will be willing to provide additional feedback, a
place for names and e-mail addresses is included to allow more in
depth interviews as well. Members of the DCMI community are encouraged
to distribute the questionnaire announcement to those who might be
interested in assisting in this Web site review. If distribution is
made to mailing lists, please copy Diane Hillmann ([log in to unmask])
on the distribution e-mail so that the review team can track how
broadly the questionnaire has been seen. The questionnaire will be
available through 5 September 2007 only, so please don't delay in your
responses. Go to the survey at
http://www.priority-research.com/survey.php?sid=9492697A75255BD58561B5AAE1827094.

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DCMI Status report August 2007 published

2007-08-06, Makx Dekkers, DCMI Managing Director, has published a new
status report of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, covering the
period March 2007 to August 2007. Read the report at
http://dublincore.org/news/communications/statusreport-200708.shtml.

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Development of DCMI Application Profile Model and Wiki tools for
Application Profiles

2007-08-06, DCMI has commissioned two work items that are related to
the development of Application Profiles. The first is a specification
of a DCMI Description Set Profile
(http://dublincore.org/architecturewiki/DescriptionSetProfile) as part
of a more formal DCMI Application Profile Model, drafted by Mikael
Nilsson. Following from that work, Fredrik Enoksson is designing a
Wiki format for Dublin Core Application Profiles which both renders
the profile readably in HTML and is structured in such a way that it
can be automatically converted by a script into an XML format. The
work also includes designing and building a tool for transforming an
Application Profile in the Wiki format into an XML representation of
the profile. Results of this work are foreseen to be demonstrated at a
plenary Architecture session at DC-2007 on Tuesday 28 August 2007.

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Public comment closed

2007-08-06, Public Comment is now closed for the editorial revisions
to existing DCMI terms and for a proposed set of classes for use as
domains and ranges of DCMI properties. The proposals will now be
discussed by the DCMI Usage Board in their meeting in Singapore on 25
and 26 August 2007.

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New approval process for DCMI documents

2007-08-06, Following the changes in work structure that have taken
place since DC-2006, the DCMI Directorate, in consultation with the
DCMI Usage Board and DCMI Advisory Board, has revised the approval
processes for DCMI documents. As of August 2007, the new procedure
described in the DCMI Process Document Procedure for approval of
proposals by DCMI (http://dublincore.org/documents/approval/) is in
effect. Please also note the Proposal Submission Form
(http://dublincore.org/documents/approval/proposalSubmissionForm.txt)
that can be used for submission of proposals.

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