Dear all,

We plan to build the Web site later this evening (Monday),
Central European time, so this is a Last Call for comments
on the following documents as discussed in the latest
teleconference.

I believe we have completed the corrections discussed on the 
call [1] but would appreciate if some of you could double-check.

Many thanks,
Tom

[1] http://dublincore.org:8080/usage/minutes/2009/2009-02-26.dcub-telecon-report.html

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Profile Review Criteria
-- http://dublincore.org:8080/documents/2009/03/02/profile-review-criteria/

-- See latest discussion in:
   https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind0902&L=DC-USAGE&P=12212

   Note section "Change History", with links to Usage Board minutes.

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News item on SWAP review

    2009-03-02, The Usage Board has published a review of the
    Scholarly Works Application Profile (SWAP) [1], which was
    found to conform to the profile review criteria [2] in all
    respects but one. The specific point on which SWAP does
    not follow the criteria relates to the matching algorithm
    specified in the Description Set Profile specification,
    currently still a working draft on which feedback is being
    sought [3]. The issue could be resolved either by a small
    revision in SWAP or by a change in that matching algorithm.

    [1] http://dublincore.org:8080/usage/reviews/2009/swap/
    [2] http://dublincore.org:8080/documents/2009/01/05/profile-review-criteria/
    [3] http://dublincore.org:8080/documents/2008/03/31/dc-dsp/

-- See latest discussion in:
   https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind0902&L=DC-USAGE&P=18280

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Review of Scholarly Works Application Profile (SWAP)
-- http://dublincore.org:8080/usage/reviews/2009/swap/

-- See latest discussion in:
   https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind0902&L=DC-USAGE&P=3165
   https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind0902&L=DC-USAGE&P=18979

-- Note especially final section, "A discrepancy between the DSP specification 
   and the SWAP profile"

   [...]
   
   In light of this discrepancy, the Usage Board cannot say that
   SWAP, in its current form, entirely conforms with the review criteria.

   The issue could be resolved either by a small revision in
   SWAP or by a change in that matching algorithm. Possible
   revisions to SWAP include combining the two statement
   templates into one single, "weaker" statement, or changing
   one of the statement templates to use a different property
   list constraint (e.g., by using rdf:type for one of the
   two). However, these changes were considered to be outside
   the boundaries of "minor editorial correction" and more
   properly an issue for the SWAP maintenance community.

   Alternatively, it was suggested that the matching
   algorithm defined in the draft DSP specification itself be
   re-evaluated in light of the SWAP example -- a task for
   the DCMI Architecture Forum. While the Usage Board review
   did not produce a "positive" result, it had the effect
   of uncovering an issue of more general significance for
   the automated processing of metadata. The profile review
   criteria have been revised in order to describe this issue
   with more clarity.

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Also
-- Updated Usage Board minutes page
   http://dublincore.org:8080/usage/minutes/


-- 
Thomas Baker <[log in to unmask]>