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************************************************* * Apologies for cross-posting * * All replies to: [log in to unmask] * ************************************************* British Computer Society Electronic & Multimedia Publishing Specialist Group ================ METADATA MATTERS ================ Wednesday 10 March 1999 (10.00-5.30) Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies Russell Square, London WC1 Metadata plays a crucial role in the identification, retrieval, and management of all digital assets. Yet this vital feature of the emerging electronic information landscape - the virtual space that we will all soon inhabit - has for a long time remained largely unknown, disregarded, and misunderstood. However, now there is a growing consensus amongst information professionals of all backgrounds that metadata matters. Generations of librarians have used metadata to catalogue collections of non-electronic materials. It is thanks to the existence of such catalogues that any of us can find a book, compact disk, or video in our local public library in a matter of minutes rather than days, and with a minimum of foreknowledge or expertise. Although it is less clear if or how one should catalogue a multimedia CD-ROM or database, let alone an interactive electronic journal, or even an entire web site, developments with Digital Object Identifiers (DOI) are beginning to make such an approach possible. The growing ubiquity of the Internet is encouraging the creation and distribution of a range of new digital resources - electronic texts, images, audio, and video files - each of which presents new problems when considering the assertion of intellectual property rights, implementing charging models, access restrictions, and the like. Here again, metadata matters and DOI has a role to play. This meeting is intended to look at as many aspects of this fundamental topic as possible - including DOI, the Dublin Core, RDF (Resource Description Framework) - bringing together expert speakers from a range of disciplines and industries, to present their experiences of creating and exploiting electronic metadata. The meeting should be of interest to anyone concerned with the development and use of digital assets, and will provide a vital forum for the interchange of ideas and expertise. Speakers ======== * Mark Bide, Mark Bide and Associates, will give an 'Introduction to Metadata' - What is metadata, why do we need it and why is it suddenly important?. * Dave Beckett, University of Kent, will discuss 'Metadata and the Web'. * Carola Boehm, University of Glasgow, will talk on 'Metadata and the Performing Arts'. * Dan Greenstein, Arts and Humanities Data Service, will consider 'Metadata for Cross-Domain Resource Discovery'. * Rachel Heery, UKOLN, will discuss 'Metadata in Libraries'. * Ray Lester, Natural History Museum, will talk about 'Museums and Metadata'. * Cliff Morgan, John Wiley & Sons Ltd, will discuss 'Metadata in Publishing: Implementing the Dublin Core and other Schemes' * Sally Morris, Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers, will consider 'Metadata and Rights'. * Godfrey Rust, Data Definitions, will talk about 'Metadata Convergence and Standards'. * David Thomas and Meg Sweet, Public Record Office, will talk about 'Metadata in Archives: the Experiences of the PRO. Registration ============ To register for the seminar, complete and return the registration form available for download from: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kis/support/cc/staff/malcolm/metadata.htm (Any enquiries should be sent to: BCS Electronic & Multimedia Publishing Specialist Group 30 Edgerton Road, Huddersfield HD3 3AD. Tel: 01484 519462; Fax: 01484 451396; email: [log in to unmask]) The fees are given below and include refreshments and lunch. Seminar fees, but not the membership fee, are subject to VAT at 17.5%. If you join the EMP Group using the attached form, then you may claim the members' rate for attending the meeting. A VAT receipt will be provided. Cancellations must be received in writing not less than 14 days before the seminar, but substitutions can be made at any time. If you wish to be invoiced, there will be an additional charge of 10pounds plus VAT to cover administrative costs. The fees are: 50 + VAT for members of the group 100 + VAT for non-members 25 + VAT for student members Membership fees (until April 2000 - no VAT): BCS members 22 Others 32 Students 5 (need evidence of student status) Hard copy leaflets will shortly be sent to Group members, but the above details and information about previous meetings can be found on the Group web site at: http://www.kcl.ac.uk/kis/support/cc/staff/malcolm/bcs-emp.html David Penfold (Administrator, BCS EMPSG) -- David Penfold, Edgerton Publishing Services 30 Edgerton Road, Huddersfield HD3 3AD, UK Tel 01484 519462; Fax 01484 451396; Mobile 0850 058544 E-mail: [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%