
The early years of Dublin Core, from 1995 through 2000, were characterized by small, intense face-to-face workshops in seven countries, with improvised processes for seeking rough consensus.
Since then, the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative has evolved into an independent non-profit corporation. Standardization and technical work is now carried out in a work structure governed by policies and approval processes. DCMI's metadata vocabularies are maintained by a standing Usage Board. Starting in 2001, the early workshops were transformed into an international conference series, attracting experts from the private and public sectors, from librarians to researchers and knowledge managers.
You can learn more about metadata and DCMI by exploring the pages listed in the menu bar above: the Home page, Metadata Basics, Specifications, Community and Events (this page), and About Us.
DCMI Communities bring together people interested in a specific topic related to Dublin Core metadata or the use of Dublin Core in a particular domain. DCMI Communities are coordinated by one or two moderators. Each Community has a Web page on the DCMI Web site and a mailing list for discussion and exchange of information. Participation in a DCMI Community is open for anybody who subscribes to the open mailing list. Communities are currently in operation for the topics: Accessibility, Collection Description, Education, Environment, Government, Identifiers, Kernel, Knowledge Management, Libraries, Localization and Internationalization, Preservation, Registry, Scholarly Communications, Science and Metadata, Social Tagging, Standards, and Tools. See also:
The DCMI Architecture Forum provides a platform for discussing and developing a model, strategy and roadmap for the practical deployment of Dublin Core metadata using mainstream Web technologies such as XML, RDF, and HTML/XHTML.
DCMI Task Groups are established around a specific set of activities leading to a set of deliverables. Task groups are led by one or two Task Group leaders and consist of a group of people who commit to help perform the defined tasks. Task Groups may have a Web page, a Wiki and a mailing list. Anybody can ask for participation in a Task Group; the Task Group leaders are responsible for assigning tasks to the members.
To learn more about the activities of DCMI Communities and Task Groups and to participate, please see the lists of DCMI mailing lists and Wikis
The DCMI Usage Board is an appointed committee chartered to ensure the orderly evolution of the metadata terms maintained by DCMI and to review documents such as application profiles for conformance with term semantics and architectural principles.
Since 2001, the Dublin Core Workshop Series has been called "The International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications". Conferences include a Tutorial track, a peer-reviewed Conference track, Special Sessions and Working Group meetings attended by hundreds of experts in the field from many countries around the world. Conference proceedings are published in DCMI Conference Papers. The venue for the annual conference is rotated among the Americas, Europe, and Austral-Asia to promote world-wide participation.
DC-2010: International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications
20-22 October 2010
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
The conference will be held in conjunction with the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) which is scheduled for 22-27 October 2010 in the same location.
Conference Home Page
Conference flyer
Venue and conference hotel
Call for Papers — call closed 9 April 2010
Conference Program (preliminary)
Online registration, early-bird discount until 10 September 2010
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