Subject: 8th DUBLIN CORE METADATA INITIATIVE: Open call for participation
David L. Green (david@ninch.org)
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:42:39 -0400
Message-Id: <v04210122b57426b1d789@[192.100.21.22]> Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2000 15:42:39 -0400 To: ninch-announce@cni.org From: "David L. Green" <david@ninch.org> Subject: 8th DUBLIN CORE METADATA INITIATIVE: Open call for participation
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
June 19, 2000
The 8th Dublin Core Metadata Workshop
October 4-6, 2000: National Library of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
Call for Participation: Open to all
<http://www.ifla.org/udt/dc8/call.htm>
>Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2000 10:41:56 -0700
>From: Clifford Lynch <cliff@cni.org>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <cni-announce@cni.org>
>Subject: dublin core 8 meeting announcement
>
>
>The 8th Dublin Core Metadata Workshop
>Call for Participation
><http://www.ifla.org/udt/dc8/call.htm>
>
>Outline of this message:
>
>- DC-8 Dates and Venue
>- Who Should Participate
>- Agenda
>- Registration Dates and Deadlines
>- Conference Fees
>- Visas and Letters of Invitation
>- Travel Stipends
>- Important Links
>DC-8 Dates and Venue:
>
>The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, in conjunction with the National
>Library of Canada, the IFLA UDT program, and OCLC, is pleased to
>announce the 8th Dublin Core Metadata Workshop, to be held:
>
>October 4-6, 2000
>
>National Library of Canada
>Ottawa, Canada
>
>Who Should Participate:
>
>Previous workshops have attracted librarians, museum informatics
>specialists, archivists, digital library researchers, government
>information providers, publishers, and content specialists from a
>broad cross-section of sectors and disciplines. Participants are
>expected to be familiar with Dublin Core basics and should have
>expertise and interest in advancing the state of Dublin Core
>standards or deployment. Representatives of other metadata
>initiatives or standards interested in liaison with DCMI are also
>encouraged to participate.
>Agenda:
>
>The 8th Dublin Core workshop affords the opportunity for practitioners,
>theoreticians, systems developers and metadata administrators to
>meet to discuss implementation issues, share perspectives and
>experiences, and contribute to the evolution of the standard through
>working group
>meetings and plenary discussions.
>The specifics of the agenda will be determined by a steering committee
>as the workshop approaches, however major themes that will be developed
>at DC 8 include:
>
>- Issues in multi-lingual metadata
>- Policies and functional requirements for metadata registries
>- Structured representation (eg., agent descriptions for Creator,
>Contributor, and Publisher elements)
>- Creation and management of name authority structures
>- Extending Dublin Core metadata for Domain-specific metadata entities
>
>
>Registration Dates and Deadlines:
>
>Previous DC meetings have been by invitation, however DC-8 will be
>open registration until such time as a predetermined registration
>number is reached.
>Registration must be completed online via the Workshop Registration
>Page unless special arrangements are made with the organizers. All
>participants, whether receiving a travel stipend or not, must pay the
>registration fee unless alternate arrangements have been made with the
>organizers. Preferred payment is by VISA or MasterCard, though cheques,
>money orders, and bank transfers can be accommodated. Please note that
>registration is not complete until you have received confirmation of
>payment from the workshop organizers.
>June 1 Registration Opens
> (http://www.ifla.org/udt/dc8/reg.htm)
>August 1 Deadline for application for travel subsidies
> (mailto://dc@oclc.org)
>August 25 Notification of travel subsidies by the DC Directorate
>September 1 Deadline for Registration (REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE
>EARLIER IF FILLED)
>September 1 Deadline for receipt of Workshop fee payment
>September 1 Deadline for Workshop-affiliated hotel registration
> (http://www.ifla.org/udt/dc8/acc.htm)
>
>Important Note: Hotel arrangements made through the workshop
>registration page will be booked at the conference rate; participants
>may make their own arrangements, but such reservations will be at the
>normal hotel rate, which is higher.
>Cancellation Policy:
>
>September 1 Cancellation of registration (100 % refund)
> After September 1, refunds will be prorated based
> on whether a reserved hotel room is used by other
> applicants.
>
>Late registration:
>
>Registrations accepted after the Registration Closing Date will be
>considered on a case-by-case basis and are subject to an additional
>fee of $50 USD.
>Visas and Letters of Invitation:
>
>Determining specific requirements or restrictions for entry into
>Canada is the responsibility of the participant. In cases where
>special arrangements must be made, the Workshop organizers will
>arrange for letters of invitation to be sent to appropriate embassy
>officials, but such requests must be made 45 days in advance to
>assure timely completion of such arrangements.
>Travel Stipends:
>
>There will be a limited amount of travel assistance available to
>defray the cost of attendance for participants who would otherwise
>be unable to attend. As with previous workshops, participants or
>their institutions should expect to pay the majority of the costs of
>attendance. Individuals with special circumstances that mitigate in
>favor of larger subsidies should contact the organizers directly
>with justification for the need.
>Important Links:
>
>- The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Home Page
> http://purl.org/DC/
>
>- The DC-General mailing list (announcements about the workshop)
> Subscription Instructions:
> http://www.mailbase.ac.uk/lists/dc-general/join.html
>
>- The DC-8 Home Page
> http://www.ifla.org/udt/dc8/
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