SCHEMAS

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SCHEMAS

• Forum for Metadata Schema Implementers

Makx Dekkers, mdekkers_at_ip.lu
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Summary

• Forum for metadata schema designers involved in
  projects under the IST Programme (Key Action 3)
  and national initiatives in Europe
• Information for schema implementers about the
  status and proper use of new and emerging
  metadata standards
• 1 February 2000 - 31 December 2001

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Partners

• PricewaterhouseCoopers Technology Consultants
  (PwC)
• UK Office for Library and Information Networking,
  University of Bath (UKOLN)
• German National Research Centre for Information
  Technology (GMD)

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Goals

• Provide information to metadata schema
  implementers to enable understanding of the
  problem
• Give guidance on possible solutions
• Promote good-practice guidelines for using
  multiple standards for local use in customised
  schemas

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Activities

• Metadata Watch (every 3 months)
• Standards Framework (every 6 months)
• Workshops (every 6 months)
• 11-12 May 2000, Bath, UK
• Registry of schemas and profiles (RDF?)
• Training materials (every 12 months)
• Web site and mailing list

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Domains

• Industry
• Publishing and rights management
• Audio-visual production and distribution
• Cultural heritage

• Education
• Research
• Academic services
• Geospatial information
• Other

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Contacts

• Makx Dekkers, PwC
• e-mail mdekkers_at_ip.lu
• Rachel Heery, UKOLN
• e-mail r.heery_at_ukoln.ac.uk
• Web site
• www.schemas-forum.org

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SCHEMAS

• Forum for Metadata Schema Implementers

www.schemas-forum.org