DCMI 2023: Call for Participation November 6-10, Daegu, Korea

DCMI 2023, the twenty-first International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications will be held as an in-person conference on November 6-10, in Daegu, South Korea.

The organizers of DCMI 2023 seek inspirational submissions on innovative ideas, practices, and solutions that are built on theoretical models, empirical evidence, and ethical and just foundations of metadata.

Submissions in the form of papers (full and short), posters, panels, tutorials, and student forums are welcome in the following broad categories of metadata design, deployment, and best practices:

* Metadata principles, guidelines, and best practices * Curation, governance, resilience, and sustainability * Metadata quality and validation * Metadata analytics * Conceptual models and frameworks * Entity modeling and management * Metadata vocabularies * Interoperability and harmonization * Metadata automation, AI, and knowledge graphs * Lessons learned from research and implementation * Metadata and diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) * Metadata history and ethics * Metadata for operational and research data * Metadata in digital humanities, open science, and business communications * Metadata and government * Metadata and commerce

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES The template for submissions will be published on the conference website shortly. Please check []( https://www.dublincore.org/conferences/2023/)%5Bhttps://www.dublincore.org/c...) for updates.

FULL PAPERS Full papers either describe innovative work in detail or provide critical, well-referenced overviews of key developments or good practices. 8-10 pages, single-spaced, plus references

SHORT PAPERS Short papers are narrower in scope than full papers and may be either a description of work in progress, or a project report that concisely describes a specific model, application, or activity. (4-5 pages, single-spaced, plus references)

POSTERS Posters are for the presentation of projects, research under development, or late-breaking results. (2-page abstract, single-spaced, plus references)

PANELS Panel sessions are organized by experts in a specific area of metadata. Each panel serves as a focused exchange regarding the latest research and/or best practice in the area. (1-2 page abstract with panelist bios of 100-150 words each)

TUTORIALS Tutorials introduce specific topics of current interest in metadata practice, optionally including hands-on practice. (2-3 page proposal)

STUDENT FORUM The DCMI Student Forum aims at providing an opportunity to master's and doctoral students to share their experiences and exchange ideas of best practices, research in progress, and findings in areas related to metadata innovation. * Student forum will be in a hybrid format. In-person participation is encouraged with the option of virtual. (Less than 1500 words plus references)

SUBMISSION DEADLINES * Papers (full and short): May 5th, 2023 * Posters, Panels, Tutorials, and Student forum: May 26th, 2023

NOTE * Peer-reviewed papers will be assigned DOIs and published online in the conference proceedings. Papers will be available before the start of the conference. The papers are indexed by DBLP, Google Scholar, ACM, and Crossref. * At least one author of an accepted submission must be physically present at the conference to present the work in person (*with the exception of the student forum). * More detailed information and guidelines for submissions will be available in early March.

Kyong Eun Oh Program Chair, DCMI 2023