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======================================================================== SEMINAR: "Five Years On" (Library Linked Data) A DCMI-UK Regional Meeting VENUE: The British Library, London DATE: Friday, 27 April 2012 WEBSITE: http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/BibData/fyo

REGISTRATION OPEN: http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/BibData/fyo/about/registration (***Limited to 70 participants***)

Meetings co-endorsed by DCMI and DCMI-Member JISC ========================================================================

This seminar marks five years of progress in library linked data since the “London Meeting” of 2007 London Meeting of 31 April/1 May 2007 between DCMI and Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA stimulated significant development of Semantic Web representations of the major international bibliographic metadata models, including IFLA’s Functional Requirements family and the International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD), and MARC as well as RDA itself. Attention is now beginning to focus on the management and sustainability of this activity, and the development of high-level semantic and data structures to support library applications.

The DCMI Bibliographic Metadata Task Group [1] and the DCMI Vocabulary Management Community [2] will hold inaugural meetings the day before the seminar. The venue for both days is the British Library, St. Pancras, London.

The planning committee is pleased to announce a preliminary list of speakers for the Seminar including:

--Barbara Tillett, Joint Steering Committee for the Development of RDA (JSC) --Robina Claphan, Europeana --Mirna Willer, IFLA ISBD Review Group --Pat Riva, IFLA FRBR Review Group --Thomas Baker, DCMI --Gordon Dunsire, IFLA Namespaces Technical Group and DCMI --Diane Hillmann, DCMI and Metadata Management Associates --Owen Stephens, JISC

[1] http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/Bibliographic_Metadata_Task_Group [2] http://dublincore.org/groups/vocabulary-management/

======================================================================== DATES/TIMES/REGISTRATION:

THURSDAY, 26 APRIL: --Bibliographic Metadata Task Group - 9:30-12:30 --Vocabulary Management Community - 14:00-17:00 --The DCMI meetings on Thursday, 26 April are free and open to anyone -- but space is very limited (36) and advanced registration is required.

FRIDAY, 27 April: --Seminar: "Five Years On" - 9:00-17:00 --Registration for the Seminar on Friday, 27 April has been set at US$190 (app. Euro 120) (including VAT), which includes lunch and two refreshment breaks. ========================================================================

Please address questions to the meeting planners, Gordon Dunsire and Diane Hillmann.

Diane Hillmann (metadata.maven@gmail.com) --(Moderator, DCMI Vocabulary Management Community; Co-Chair, DCMI Bibliographic Metadata Task Group) Gordon Dunsire (gordon@gordondunsire.com) --(Co-Chair, DCMI Bibliographic Metadata Task Group)