- From: Kai Eckert <eckert@bib.uni-mannheim.de>
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 18:10:43 +0200
- To: public-lod <public-lod@w3.org>
Apologies for cross-posting. Hi all, the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) has recently started a task group to address the issue of “metadata provenance”. The group aims at creating a shared model of the data elements required (a so-called “application profile”) to satisfactorily describe an aggregation of metadata statements in order to collectively import, access, use and publish facts about the quality, rights, timeliness, data source type, trust situation, etc. of the described metadata. Thus, we will not be concerned with the general issue of provenance metadata, but only with the provenance (in the broad sense of additional information) *of* metadata. In essence, we are dealing with metametadata. We are currently seeking participants from communities who would be interested in working collaboratively on this DCMI initiative. More information can be found in the group wiki: http://wiki.bib.uni-mannheim.de/dc-provenance/ We expect that the results of the task group will have an impact on several currently debated issues, e.g. best practices for publishing library metadata as linked data. So get involved and join us if you are interested in metadata provenance, together we can work on this relevant topic. The broader the participation of the community, the more useful the resulting application profile and best-practice recommendations are going to be. There will be punch an’ pie ;-) Kind regards, Michael Panzer, OCLC Inc., USA Kai Eckert, Mannheim University Library, Germany -- Kai Eckert Universitätsbibliothek Mannheim Fachreferat Mathematik, Informatik, Wirtschaftsinformatik Schloss Ostfluegel 68131 Mannheim Tel. 0621/181-2946 Fax 0621/181-2918
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