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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
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