NISO and DCMI to Partner on Summer Educational Webinar
August 25th event to focus on Dublin Core metadata and linked data
June 30, 2010 - Baltimore, MD - The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) and the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) are pleased to announce a new educational partnership, starting with an educational webinar on "Dublin Core: The Road from Metadata Formats to Linked Data," to be held Wednesday, August 25th, from 1:00 - 2:30 p.m. (eastern time).
This event will allow the organizations to bring the audience up to date on trends in the use of Dublin Core - a key metadata standard for describing resources. Focusing on the dual role of Dublin Core as a format and as a Semantic Web vocabulary, speakers Makx Dekkers (Managing Director, DCMI) and Thomas Baker (Chief Information Officer, DCMI) will discuss new technologies for bridging the gap between traditional and linked data approaches, highlighting how old ideas such as embedded metadata have been reinvented with new web technologies and tools to solve practical problems of resource discovery and navigation.
"NISO Webinars have established themselves as a convenient and engaging way for working professionals to keep abreast of key issues in the area of information standards," declared Makx Dekkers. "DCMI is very pleased for the opportunity to present developments in the Dublin Core community to a wider audience."
Todd Carpenter, NISO Managing Director added, "We are delighted to be partnering with the DCMI on expanding educational opportunities for the community. Improving the understanding of metadata use and application in information distribution is critical to improving efficiencies in the supply chain from creator to library and end user. NISO and DCMI have long-established ties and we look forward to building on this relationship."
More information and registration information for this event can be found on the NISO website at www.niso.org/news/events/2010/dublincore.
About DCMI
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, or DCMI, is an open organization engaged in the development of interoperable metadata standards that support a broad range of purposes and business models. DCMI's activities include work on architecture and modeling, discussions and collaborative work in DCMI Communities and DCMI Task Groups, annual conferences and workshops, standards liaison, and educational efforts to promote widespread acceptance of metadata standards and practices. For more information about DCMI and Dublin Core metadata please see http://dublincore.org/.
About NISO
NISO fosters the development and maintenance of standards that facilitate the creation, persistent management, and effective interchange of information so that it can be trusted for use in research and learning. To fulfill this mission, NISO engages libraries, publishers, information aggregators, and other organizations that support learning, research, and scholarship through the creation, organization, management, and curation of knowledge. NISO works with intersecting communities of interest and across the entire lifecycle of an information standard. NISO is a not-for-profit association accredited by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). More information about NISO is available on its website: www.niso.org. For more information please contact NISO at (301) 654-2512 or via e-mail at nisohq@niso.org.