[Sigsti-l] [esi] Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Science and Metadata Community (fwd)

[Joe Hourcle]

I know there's a lot of folks on both this and the ESI mailing list, but I 
thought I'd pass it along for those that aren't but  might be interested.

-Joe

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Joe Hourcle
Principal Software Engineer
Solar Data Analysis Center



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Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 21:50:20 -0500
From: Sarah Whitley Carrier <scarrier at email.unc.edu>
To: esi at mit.edu
Subject: [esi] Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Science and Metadata Community

Apologies for cross-posting:

We are pleased to introduce the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Science
and Metadata Community, and welcome participation from individuals and
organizations interested in all aspects of metadata relating to
scientific data.

Funders of scientific research are increasingly attentive to the
management of scientific data so that the full value of research
investments can be realized and preserved.  Doing so requires attention
to the description and structure of datasets and vocabularies to
support data preservation, reuse, and repurposing.

The DCMI Science and Metadata Community is a forum for individuals and
organizations to exchange information and knowledge about metadata
describing scientific data.  The Community focuses on metadata
challenges specific to scientific data curation, and solutions that
will benefit from the architecture and global reach of the Dublin Core
Metadata Initiative.

These challenges include:
- Canonical identification of datasets, critical for establishing
provenance, auditing value and use, and attracting social-networking
attention that will enhance their value.
- Better description of data and vocabularies, such that potential
users may more easily determine suitability for use and repurposing, as
well as ancillary applications such as rendering and interpretation
- Design and declaration of schemas to support reuse.

An initial deliverable of the group includes a survey of existing
standards and metadata elements used to describe datasets, which will
form the basis for community discussion and a work agenda to be
initiated at DC-2009.

The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) is an open organization
engaged in the development of interoperable online metadata standards
that support a broad range of purposes and business models.  To learn
more, see: http://dublincore.org/.

To learn more about the Science and Metadata community, or to become involved:
- visit the community website at:  http://dublincore.org/groups/sam/ -
join the community electronic mailing list at:
http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa.exe?SUBED1=dc-science&A=1

An open workshop and meeting will be held at the 2009 International
Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, "Semantic
Interoperability of Linked Data,” which will be held in Seoul, Korea
(http://www.dc2009.kr/), 12-16, October, 2009.  We encourage community
participation online via the mailing list for those who cannot attend.

Please feel free to forward this announcement.

Sincerely, Jane Greenberg and Stu Weibel, Moderators Sarah Carrier,
Documentation Coordinator
DCMI Science and Metadata Community



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