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First Workshop: Combining multiple metadata standards in implementations: User experience and requirements


University of Bath, Bath, UK
11th-12th May 2000

Introduction:

SCHEMAS provides a forum for metadata schema implementors. We will support implementors of projects and services by providing information about the proper use of new and emerging metadata standards and by giving guidance on adapting multiple standards for local use in customised schemas. In order to do this we will offer a 'Metadata Watch' covering a range of resources targeted at implementors, and we will develop a prototype metadata registry for disclosure of a variety of metadata schemas.

SCHEMAS is funded as an accompanying measure within the European Commission's Information Societies Technology Programme, and our work is particularly aimed at metadata schema designers involved in projects under the IST Programme and in other national initiatives within Europe.

In order to explore issues concerned with managing and using metadata schemas we will be holding four workshops over the next two years. Topics for workshops include the disclosure of metadata by means of a registration process, registering the diverse range of metadata schemas, options for the structure of registries, and best practice for namespace management.

The workshops are not confined to users of metadata for resource discovery, we encourage participation from implementors who are using metadata for digital preservation, rights management, e-commerce and so forth.

Details:

  • Aims of the First Workshop

    Projects and services that use metadata face a common challenge: how can they make best use of existing standards to meet the specific requirements of their applications? One often needs to use parts of one standard, parts of another, and invent some local parts to fill in the gaps. Standards documentation typically provides no guidance on how that standard may be combined with others in practice.

    This workshop will provide metadata implementors with an opportunity to learn from the experience and project objectives of their peers. In order to design more effective Web pages, training materials, and databases on these issues, the SCHEMAS project will be particularly interested in discussing questions such as the following:

    • How do you plan to go about defining your metadata schemas? Is your project oriented to particular standards or to particular ways of combining standards? Where do you look for information and guidance?
    • How do you plan to publish or disclose your local metadata schemas? Where do you look to find out how projects in your field or discipline are defining their schemas?
    • What kinds of introductory or course materials, handbooks, user guides, or Web databases have you found useful? What other kinds of material are needed?
    • To what extent must your metadata schemas present themselves to users in multiple languages? How have you addressed this issue in practice?

  • Who should attend?

    We would like to identify projects that have a particular interest in metadata, and a requirement to implement a metadata schema, whether this is for resource discovery, rights management, collection description, user or service profiles etc, and whatever the element set of choice, be it Dublin Core, IEEE LOM, GILS, indecs etc.

    Participants should be familiar with the concept of metadata and have an interest in the technologies related to management and use of metadata. There will be some consideration of relevant technologies but the content will be accessible to non-technicians and we hope to include participation from those involved in standardisation process, from software developers and from service designers.

    We would like each project to nominate the most appropriate person to attend as places are limited.

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