The PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata 1.0 was
released in May 2005. Since that time, it has undergone considerable study and
discussion within the digital preservation community. Now, nearly 18 months
later, sufficient feedback has been accumulated to warrant undertaking the
first revision of the Data Dictionary – i.e., PREMIS Data Dictionary 2.0.
The PREMIS Maintenance Activity recently announced the
formation of an Editorial Committee responsible
for managing the PREMIS Data Dictionary. The Committee’s near-term
priority will be to revise the Data Dictionary and related XML schema.
The revision process will be conducted in collaboration with
the digital preservation community. The forum for participation will be the
PREMIS Implementers’ Group e-mail discussion list (“PIG
list”). In this forum, interested parties can make suggestions for and
discuss revisions to the Data Dictionary. Progress on the revision will be reported
on the PIG list.
If you are interested in participating in the revision of
the PREMIS Data Dictionary, please make sure that you are subscribed to the PIG
list. Participation is open to all. To subscribe to the list, send an e-mail
message to [log in to unmask], with message text:
subscribe pig <your name>
Announcements regarding initiation of the revision will
appear shortly on the PIG list.
Thank you,
The PREMIS Editorial Committee