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Folks, two new documents have been published on the Dublin Core web site, and I would very much like to get any comments you have on them. Officially, comments must be sent to the dc-general list (details below), but if there is discussion on these lists, I can summarize it there. The first document is one I worked on -- painfully, I must say -- that attempts to explain the DC concept of Application Profiles. These are concepts we want to apply in the DC/RDA work, and my personal question to you all is: DOES THIS MAKE SENSE? Can we use this in our metadata environment? What's missing, what doesn't work, what needs clarification? The next document addresses something I blogged recently: http://kcoyle.blogspot.com/2008/10/semantics-of-semantic.html which is some confusion caused by the use of the term "semantic web." This document is related to the Application Profile document in that it defines what we need so that different metadata sets can be interoperable, another very important point for those of us working in the library systems area. The document is from an engineering point of view in its details, but the general concepts are quite common sense-ible. Again, please let us know if there are areas that need clarification. Given that this is election day, may I suggest that a printout of one or both of these documents will occupy you fully while you are in line waiting to perform your patriotic (and moral) duty. VOTE! READ! EVOLVE! Thank you, kc _____ "Guidelines for Dublin Core Application Profiles" published as a Working Draft 2008-11-03, The new DCMI Working Draft < http://dublincore.org/documents/2008/11/03/profile-guidelines/ > "Guidelines for Dublin Core Application Profiles" describes the key components of an application profile and walks the reader through the process of designing a profile. Addressed primarily to a non-technical audience, the guidelines also provide a technical appendix about modeling the metadata interoperably for use in linked data environments. This draft will be revised in response to feedback from readers. Interested members of the public are invited to post comments by 1 December 2008 to the < http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=dc-general > DC-GENERAL mailing list, including "[Public Comment]" in the subject line. _____ "Interoperability Levels for Dublin Core Metadata" published as a Working Draft 2008-11-03, < http://dublincore.org/documents/2008/11/03/interoperability-levels/ > "Interoperability Levels for Dublin Core Metadata", published today as a DCMI Working Draft, discusses the modeling choices involved in designing metadata applications for different types of interoperability. At Level 1, applications use data components with shared natural-language definitions. At Level 2, data is based on the formal-semantic model of the W3C Resource Description Framework. At Level 3, data is structured as Description Sets (i.e., as records). At Level 4, data content is subject to a shared set of constraints (as described in a Description Set Profile). Conformance tests and examples are provided for each level. The Working Draft represents work in progress for which the authors seek feedback. Interested members of the public are invited to post comments by 1 December 2008 to the < http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=dc-architecture > DC-ARCHITECTURE mailing list, including "[Public Comment]" in the subject line. Thank you! kc - -- --- Karen Coyle / Digital Library Consultant [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://www.kcoyle.net ph.: 510-540-7596 skype: kcoylenet mo.: 510-435-8234 ------------------------------------