Dear all, Apologies for cross-posting. This year’s International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC-2009) will be held on 12-16 October 2009 in Seoul, Korea. The theme of the DC-2009 is *Semantic Interoperability of Linked Data*. Participants are invited to register online via the conference website until October 5th. On-site registration will be available while the conference is in session. Please go to the conference home page <http://www.dc2009.kr/> for registration and final program information. The DC-2009 program includes Dublin Core tutorials on Monday, 12 October and following the conference on Friday, 16 October. The basic tutorial to be presented on the 12th is *Dublin Core in historical context, Interoperability options in a complex Web of data, Other metadata standards, and Interoperability issues and basic approaches*. The advanced tutorials on the 16th will focus on *Ontology Design and Interoperability**, *and *Transforming, Mapping, and Merging KOS: Methodologies and Challenges*. *DC- 2009 Special Sessions on Linked Data* information can be found here: http://dublincore.org/workshops/dc2009/DC-2009_Special_Sessions_on_Linked_Data.pdf For registration, program, accommodation information and more, please go to the links below: · DC- 2009 home page: http://www.dc2009.kr/ · Program: http://www.dc2009.kr/sub/cfs_uprog_01.php · Registration: http://www.dc2009.kr/sub/cfs_uregi_01.php · Accommodation: http://www.dc2009.kr/sub/cfs_uacco_01.php Thank you, -- Myung-Ja "MJ" Han Metadata Librarian 220 Main Library University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign 1408 W. Gregory Dr. (MC-522) Urbana, IL 61801 217-333-9515 (Main Library) 217-244-7809 (Grainger)