Dear all, Apologies for cross-posting. This year’s International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC 2009) is a month away. The theme of DC 2009 is Semantic Interoperability of Linked Data. The conference will be held on 12-16 October 2009 in Seoul, Korea. Participants are invited to register online at the conference Web site till October 5th. On-site registration will be available while conference is in session. Please go to the registration page < http://www.dc2009.kr/sub/cfs_uregi_01.php> to register for the conference and related events including Dublin Core tutorials on Monday, 12 October and following the conference on Friday, 16 October. The basic tutorials introduce *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 include *Ontology Design and Interoperability**, *and *Transforming, Mapping, and Merging KOS: Methodologies and Challenges**.* For registration, program, accommodation information and more, please go to 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)