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The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Conference and Workshop Series gathers experts from various areas in the private and public sectors, including the library world, the networking and digital library research communities, corporate knowledge management, e-government and public sector information. Initially organized as a series of invitational workshops with a main focus at the definition and finalization of the Dublin Core metadata standards, this has developed into an annual get-together of people involved in the work of DCMI and other metadata activities. Since 2001, the event includes a Tutorial track, a peer-reviewed Conference track, Special Sessions and Working Group meetings attended by hundreds of experts in the field from many countries around the world.

Upcoming events

DC-2007: International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications
“Application Profiles and their Application in Practice”
27-31 August 2007
Singapore
National Library Board Singapore and Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information of Nanyang Technological University.

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Preliminary Program
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DC-2007 Preliminary program published, on-line registration

, The Organizing Committee of DC-2007, to be held in Singapore from 27 through 31 August 2007, has published the preliminary program for the conference. Keynotes will be given by Johannes Keizer, team leader for Semantic Standards in the Knowledge Exchange and Capacity Building Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations in Rome and Zhang Xiaoxing, Deputy Director of the National Cultural Information Resource Center of China. Online registration is now Please note the early bird rates that are valid until the 9th of July 2007. The Call for Sponsors is still

Past events

DC-2006: International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications
“Metadata for Knowledge and Learning”
3-6 October 2006
Manzanillo, Colima, Mexico
Universidad de Colima

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DC-2005: International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications
“Metadata Vocabularies in Practice”
12-15 September 2005
Leganés (Madrid), Spain
Universidad Carlos III de Madrid

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Call for Papers

DC-2004: Metadata Across Languages and Cultures
10-14 October 2004
Shanghai, China
Shanghai Library, Library of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, National Science and Technology Library of China and DCMI.

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Call for Papers

DC-2003: Supporting Communities of Discourse and Practice-Metadata Research & Applications
28 September-2 October 2003
Seattle, Washington, USA
Information School of the University of Washington, DCMI, University of Washington Libraries, Information Institute of Syracuse, Syracuse University

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DC-2002: Metadata for e-Communities: Supporting Diversity and Convergence
October 14-17, 2002
Florence, Italy
DCMI, Associazione Italiana Biblioteche, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale Firenze, Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza, Istituto Universitario Europeo, Regione Toscana, Università di Firenze

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DC-2001: International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications
October 22-26, 2001
Tokyo, Japan
National Institute of Informatics (NII), DCMI, Japan Science and Technology Corporation (JST)

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Call for Papers and Participation
Workshop Agenda with links to Presentations

DC-8: The 8th International Dublin Core Metadata Workshop
October 4-6, 2000
Ottawa, Canada
Co-sponsored by the National Library of Canada, the IFLA UDT program and OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. The workshop was held in Ottawa, Canada.

Call for Participation
Home Page
Agenda with links to HTML and Powerpoint presentations
Report: Weibel, Stuart L. The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative: Mission, Current Activities, and Future Directions. DLib Magazine. v.6, n.12 (December 2000).

DC-7: The 7th Dublin Core Metadata Workshop
October 25-27, 1999
Frankfurt, Germany
Co-sponsored by Die Deutsche Bibliothek and OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

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DC-6: The 6th Dublin Core Metadata Workshop
November 2-4, 1998
Washington D.C. USA
Co-sponsored by the Library of Congress and OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. with support from the National Science Foundation and the Coalition for Network Information.

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Report: Weibel, Stuart. The State of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative. D-Lib Magazine, v. 5, n. 4 (April 1999).

DC-5: The 5th Dublin Core Metadata Workshop
October 6-8, 1997
Helsinki, Finland
Co-sponsored by the National Library of Finland, OCLC Online Computer Library Center and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI).

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Report: Miller, Paul and Tony Gill. Report of the 5th Dublin Core Workshop. Ariadne. Issue 12, (November 1997).
Report: Weibel, Stuart and Juha Hakala. DC-5: The Helsinki Metadata Workshop. D-Lib Magazine, (February 1998).

DC-4: NLA/DSTC/OCLC Dublin Core Down Under
March 3-5, 1997
Canberra, Australia
Co-sponsored by the National Library of Australia, the Distributed Systems Technology Centre (DSTC) and OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

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Report: Weibel, Stuart, Warwick Cathro, and Renato Iannella. The 4th Dublin Core Metadata Workshop Report. D-Lib Magazine, (June 1997).

DC-3: CNI/OCLC Workshop on Metadata for Networked Images
September 24-25, 1996
Dublin, Ohio USA
Co-sponsored by the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) and OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

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Report: Weibel, Stuart and Eric Miller. Image Description on the Internet: A Summary of the CNI/OCLC Image Metadata Workshop. DLib Magazine, (January, 1997).

DC-2: OCLC/UKOLN Metadata Workshop
April 1-3, 1996
Warwick, U.K.
Co-sponsored by the United Kingdom Office for Library & Information Networking and OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. with the support of the Joint Information Systems Committee, National Center for Supercomputer Applications, DLib and ERCIM.

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Report: Dempsey, Lorcan and Stuart L. Weibel. The Warwick Metadata Workshop: A framework for the deployment of resource description. DLib Magazine (July/August, 1996).

DC-1: OCLC/NCSA Metadata Workshop
March 1-3, 1995
Dublin, Ohio USA
Co-sponsored by the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) and OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc.

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Report: Weibel, Stuart, Jean Godby, Eric Miller and Ron Daniel. OCLC/NCSA Metadata Workshop Report. (June 1995).