huridocs-tech [WORKSHOP] ABCs of Metadata (1999.05.03: Ottawa)

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## author     : Terry.Kuny@xist.com
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CIMI and CHIN are pleased to announce a 1 day workshop on
the ABCs of Metadata to be held in Ottawa, Canada May 3
1999.

This workshop is specially focused on metadata issues facing
libraries, archives, museums, digital library projects and
other cultural information organizations.

Topics to be covered include:

* Metadata: Promise and Problems
* The Dublin Core Initiative
* Expressing metadata in HTML,XML,& RDF
* Tools for creating and using metadata
* Metadata in musems, libraries, and archives

Presenters:

        Carl Lagoze, Cornell University Digital Library Scientist
        John Perkins, CIMI Executive Director
        Lyn Elliot Sherwood, Director General CHIN
        Stu Weibel, Director Dublin Core Initiative

The full program announcement and registration information
can be found at:

      http://www.cimi.org/cimi_institute

***Space is limited *** Simultaneous French/English translation is
available***


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