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The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative is an open forum engaged in the development of interoperable online metadata standards that support a broad range of purposes and business models. DCMI's activities include consensus-driven working groups, global workshops, conferences, standards liaison, and educational efforts to promote widespread acceptance of metadata standards and practices.
General Announcements
New DCMI Working Group
2001-03-07, The DCMI Directorate is pleased to announce the formation of the DCMI Tools Working Group. This working group is intended to support implementors who share an interest in developing and promoting open source tools to support the creation, management and use of metadata based on (but not limited to) Dublin Core Metadata. More Information...

Meetings
DCMI Announces Tool Building Workshop
2001-03-07, The DCMI Directorate is pleased to announce a tool building workshop to be hosted by Osnabrueck University in Osnabrueck, Germany during the second quarter of 2001. This event will be a small workshop of implementors that share an interest in developing and promoting open source tools to support the creation, management, and the use of metadata based on (but not limited to) Dublin Core Metadata. More Information...

Meetings
2001-03-06, The DCMI Directorate is pleased to announce a Preliminary Call for Papers and Participation to the DC-2001 Conference. The 9th event in the DC workshop series, DC-2001 is the first event to be hosted in Asia and is also the first event to provide conference tracks and tutorial tracks in addition to the workshop track.

General Announcements
2001-01-30, DCMI has contracted with Makx Dekkers to provide project management services to the Initiative. Mr. Dekkers' background in standards management and history of participation in DCMI make him superbly qualified to help DCMI reach its goals and deliver recommendations and guidelines more effectively.

General Announcements
Full Translations of Element Set and Qualifiers are now available in Russian
2001-01-29, Full translations of the Dublin Core Element Set, v 1.1 and the Dublin Core Qualifiers are available now in Russian from the Russian Libraries Association.

General Announcements
2001-01-23, A translation of the "Using Dublin Core" Usage Guide working draft, created by Guy Teasdale of the Bibliotheque de l'Universite Laval is now available.

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