The PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata is a specification
that provides a key piece of infrastructure for digital preservation
activities, playing a vital role in enabling the effective management,
discovery, and re-usability of digital information. Preservation metadata
provides provenance information, documents preservation activity,
identifies technical features, and aids in verifying the authenticity of
digital objects. PREMIS is a core set of metadata elements recommended for
use in all preservation repositories regardless of the type of materials
archived, the type of institution, and the preservation strategies
employed. It is maintained by the PREMIS Editorial Committee and is
currently in version 2.0, which was issued in April 2008. This tutorial
provides an introduction to PREMIS and its data model, a walk-through of
the Data Dictionary, examples of PREMIS metadata in real situations, and
implementation considerations, particularly using PREMIS in XML and with
the Metadata Encoding and Transmission Standard (METS). It will also
explore strategies for using controlled vocabularies with PREMIS semantic
units.  The event will include an implementers' panel and will also
provide an opportunity for participants to share their own implementation
issues and experiences.

This event will be held as a one-day seminar in conjunction with DCMI 2008
in Berlin, Germany, on 26 September 2008. For further information about
the venue and to register go to:
https://www.livingreviews.org/dc08reg   
Register by 31 July 2008 for the early-bird discount.

For further information about PREMIS tutorials see:
http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/tutorials.html

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