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Kevin: We just noticed that, too. There's just one typo in the body, which says 28 instead of 26--the rest of it reflects reality. Sorry for the confusion! Diane On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 5:25 PM, Ford, Kevin <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I'm hoping for a little clarification about the dates we're to hold for > this major conference. > > The subject line says it is to be held 26-27 April 2012 (a Thursday and > Friday). > > But, the message says: > > > DCMI (Dublin Core Metadata Initiative) and others will host a one-day > > seminar on Friday 27 April 2012... > > and > > > The seminar will be preceded by inaugural meetings of the new DCMI > > Vocabulary Management Community [2] and DCMI Bibliographic Metadata > > Task Group [3] on Thursday 28 April 2012 which will be open to all. > > The 27th and 28th of April (a Friday and Saturday) do not match the > subject line dates. Also, should "preceded by" (in the second snippet) > actually be "followed by" or is the day/date combination incorrect? > > Rgds, > Kevin > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative Forum > > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Diane Hillmann > > Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 11:55 AM > > To: [log in to unmask] > > Subject: [BIBFRAME] Major conference on libraries and the Semantic Web, > > 26-27 April 2012 > > > > Please hold these dates! (And forgive any duplication in posts ...) > > April 2012 marks the fifth anniversary of the Data Model Meeting [1] at > > the British Library, London attended by participants interested in the > > fit between RDA: resource description and access and the models used in > > other metadata communities, especially those working in the Semantic > > Web environment. This meeting, informally known as the "London Meeting", > > has proved to be a critical point in the trajectory of libraries from > > the traditional data view to linked data and the Semantic Web. > > > > DCMI (Dublin Core Metadata Initiative) and others will host a one-day > > seminar on Friday 27 April 2012 to describe progress since 2007, mark > > the anniversary, and look to further collaboration in the future. > > > > Speakers will include participants at the 2007 meeting and other > > significant players in library data and the Semantic Web. Papers from > > the seminar will be published by DCMI and available freely online. > > > > The seminar will be preceded by inaugural meetings of the new DCMI > > Vocabulary Management Community [2] and DCMI Bibliographic Metadata > > Task Group [3] on Thursday 28 April 2012 which will be open to all. > > > > The venue for both days is the British Library, St Pancras, London. > > > > The London Meeting stimulated significant development of Semantic Web > > representations of the major international bibliographic metadata > > models, including IFLA's Functional Requirements family and the > > International Standard Bibliographic Description (ISBD), and MARC as > > well as RDA itself. Attention is now beginning to focus on the > > management and sustainability of this activity, and the development of > > high-level semantic and data structures to support library applications. > > > > This is a preliminary announcement; further information will be > > circulated in due course and published via [2] and [3]. > > > > Diane Hillmann (Moderator, DCMI Vocabulary Management Community; Co- > > Chair, DCMI Bibliographic Metadata Task Group) Gordon Dunsire (Co-Chair, > > DCMI Bibliographic Metadata Task Group) > > > > [1] http://www.bl.uk/bibliographic/meeting.html > > [2] http://dublincore.org/groups/vocabulary-management/ > > [3] > > http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/Bibliographic_Metadata_Task_Group >