Dublin Core

This just in from the DC folks:

On behalf of the Managing Director, I would like to announce the availability for review and public comment of proposals from three DCMI working groups to the DCMI Usage Board.

Under the Usage Board Administrative Processes, proposals for new elements or element qualifiers submitted to the Board are posted on DC-General for a public comment period of one month. Public comment is open for this document until 10 May 2002. Comments should be sent to DC-General with the title of the document in the subject, as in:

Subject: [UB Proposal "Physical Object"]

The new proposals include one from the DCMI Type Working Group:

1. Physical Object (for the DCMI Type Vocabulary)

One proposal from the DCMI Citation Working Group:

1. Citation (refinement for Identifier)

Six proposals from the DCMI Libraries Working Group:

1. Holding Location (new element)

2. Accepted (refinement for Date)

3. Captured (refinement for Date)

4. Copyright (refinement for Date)

5. Submitted (refinement for Date)

6. Version (refinement for Description)

Tom Baker