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DCMI Work Structure: Communities, Task Groups, Working Groups

Please note that a new strcuture for technical work is under development as discussed and approved at DCMI meetings in Manzanillo in October 2006. DCMI Working Groups will be restructured as DCMI Communities and DCMI Task Groups. A DCMI Community, with a Web page and mailing list, will serve as a forum fordiscussion on special topics or domain applications. A DCMI Task Group will develop specific deliverables such as application profiles on a DCMI wiki.

DCMI Communities

DCMI Communities bring together people interested in a specific topic related to Dublin Core metadata or the use of Dublin Core in a particular domain. DCMI Communities are moderated by one or two moderators. They have a Web page on the DCMI Web site and a mailing list for discussio nand exchange of information. Participation in a DCMI Community isfor anybody who subscribes to themailing list. Information on subscribing to the mailing list can be found on the Community's Web page.

• DCMI Accessibility Community
• DCMI Social Tagging Community

Other Communities will be established as we are converting Working Groups in the next months.

DCMI Working Groups

DCMI Working groups are organized around specific problem domains. Working groups are formed and dissolved as dictated by the work at hand and the availability of expertise to accomplish such work. Participation in working groups isto interested members of the community with the time and expertise relevant to the domain of the group. Information on joining a working group can be found on the working group's home page.

Active Groups

• Agents Working Group
• Architecture Working Group
• Collection Description Working Group
• Date Working Group
• DC-Kernel/ERC Working Group
• Education Working Group
• Environment Working Group
• Global Corporate Circle
• Government Working Group
• Libraries Working Group
• Localization and Internationalization Working Group
• Preservation Working Group
• Registry Working Group
• Standards Working Group
• Tools Working Group

Deactivated Groups

As the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative matures, DCMI Working Groups are deactivated either because their work is done, the issues are no longer being addressed, or because the group has decided to change the focus of the issues. In any case, these deactivated groups remain part of the historical record of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative.

Deactivated after the DC-2006 Conference and Workshop in Manzanillo (October 2006)

• Citation Working Group
• ODRL/DCMI Profile Working Group

Deactivated after the DC-2005 Conference and Workshop in Madrid (September 2005)

• Persistent Identifier Working Group
• User Documentation Working Group

Deactivated after the DC-2004 Workshop in Shanghai (September 2004)

• Type Working Group

Deactivated after the DC-2003 Workshop in Seattle (October 2003)

• Administrative Metadata Working Group

Deactivated after the DC-2002 workshop in Florence (October 2002)

• Business Special Interest Group

Deactivated after the DC-2001 Workshop in Tokyo (October 2001)

• Collaboratory Special Interest Group
• Moving Pictures Special Interest Group

Deactivated after the DC-8 Workshop (October 2000)

• Coverage Working Group
• Datamodel Working Group
• Format Working Group
• Implementors Special Interest Group
• One-to-One Working Group
• Relation Working Group
• Schema Working Group
• Subject and Description Working Group
• Title Working Group

Deactivated after the DC-6 Workshop (November 1998)

• Coverage Element Working Group
• Relation Type Working Group
• Resource Type and Format Working Group
• Rights Management Working Group
• Subelement Working Group