An experimental web-based art on self and identity with religional and philosophical concept and empirical experience. It explores the possibility of presenting the subject with visual and audio elements. Furthermore, it aims to provide a space for subject discussion and experience sharing.
For further information and the exhibition see the
<http://meditation-space.tripod.com
>
or contact
Alison Tang
The exhibition runs from September 1st to November 30th 2000.
The UNESCO Archives Portal has just been launched and gives access to websites of archival institutions around the world. It is also a gateway to resources related to records and archives management and to international co-operation in this area.
With the Archives Portal, UNESCO provides a single interactive access point to information for archivists and users of archives worldwide.
Visitors to the UNESCO Archives Portal can browse through pre-established categories or search for specific words. They can add a new link or modify an already existing link. An electronic Newsletter will provide information on new entries. The "In Focus" section presents websites of archives which are particularly interesting. Visitors can also rank websites of archives and related institutions through an on-line rating system.
At the date of its launch, the UNESCO Archives Portal gives access to a first set of several hundred websites. UNESCO encourages all visitors to add links in order to increase rapidly their number.
For further information please contact
Axel Plathe
UNESCO
Information Society Division
1, rue Miollis
75015 Paris
France
Phone: 33 1 45 684467
Fax: 33 1 45 685583
a.plathe@unesco.org
<http://www.unesco.org/webworld/>
Location: Berlin
Date: 1 December 2000
Source: Email from Teresa Hackett
A final concertation meeting for the EU TECUP project will take place in Berlin on Friday 1st December 2000 from 9.30-12.30. This meeting has been organised as a pre-conference to the European Conference of ICOLC.
The purpose of the concertation meeting is to present the TECUP project results, including a draft Memorandum of Understanding between key players in the information chain e.g. publishers, libraries, RROs, subscription agents, etc. in accordance with the aim of building a consensus amongst the parties involved. The findings of the technical and legal advisory groups will also be presented.
For further information see the
TECUP Web site
Online registration is available from 15th August 2000.
Location:Gustav-Stresseman Institut, Bonn, Germany
Date: 23 - 24th November 2000
Source: Email from Manjula Patel
Implementation projects generally find that no one metadata standard will completely meet their descriptive needs. General standards such as Dublin Core must often be used alongside domain- or sector-specific standards such as MPEG-7 for multimedia and IEEE/LOM for educational resources; and new elements may be needed for local needs not covered by any of the existing standards. Recent practice distinguishes between the definition of semantics in "namespaces" (i.e. official standards) and the reuse and interpretation of those semantics in "application profiles". Application profiles are schemas that combine elements from multiple standards, perhaps with application-specific constraints.
This workshop will present the state of the art in constructing and publishing an application profile. It will look at how a profile may be declared in XML or RDF, especially in light of new metadata harvesters that support the indexing and browsing of standards and application profiles located on multiple Web servers.
Participants in the workshop will gain an understanding of the conceptual issues involved in ongoing debates about application profiles and come away with concrete guidelines for creating and publishing profiles for their own projects. The workshop will present the SCHEMAS Project registry which enables implementers to share information about their schema.
The workshop will conclude with a look at how schema harvesters may be used to harmonize metadata usage within a particular field or within a cluster of projects. Harmonisation of metadata usage is an essential foundation for the construction of federated digital libraries and portals.
Apart from the specific issues addressed in the workshop, this event is an opportunity for metadata schema developers from a wide range of domains to meet and discuss common problems and interoperable solutions.
SCHEMAS is an accompanying measure under the European Commission's IST programme, aiming to guide and educate metadata schema implementers about the status and proper use of new and emerging metadata standards, and to promote good-practice guidelines for adapting multiple standards or metadata modules for local use in customised schemas.
For further information and booking form see
<http://www.schemas-forum.org/>
Deadline for applications: 1st November 2000
The contact for this workshop is Joy Fraser
Location:Berlin State Library, Germany
Date: 4th - 5th December 2000
Source: Email from Hans-Jörg Lieder
This event will be a platform to present and discuss the results of the EU-funded project MALVINE and the intentions of the planned EU project LEAF (Linking and Exploring Authority Files).
Participation in this event is free of charge.
For further information see
<http://www.sbb.spk-berlin.de/malvine/>
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