| Scheduled Milestone | Description | Editor/Contact | Status/History |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collection description schema | A DC-based metadata schema (i.e. a set of
attributes/properties and their semantics) that can be used for the
collection-level description of a wide range of
collections |
Pete Johnston / Andy Powell | Scheduled completion: August 2003 Proposal, 1st draft, 29 May 2003 Proposal, 2nd draft, 12 Aug 2003 Proposal, 3rd draft, 25 Aug 2003 |
| Enumerated list of collection types | A list of recommended values for the
dc:type property when applied to the description of
collections |
Pete Johnston / Andy Powell | Scheduled completion: August 2003 |
| Application Profile | A (human-readable) document presenting
the metadata schema in accordance with current best practice recommended by
DCMI for the documentation of DC-based application profiles. (Includes proposed type vocabulary) |
Pete Johnston / Andy Powell | Scheduled completion: September 2003 Proposal, 1st draft, 29 May 2003 Proposal, 2nd draft, 12 Aug 2003 Proposal, 3rd draft, 25 Aug 2003 |
| RDF Schema | RDF Vocabulary Description Language (RDF Schema) description of any terms used by the metadata schema for which descriptions do not exist as part of existing RDF vocabularies published on the Web. | Pete Johnston / Andy Powell | Scheduled completion: September 2003 |
| XML Schemas | W3C XML Schemas to support the encoding of instance metadata in XML, in accordance with the conventions recommended by the Guidelines for implementing Dublin Core in XML. | Pete Johnston / Andy Powell | Scheduled completion: September 2003 |
| Usage guidelines | A document to describe the use of the collection description schema, including examples of its application to the description of a range of physical and digital collections. | Pete Johnston / Andy Powell | Scheduled completion: October 2003 |
| Crosswalks / mappings | Crosswalks for mapping between this collection description schema and some major domain-specific standards and schema used for collection-level description (e.g. ISAD(G), EAD, MARC21) | Pete Johnston / Andy Powell | Scheduled completion: October 2003 |