AIMS

DC 2012: Metadata for Meeting Global Challenges

22/12/2011

DC-2012 will take place in Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia (Borneo) from 3 through 7 September 2012 and will be part of the collocated activities of "Knowledge Technology Week 2012". About DC-2012 will explore the global, national and regional roles of metadata in addressing global challenges such as food security, the digital divide, and sustainable development. ...

Mapping DCMI metadata terms to the Schema.org vocabulary

21/12/2011

The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative's Schema.org Alignment Task Group held its first teleconference on 12 December to discuss a proposed mapping of DCMI metadata terms to terms in the Schema.org vocabulary. The teleconference report is available and highlights different potential uses for published mappings: as a social signal that ...

DuraCloud

20/12/2011

DuraSpace, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to preserving the world’s scholarly, scientific and cultural records, announced at the beginning of November 2011 the launch of its managed cloud service, DuraCloud. DuraCloud is a free open-source project and fee-based subscription service, and is available to any organization wishing to archive and preserve ...

OpenAIREplus: linking peer-reviewed literature to associated data

19/12/2011

OpenAIREplus (2nd Generation of Open Access Infrastructure for Research in Europe) was launched in Pisa in early December. The 30 month project, funded by the EC 7th Framework Programme, will work in tandem with OpenAIRE, extending the mission further to facilitate access to the entire Open Access scientific production of the ...

Include developing countries in research cycle, publishers urged

16/12/2011

Message from third Publishers for Development conference Publishers need to coordinate support across their editorial, IT, sales, and marketing teams – and ultimately at board level – to help ensure that developing country researchers are included in the research cycle. This was the main message emerging from the third annual Publishers for ...