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<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OCLC
and RLG have announced the release of a comprehensive guide to core
metadata for supporting the long-term preservation of digital materials.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata: Final Report of the PREMIS
Working Group</span></font></i></em><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> is the product of the foremost
international consensus-building effort directed at preservation metadata.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ongoing
maintenance of the data dictionary and associated XML schemas, along with a
forum for implementors, will be provided by the PREMIS maintenance activity.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata</span></font></i></em><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> includes in
a single document the PREMIS working group’s final report, the data
dictionary, and a series of examples illustrating use of the data dictionary.
The report, data dictionary, and examples can also be downloaded as three
separate documents.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Resources</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=3 face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Overview<br>
<a href="http://www.oclc.org/research/announcements/2005-05-20.htm"
title="http://www.oclc.org/research/announcements/2005-05-20.htm">http://www.oclc.org/research/announcements/2005-05-20.htm</a></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><em><i><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'>Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata</span></font></i></em><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> and related
materials<br>
</span></font><a href="http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/pmwg/"
title="http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/pmwg/"><font size=2 face=Arial
title="http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/pmwg/"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://www.oclc.org/research/projects/pmwg/</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>PREMIS
maintenance activity<br>
</span></font><a href="http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/" target="_blank"
title="http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/"><font size=2 face=Arial
title="http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Contacts</span></font></b></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong><b><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Brian
Lavoie, </span></font></b></strong><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>OCLC Research Scientist<br>
</span></font><a href="mailto:lavoie@oclc.org" title="mailto:lavoie@oclc.org"><font
size=2 face=Arial title="mailto:lavoie@oclc.org"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>lavoie@oclc.org</span></font></a><br>
<br>
<!-- Secondary Author --><strong><b><font face="Times New Roman">Robin Dale, </font></b></strong><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>RLG Program
Officer<br>
</span></font><a href="mailto:robin.dale@notes.rlg.org"
title="mailto:robin.dale@notes.rlg.org"><font size=2 face=Arial
title="mailto:robin.dale@notes.rlg.org"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>robin.dale@notes.rlg.org</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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