CIMI is very pleased to announce the Dublin Core Metadata Testbed Project.

This is an exciting opportunity for museums, corporations, and other
organizations that produce and distribute digital object descriptions to
take part in an 8-month Consortium for the Interchange of Museum Information
(CIMI)  testbed of Dublin Core (DC) metadata creation and conversion
starting April  1998.  Please excuse cross-postings.

The Call  for Participation and Project Description, respectively, are
available at <http://www.cimi.org/documents/metafinalCFP.html> and
<http://www.cimi.org/documents/metafinalPD.html>.

Expressions of interest, in the brief format prescribed in the Call for
Participation, are DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1998.

Interest will be acknowledged with a followup questionnaire to be completed
and returned by Friday, April 3, 1998. CIMI plans to announce project
participants the week of April 10, 1998.

Thank you in advance for your interest, and please do not hesitate to
contact the  Project Manager <[log in to unmask]> should you have any
questions.

Erin Stewart
CIMI Dublin Core Metadata Testbed Project Manager
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972-776-7538 (CST)

John Perkins
CIMI Project Director
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voice: 902-826-2824
fax: 902-826-1337