Open Forum for Metadata Registries

This is the sixth in a series of international conferences. Participants will explore the capabilities, uses, content, development, and operation of registries and related technologies. Emphasis is on managing the semantics (meaning) of data that is shared within and between organizations or disseminated via the World Wide Web. This Open Forum will concentrate on the following technologies: * ISO/IEC 11179 Metadata Registries * Universal Description, Discovery, and Integration (UDDI) * XML Registries/Repositories * Database Catalogs (e.g., relational DBMS/SQL) * CASE Tool Repositories * Software Component Registries * Ontological Registries * Dublin Core Registries Tutorials will be given on these technologies and on the relevant standards. A theme will be cooperation and interoperation of these technologies. GBIF presentation included in Environment track B.