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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Dear OLAC Implementers,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>As part of the further development of the OLAC project with the support
of a new grant awarded by the US National Science Foundation, we have been
working on the metadata quality part of our new project and now have some
documents on that subject ready for feedback and review by others. We are
running it through our METADATA working group which has a mailing list at:<br>
<br>
<a href="http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/metadata.html">http://listserv.linguistlist.org/archives/metadata.html</a><br>
<br>
Please consider joining the process if you are not already a member of the
METADATA working group: you can click on the November 2007 link to see the
announcement Gary Simons just sent out to the working group about the
availability of the new documents for their comment; then click on the Join the
List link to subscribe to the list and take part in the discussion. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Your feedback is invaluable. Thank you for your continuing
participation in the OLAC community!<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Debbie Chang<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Graduate Research Assistant<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Graduate <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Institute</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Applied Linguistics MA</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>
’09 candidate</span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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