Welcome to OLAC-Implementers

[Steven Bird]

Folks,

Welcome to the new OLAC-Implementers mailing list.  Thanks to
the LINGUIST List people for hosting it.  The list homepage is
at http://lists.linguistlist.org/archives/olac-implementers.html

About a month ago, Gary and I posted a revised version of the
OLAC Metadata Set to the OLAC site:

  http://www.language-archives.org/OLAC/olacms.html

It gives formal definitions and examples for the OLAC elements, and names
the various controlled vocabularies.  A 12 page paper discussing the
metadata elements and controlled vocabularies is also available:

  The OLAC Metadata Set and Controlled Vocabularies
  Proceedings of the ACL/EACL Workshop on Sharing Tools and Resources
  http://arXiv.org/abs/cs/0105030

Most recently, an XML schema, version 0.3, for the OLAC metadata set has
been developed, and is available on the site.  Please see the following URL
for links to the schema and an example.

  http://www.language-archives.org/alpha/

Version 0.3 is the first schema to implement the complete OLAC metadata
set.  Controlled vocabularies are now provided for: DC-Type, CPU, Date,
Language, OS, Relation, Role, and Sourcecode.  Vocabularies still need to
be defined for: Data, Encoding, Format, Functionality and Rights (for now,
stubs are provided for these vocabularies, permitting arbitrary values).

>From now on, the primary changes to the schema until the release of 1.0 in
the fall will be to replace the stubs with complete vocabularies.

Please try to upgrade your data providers to use the 0.3 format, and report
any problems you encounter either to <olac-admin at language-archives.org>
or to this list.

Many thanks,
Steven (& Gary)