The Eprints Dublin Core Application Profile co-ordinators ran a sucessful
special session at the Dublin Core 2006 conference in Manzanillo, Mexico on 4 October. The session, presented by Julie Allinson from UKOLN and Andy Powell from the Eduserv Foundation, presented the profile to the group and asked for comments, reactions and suggestions from the assembled metadata experts. Reactions were almost overwhelmingly positive, particularly in relation to the use of FRBR and the Dublin Core Abstract Model. It was also agreed that the application profile activity be taken forward by a new Dublin Core taskforce in the autumn. This will help the work reach a global audience and facilitate validation by the wider community. Material from the workshop will soon become available from the conference Web site and further information can be obtained from the Eprints Application Profile wiki.