= VLO Taskforce (CLARIN-D) = [[PageOutline(2)]] == Organizational information == * mailing list address: `VLO-Taskforce ` * [report:10 VLO tickets] in the Trac * partly related: [report:18 Metadata curation tickets] in the Trac * [attachment:VLO_Tischvorlage_2014-01-07.pdf Summary of VLO metadata quality issues and curation plans] as of January 7, 2014 == Current points of discussion == * [wiki:VLO-Taskforce/Facets Facet selection and description/definition] * [wiki:VLO-Taskforce/Relations Representation and exploitation of relations among resources] * [wiki:VLO-Taskforce/Vocabulary Dealing with controlled vocabulary] * [wiki:VLO-Taskforce/Best-Practice Propose a set of recommend profiles and components] * [wiki:VLO-Taskforce/Feedback-of-the-FAGs Feedback of the F-AGs] == VLO documentation == The Taskforce is going to provide a comprehensive documentation for users and data providers. Some published information already exists elsewhere: * [http://www.lrec-conf.org/proceedings/lrec2010/pdf/273_Paper.pdf Virtual Language Observatory: the portal to the language resources and technology universe] (LREC 2010) * [http://www.lrec-conf.org/proceedings/lrec2012/pdf/437_Paper.pdf Semantic metadata mapping in practice: the Virtual Language Observatory] (LREC 2012) * CmdiVirtualLanguageObservatory (Trac wiki) The VLO-WG provided '''[wiki:VLO-Taskforce/RecommendationsForFacets recommendations for the VLO facets]'''. These evolved from a [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dENs_YwmcgBKfrTaE8hNFuQeIWcr8t0ekqActu1_rd4/ Google doc]; an [https://trac.clarin.eu/attachment/wiki/VLO-Taskforce/Meeting-2015-04-23/VLO-AG_RecommendationsOnFacets.pdf earlier version of the document] is also attached to this page. == Meetings == * [wiki:VLO-Taskforce/Meeting-2014-10-15 October 15, 2014, Berlin] * [wiki:VLO-Taskforce/Meeting-2014-11-27 November 27, 2014, virtual] * [wiki:VLO-Taskforce/Meeting-2014-12-15 December 15, 2014, virtual] * [wiki:VLO-Taskforce/Meeting-2015-02-18 February 18, 2015, virtual] * [wiki:VLO-Taskforce/Meeting-2015-01-19 March 19, 2015, virtual] * [wiki:VLO-Taskforce/Meeting-2015-04-23 April 23, 2015, virtual] * [wiki:VLO-Taskforce/Feedback-of-the-FAGs Feedback of the FAGs, May 2015] == Related Work == In CLARIN: * [wiki:Taskforces/CMDI CMDI taskforce] * [wiki:Taskforces/Curation Metadata curation taskforce] Elsewhere: * [http://www.datacite.org/ DataCite] has similar goals as CLARIN: sharing and persistently identifying research data. For the description of it uses a fixed schema, which is somewhat inspired by Dublin Core. In terms of CMDI, the schema comprises both, facets and relationships. For more information see the [[http://schema.datacite.org/|DataCite Schema Repository]].