Registries - organisational issues
Registries are part of infrastructure
Distributed vs. centralised approaches:
Concept of 'shared services'
Experimental distributed registries are based on
Resource Description Framework (RDF)
» CORES Registry
» Encourage re-use of metadata (the
'application profile' concept)
» Are other technologies more suitable?
Who should be responsible for them?
DC-2003, Seattle, USA, 29 September 2003