Report from International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications 2001.

This paper describes the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications 2001 (DC-2001), the ninth major workshop of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI), which was held in Tokyo in October 2001. DC-2001 was a week-long event that included both a workshop and a conference. In the tradition of previous events, the workshop provided a forum for developers of Dublin Core to discuss important issues face-to-face. The conference part included both tutorials and presentations of peer-reviewed papers. The paper also describes follow-up activities since DC-2001 by working groups and the DCMI Usage Board. These activities are put into the context of DCMI's recent reorganization. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]