2nd International Digital Curation Conference
Digital Data Curation in Practice
21 – 22 November 2006
Hilton Glasgow Hotel, Glasgow
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The DCC welcomes contributions and participation from individuals, organisations and institutions interested in the curation of data and the management of repositories for science and scholarship. This includes all disciplines and domains that are engaged in the creation, use, re-use and long-term management of digital data from researchers and curators, through to policy makers and funders.

Call for Papers [CLOSED]
All proposals will be considered for papers and workshops, which will form part of the main conference, with both a practical and a research focus by our Programme Committee.
Important Dates
- Deadline for submissions: 3 April 2006
- Notification of authors: 30 June 2006 (was 31 May 2006)
- Final papers/workshops deadline: 8 September 2006
Submission Details
Authors are invited to submit one page abstracts by sending a PDF or Word document to one of the following addresses:

Call for Posters
All proposals will be considered for demonstrations and posters with both a practical and a research focus by our Programme Committee.
Posters and demonstrations will be hosted in an adjoining room to the main auditorium and will have a dedicated session as part of the Conference programme. Posters and demonstrations will also be available during refreshment breaks.
Important Dates
- Deadline for submissions: TBA
- Notification of authors: TBA
Submission Details
Authors are invited to submit one page abstracts by sending a PDF or Word document to one of the following addresses:

Main Topics
The following topics have been identified as being of interest, but are not a definitive list:
Data Capture & Integration into Research Workflows
- Data creation, collection and capture
- Data life-cycle management
Describing Data
- Data management, storage and validation
- Description of datasets
- Metadata packaging standards
- Representation Information Registries
Digital Repository Management
- Audit and certification
- Economics and legal rights matters
- Managing complex objects
- Preservation
- Self-archiving
Data and Publication
- Datasets as complex objects
- Data disclosure
- Publication, citation, discovery and reuse
- Publishing scientific databases
- Semantic descriptions of datasets
- Scholarly communication and datasets
Adding Value
- Data linking
- Data provenance and annotation
- Data reuse
- Integrating scientific databases
- Simulation
- Visualisation
Post-Processing and Knowledge Extraction
- Analysis
- Data mining
- Data modelling
- Ontologies
- Synthesis
Workforce Development
- Achieving cultural change
- Capacity building
- Collaboration
- Training and professional development
Further Information
If you have any questions about the conference, please contact Natasha Bishop.
