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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Greetings,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">As some of you know, the Research Data Alliance's Metadata Standards Directory Working Group is working on developing a robust and usable directory
of metadata standards used in the scientific data contexts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">We are beginning our work by asking for contributions from the community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Contributions are simply submitted
<span style="color:black">through a web form and will be incorporated into the information that the Digital Curation Centre has complied in an effort to document metadata standards.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The Working Group is looking for information about metadata standards; the tools and use cases associated with them, and additional
information that shows where and how scientists use them worldwide.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">By participating, you will be contributing information that can enhance the Digital Curation Centre's metadata directory (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/metadata-standards"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://www.dcc.ac.uk/resources/metadata-standards</span></a><span style="color:black">).
A long term goal is to contribute to a community sustainable directory of metadata standards.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">The form can be found here:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1kzV3-Ri7LkYq1_fPo811CSKcu8nn6bBYCEm1A73KWFQ/viewform"><span style="color:#1155CC">Metadata Directory Information Collection</span></a><span style="color:black">
or directly at: </span><a href="http://bit.ly/1fToaqd"><span style="color:#1155CC">http://bit.ly/1fToaqd</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Direct questions and feedback to: Sean Chen <<a href="mailto:schen@law.duke.edu">schen@law.duke.edu</a>> and/or Cristina Perez <</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="mailto:Perez.C1988@gmail.com"><span style="color:#1155CC">Perez.C1988@gmail.com</span></a><span style="color:black">></span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.0pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Thank you for your interest and time,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">Sean Chen
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black">MSLS Candidate 2013, UNC Chapel Hill</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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