[ecoinfo] EML 2.0.0 Release Candidate 1 (eml-2.0.0rc1)

[Matt Jones]

We are pleased to announce the release of the first candidate for 
Ecological Metadata Language (EML) 2.0.0 (eml-2.0.0rc1).  This is not 
the final EML 2.0.0 release, but rather represents an opportunity for 
last minute review of the EML specification before we release the final 
version.

We do not expect any content changes between now and the final EML 2.0.0 
release (this release was preceded by 9 beta releases), although we do 
expect some substantial documentation improvements.  This release was 
designed specifically to get feedback from the broader community even 
though the documentation is not complete (some is even out-of-date).

You can obtain the release at:
    http://knb.ecoinformatics.org/software/eml/eml-2.0.0rc1/

This release has benefitted from broad participation in its design and 
implementation, including contributions from individuals at NCEAS, the 
KNB Project, LTER sites (CAP, NET, KBS, JOR), and the Joseph W. Jones 
Ecological Research Center, among numerous others. We would appreciate 
your feedback, and contributions to the project are more than welcome. 
You can contact us at "eml-dev at ecoinformatics.org".

Here is our expected schedule for finalizing the EML 2.0.0 release:

Release             Date             Summary
--------            -----            --------
eml-2.0.0rc2        Sep 20, 2002     Documentation improvements,
                                      Fix Key/keyref and eml-coverage
                                      issues
eml-2.0.0           Oct 4, 2002      Minor editorial changes possible

I've attached the README file that contains release notes for the 
current release.  Enjoy, and thanks in advance for your feedback.

Matt

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Matt Jones                                  jones at nceas.ucsb.edu
http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/
National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis (NCEAS)
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