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With the establishment of theEntity Management Cooperative (EMCO) program,PCC Identity Management Advisory Committee (IMAC) is excited to launch the EMCO Early Adopters Phase of the program in Spring 2025. The scope of work during the Early Adopters Phase will be limited to entities for persons and corporate bodies, with opportunities to provide feedback and direction concerning EMCO’s future.
All individuals and institutions (including but not limited to GLAM institutions of all kinds) are invited to participate in EMCO, regardless of their institutional affiliation with the Program for Cooperative Cataloging (PCC). Participants do not need to be PCC members in order to participate in the EMCO Early Adopters Phase. Due to the wide-reaching impact of linked data and desire for multiple perspectives, participants who may not have previously participated in PCC programs are especially welcome.
EMCO is a vision for the PCC’s engagement with linked data. While the PCC Policy Committee has approved high-level principles to guide the work of EMCO, many practical questions remain unanswered. The Early Adopters Phase is designed to coordinate and organize registry communities of practice, in which practitioners contribute to the policies and procedures for the new entity management program. While the Early Adopters Phase welcomes enterprising participants of all experience levels, it’s important to know that, during this phase, IMAC can offer no formal training in linked data entity creation and maintenance. However, EMCO registry communities of practice will be independently identifying training, developing resources, and drafting best practices.
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