Canadian <Metadata> Forum

The Canadian Metadata Forum would like to thank our sponsors for helping to make this event a success.

We thank all our sponsors for their generous donations. Together we are building excellence in the field of information management in Canada!

	VIA Rail www.viarail.ca/en_index.html
The official land transportation sponsor of the Canadian <Metadata> Forum

	Verity www.verity.com/index.html
The leading provider of software solutions that help organizations maximize the return on their intellectual capital investment by utilizing enterprise search, classification and recommendation technologies.

Canadian Culture Online (www.pch.gc.ca/progs/pcce-ccop/index_e.cfm) is part of the Department of Canadian Heritage's strategy to encourage a uniquely Canadian presence on the Internet. We work with Canada's creators, cultural industries, communities and institutions to produce and make available to Canadians the digital cultural content that will help promote our country's rich culture, history, arts and heritage.

Library and Archives Canada www.collectionscanada.ca/012/002/index-e.html

	Canadian Heritage Information Network http://www.chin.gc.ca
The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) and Canadian museums work together to strengthen our collective ability to create, present and manage Canadian online content. This collaboration has resulted in CHIN's internationally valued Web site for heritage professionals, and the highly successful VMC portal at www.virtualmuseum.ca.

The Canadian Information System for the Environment (CISE) (www.cise-scie.ca) is being built to answer Canadians' need for integrated environmental information to assist in decision-making. CISE aims to be a one-window gateway, integrating information from across the country, across jurisdictions, and across issues. To date, significant accomplishments have been realized in the areas of air, water and biodiversity.

	Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries www.collectionscanada.ca/cidl/index-e.html
The Canadian Initiative on Digital Libraries (CIDL), an alliance of Canadian libraries and related institutions, aims to increase communication among Canadian organizations engaged in digitization. Don't miss the latest issue of CIDL News (no. 9, September 2003) which is dedicated to metadata! This issue will be available shortly in PDF format at: www.collectionscanada.ca/cidl/040021-200-e.html.