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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Dear members of the MEDIN Standards and MEDIN DAC Working Groups,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">MEDIN are delighted to announce that the guidance notes for the latest version of the MEDIN Standard (v3.1) are now complete and will be published on the MEDIN website shortly.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">However, in order to save you any delay in accessing the new Standard, I am attaching it to this email. The guidance notes come in two forms – a detailed document which includes
XML encoding exmaples and reference annexes (the _full.pdf), and a briefer summary document which contains the guidance for each element, but does not contain XML nor the reference annexes.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">I also have attached the change log, so you all can see what adjustments have been made between v3.0 and v3.1 of the Standard.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">MEDIN are now looking at work to upgrade our metadata tools to version 3.1 and I will provide further news on this once I have something solid to report.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Please do not hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions or observations,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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