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The final COSMOS conference was held in Luxembourg 17 - 19 June 2003.

COSMOS is an accompanying measure (Cluster) of five projects of the European Union Framework 5 research programme. It has the following objectives:

• to build better metadata repositories by exchanging ideas and experiences in using metadata systems for the individual projects
• to identify a common set of metadata objects, with agreed definitions, attributes and methods
• to implement a demonstration subset of these objects to show interoperability of the developed systems
• to define a methodology for further developing this interoperability.

The Cluster will link with other concertation activities in the area and international standards bodies. To achieve these objectives, we aim to:

• maximise the interchange between the key developers of the metadata models in each project
• give an opportunity for all participating institutions to meet and exchange experiences
• demonstrate the interoperability of the project outputs, while respecting the exigencies of each project plan.