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An event is a non-persistent, time-basedoccurrence. Metadata for an event provides descriptive informationthat is the basis for discovery of the purpose, location, duration,responsible agents, and links to related events and resources. Theresource of type event may not be retrievable if the describedinstantiation has expired or is yet to occur. Examples - exhibition,web-cast, conference, workshop, open-day, performance, battle, trial,wedding, tea-party, conflagration.

• Robotics Education Project
  NASA's Robotics Education Project is intended to raise children's interest in robotics and promote it as a possible career choice. The Web site highlights many applications of robots, such as space exploration, medicine, and mechanical automation.
• The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt [QuickTime, RealPlayer]
  The Quest for Immortality: Treasures of Ancient Egypt. This new online exhibit from the National Gallery of Art will be a real treat for those with a passion for the ancient civilization of Egypt.
• The VT MIDI/ARTT Project
  VT MIDI/ARTT Project, Inc. provides online arts and music mentoring and professional development.
• War and Peace
  "War & Peace" exhibits photos, maps, & documents related to America's wars.Features include a Civil War timeline, letters from soldiers,homefront contributions during World War I & II, American women workers during World War II, man-on-the-street interviews after Pearl Harbor, "The Stars & Stripes" newspaper(for Army troops in France 1918-19), Winston Churchill, the Marshall Plan, Ansel Adam's book of photos of a World War II internment camp, & the Veterans History Project. (LOC) .