How to exploit/share taxonomies and other vocabularies in a networked
environment is the theme of the annual meetings of NKOS (Networked
Knowledge Organization Systems and Services) in Europe. Come along to
Alicante this September to meet the key players working on thesauri,
Semantic Web applications of ontologies, etc - see programme below.
You are still in time to beat the deadline of July 15 for early
registration discounts.
The preliminary Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS)
workshop programme (see below) is also at
(http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/nkos/nkos2006/). You'll find links to venue,
accommodation and registration etc at the ECDL conference site
http://www.ecdl2006.org/registration.jsp
NB you may register for the workshop only, if you don't want to attend
the rest of ECDL.
See you there!
Stella Dextre Clarke
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5th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) Workshop,
EDCL 2006, September 21nd, Alicante, Spain
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Preliminary workshop programme:
09.00 - 09.45 Welcome and introductions
Traugott Koch
Session 1: KOS representation and services
09.45 - 10.30
From AGROVOC to the Agricultural Ontology Service / Concept Server. An
OWL model for creating ontologies in the agricultural domain. Lauser ,
B., Sini, M., Liang, A., Keizer, J. and Katz, S., FAO, Rome, Italy.
10.30 - 11.00
HILT Phase III: Design requirements of an SRW-compliant Terminologies
Mapping Pilot.
Nicholson, D. and McCulloch, E., HILT, Glasgow, UK.
11.00 - 11.30 (Coffee)
Session 2: User participation and semantic components
11.30 - 12.00
The Feasibility of Using the Semantic Components Model for Indexing
Documents in Digital Libraries.
Price, S., Lykke Nielsen, M. and Delcambre, L., Portland State
University, OR, USA and Royal School of Library and Information Science,
Aalborg, Denmark.
12.00 - 12.30
Integrating Semi-formal Knowledge Organization Structures. Falquet, G.,
Nerima, L., Mottaz Jiang,C-L. and Ziswiler, J-C., Centre
universitaire d'informatique CUI, University of Geneva, Switzerland.
12.30 - 13.00
Knowledge Organization with Wikipedia: Joining the Free Encyclopaedia
and Digital Libraries.
Voss, J., Wikimedia Germany.
13.00 - 14.30 (Lunch)
Session 3: Semantic Web Special Session
Chairs: Thomas Baker, Bernhard Haslhofer
14.30 - 15.10
The Role of Ontologies in Semantic Digital Libraries.
Kruk, R.S., Haslhofer, B., Piotrowski, Westerski, A. and Woroniecki, T.,
DERI, National Univ. of Ireland, Galway et al.
15.10 - 15.40
SKOS. Preparing for Standardization.
Alistair Miles, CCLRC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK.
Session 4: KOS Typology
15.40 - 16.40
A tentative typology of KOS: towards a KOS of KOS?
Tudhope, D., University of Glamorgan Wales, UK.
Extensive discussion
16.40 - 17.10 (Coffee)
Session 5: Briefing session
17.10 - 17.30
Indexing challenges in work place information retrieval.
Lykke Nielsen, M., Eslau, A.G., Royal School of Library and Information
Science, Aalborg, Denmark
17.30 - 17.45
BS 8723 advances to encompass interoperability.
Stella Dextre Clarke, Oxon, UK.
17.45 - 18.00
Supporting Science Understanding through a Customized Learning Service
for Concept Knowledge (CLICK).
Ahmad, F., de la Chica, S., Sumner, T. and Martin, J., University of
Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA.
18.00 - 18.15
User-Oriented Knowledge Organization Systems.
Terwilliger, J.F., Delcambre, L.M.L. and Logan, J., Portland State
University, OR, USA et al.
18.15 - 18.30
Further communications and concluding discussions
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Workshop Organisers:
Main contact:
Traugott Koch
UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, UK,
Phone: +44 1225 383218
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/t.koch/
Other organisers:
Sebastian Ryszard Kruk DERI Galway, NUIG, Ireland
Marianne Lykke Nielsen, Department of Information Studies, Royal School
of Library and Information Science, Aalborg Branch, Aalborg, Denmark
Douglas Tudhope, Hypermedia Research Unit, School of Computing,
University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Wales, UK
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