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The KIDMM project of the British Computer Society
invites participation in a "MetaKnowledge Mash-up"
on data, information and knowledge management
Central London, 10:00 - 5:00, 17 September 2007
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Putting the word "information" back into IT!
KIDMM stands for "Knowledge, Information, Data and Metadata
Management" and is an experimental knowledge community
hosted and supported by the British Computer Society.
KIDMM has its roots in collaboration between a dozen BCS
Specialist Groups on areas of common concern, but now also
has active participation from non-BCS professionals working
in areas such as information management and policy,
knowledge organisation etc.
Our "MetaKnowledge Mash-up" is a gathering to compare and
put together what we know about the use of ICT in managing
data and information resources and human knowledge: a task
which is rapidly becoming the pre-eminent use to which
society puts computers. However, the focus will be only
partially on technology, as we recognise that successful
management of data, information and knowledge requires a
range of intellectual skills from the worlds of social
science, management, librarianship, information design,
usability etc.
Our morning session will hear a number of concise
contributions from KIDMM group members and others:
# an overview of current issues and solutions in
information search and retrieval
# an overview of methods of adding structure and context
to unstructured content, and the role of metadata
# how the Victoria and Albert Museum has integrated its
collections databases using a common data model
# geospatial information management techniques for
integrated transport systems
# the role of controlled vocabularies in enabling semantic
interoperability between systems supporting healthcare
delivery
# the future for data and text mining in commercial
and non-commercial organisations
(This list is not final; other topics will be supported
as volunteers come forward to address them.)
The afternoon sessions are designed to be more participatory,
and will examine issues of information and knowledge management
within organisations, professional societies etc.
This will include discussion of how an organisation can
best organise, classify and make discoverable its knowledge
resources, and how Web 2.0 style technology infrastructures
can support the evolution of knowledge communities and
communities of practice.
The Mash-up is being subsidised by the BCS, but there will
be a charge of £20 for the day to cover lunch etc.
Find out more at:
http://www.epsg.org.uk/KIDMM/mashup2007/index.html
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