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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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Conrad Taylor: Information design & electronic publishing
Chairperson, BCS Electronic Publishing Specialist Group (www.epsg.org.uk)
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Ann Apps MBCS CITP. Research & Development, Mimas,
The University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PL, UK
Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6039 Fax: +44 (0) 161 275 6040
Email: [log in to unmask] WWW: http://epub.mimas.ac.uk/ann.html
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