Hello all!

As DC-2008 draws ever closer (goodness me, is it that time of year
already?!) I should like to remind all of you that we have a flexible
schedule for the DC Registry Community meeting and the evening
Implementers Exchangefest.

* those of you who are able to attend are invited to come armed with
five or ten minutes worth of talking points, ideas, descriptions of your
current projects or projects that you find of interest, etc.
* those of you who are not able to attend in person are also invited to
contribute; just send Diane or myself a note (Powerpoint slides,
podcast, paragraph or three!)
* A third alternative for those who have a little spare time on
Thursday, and cannot make it to the event - assuming that the technical
limitations of the venue allow it, we can set up a connection via Skype
or similar. If you are interested in braving the sharp edges of modern
conference organisation and voice-over-IP, let me know and I'll
investigate this for you.

Don't be shy, people - I hear myself talk every day, and I'd much rather
be hearing from you guys! And keep a lookout for us in Berlin, where
we'll probably be handing out leaflets describing how to get to the
Exchangefest on Thursday evening :-)

Regards,

Emma

Diane I. Hillmann wrote:
> Folks:
>
> In addition to the community meeting that takes place on Thursday (see
> below) there will also be an 'Implementers Exchangefest' that takes
> place in the evening of Thursday after the conference closes. This
> will occur from 6-10pm (or whenever we decide to go down the pub!).
>
> It will be a relatively informal event, stressing networking, play and
> code - we rather hope that it might be a little bit of a barcamp, but
> don't want to freeze out those whose idea of fun is not parsing XML!
>
> We hope you can fit this into your schedule.  We promise wine and
> nibbles to keep our energy and enthusiasm up.
>
> Diane, Emma & Jon
>
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:24:31 +0000
> From: Emma Tonkin <[log in to unmask]>
> Reply-To: DCMI Registry Community <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: DC-2008 DC-Registry Community Meeting
>
> This will take place on Thursday 25 September 2008 between 13:30 -
> 15:00. We
> hope to see you there!
>
> This meeting of the DC Registry Community has as its primary purpose
> to bring
> together representatives from existing registry developments and those
> who
> share an interest in issues related to schema registries and related
> developments. With this in mind, we have this year chosen to link the
> meeting
> to the NKOS event scheduled earlier in DC-2008, in order to support
> ongoing
> discussion of registry-related issues. Additionally, the DC Registry
> WG will be
> introduced and will report back on progress and opportunities to
> participate.
>
> Should the discussion of practical development opportunities (see
> point 5) lead
> to an immediately achievable task, we will arrange a venue for this at
> the end
> of the DC-2008 conference.
>
> Agenda:
>
>   1. Introductions and scene setting
>   2. Updates from registry developments worldwide
>   3. Introduction to the DC Registry WG; report on current progress
>   4. Task: Interoperability in Metadata Registries (discussion)
>   5. Practical tasks for the near future (discussion)
>   6. Future charter and group activity
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------
> Emma Tonkin, Interoperability Focus Officer, UKOLN