Dear Colleagues,
*Making metadata work* - Monday 23rd June 2014 - BCS Office, 5
Southampton Street, London WC2E 7HA.
Please don't forget to book for this popular event before the deadline
of 16 June. There are still places for the afternoon session, with an
array of first class speakers. See more at
<http://www.iskouk.org/events/metadata_June_2014.htm#introduction>.
The morning workshop and tutorial are already full booked. We're sorry
to disappoint anyone who's missing them. In view of the demand, we're
hoping to repeat the Sharepoint tutorial on another date - possibly 15
Sept and/or 26 November. Do please let us know if you are interested.
*Afternoon meeting* *on 23 June* (Plenary, 14.00 -- 18.00)
Martin White: The importance of metadata for high quality Search
Sean Bechhofer: Wf4Ever: metadata for "Research Objects"
Mark Sandler: Semantic Media: a new paradigm for navigable content for
the 21st century
Richard Ranft: Enhancing discovery of the British Library's audio
collections
Antoine Isaac: A portrait of Europeana as a Linked Open Data case (in
progress)
Andrew MacFarlane: Analysing creative image search queries to determine
important facets
The speakers and presentations are described in more detail on our
website at <http://www.iskouk.org/events/metadata_June_2014_pm.htm>. As
usual there will be more networking, wine and nibbles from 18.00.
*Morning options*
*a) Tutorial: Metadata management in Sharepoint* (10.00 -12.00)
While Sharepoint 2013 offers more metadata capabilities than ever
before, the range of options can make it hard to implement the most
effective way. Management of controlled vocabularies is a particular
challenge. This tutorial will enable you to pick the brains of an
experienced consultant, Marc Stephenson of Metataxis.
*b) Workshop: Vocabularies and the potential for linkage* (9.30 --
12.30; now fully booked)
Various approaches to the linkage of value vocabularies (KOSs) and/or
element set vocabularies (metadata schemas) will be described by
Pierre-Yves Vandenbussche (Fujitsu, Ireland), Dan Brickley (Google),
Gordon Dunsire and Stella Dextre Clarke, with emphasis on the
opportunities as well as the barriers to widespread adoption. After that
is a case study from Johan De Smedt and Agis Papantoniou, both of
TenForce, that draws on more than one technique. The subsequent
discussion will address the prospects for take-up, aiming to help
participants with application or development of similar techniques and
projects.
*Registration fee and booking*
Full day, including lunch and a choice of tutorial or workshop: £120 (or
£70 for members of ISKO, IRSG or DCMI and for full-time students);
Afternoon only: £60 (or £25 for members of ISKO, IRSG or DCMI and for
full-time students).
Booking is open at
<http://www.iskouk.org/events/metadata_June_2014.htm#introduction>
*About ISKO UK*
ISKO (International Society for Knowledge Organization) is a
not-for-profit scientific/professional association with the objective of
promoting research and communication in the domain of knowledge
organization, within the broad field of information science and related
disciplines. Founded in 2007, our UK Chapter has been attracting lively
and steadily growing audiences to its afternoon meeting series (see
slides and recordings at http://www.iskouk.org/events.htm). Its third
conference was held in July 2013 on the general theme of "Knowledge
organization -- pushing the boundaries" http://www.iskouk.org/conf2013/.
*About BCS IRSG*
Established in 1978, the main aim of the BCS IRSG is supporting the
communication between information retrieval (IR) researchers and
practitioners, promoting the use of IR methods in industry and raising
public awareness of IR-related topics. Recognizing IR as an
interdisciplinary field, a further aim of the BCS IRSG is to act as a
link between computer science, library and information science and also
cognate communities (like natural language processing).
*About DCMI*
The Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) is an open, international
forum for the development of interoperable online metadata standards
with diverse applications. DCMI's activities include consensus-driven
working groups, global conferences and workshops, standards liaison, and
educational efforts to promote widespread acceptance of metadata
standards and practices. DCMI is a project of ASIS&T (the Association
for Information Science and Technology).
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*We shall all look forward to welcoming you on the day.
Stella Dextre Clarke
Chair, ISKO UK
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Stella Dextre Clarke
Information Consultant and Chair, ISKO UK
Luke House, West Hendred, Wantage, OX12 8RR, UK
Tel: 01235-833-298
Fax: 01235-863-298
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