ISKO UK are delighted to announce this event at
the BCS Office, 5 Southampton Street, London WC2E
7HA.
Full details and booking at
<http://www.iskouk.org/events/metadata_June_2014.htm>
This
event will be a showcase for the latest developments in the
evolution
of the Semantic Web, exploitation of Knowledge Organization
Systems
(KOS), metadata annotation to aid workflow automation,
information
retrieval in networks of diverse media assets, Linked Data, and
other
opportunities for using metadata. It is a Joint Meeting of ISKO
UK,
IRSG (Information Retrieval Special Interest Group of BCS, the
Chartered Institute for IT) and DCMI (Dublin Core Metadata
Initiative). The day will be modular: attendance in the morning
is
optional, with a choice of workshop or tutorial, while the
afternoon
programme is for everyone. Please pass on to anyone who may be
interested
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)
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.
Afternoon
meeting (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
Followed by networking,
wine and nibbles from 18.00.
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>
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).
We
shall all look forward to welcoming you on the day. To avoid
disappointment, please don't delay in booking.