EARLY BIRD CLOSE: Content Architecture, ISKO UK 2009 Conference

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT CLOSES 31 MARCH 2009

Content Architecture: Exploiting and Managing Diverse Resources, ISKO UK 2009 Conference
London, 22-23 June 2009

VENUE: University College London, Gower Street, London, WC1E 6BT

EARLY BIRD FEE - if registration is completed and payment received by ISKO UK on or before 31st March.

135 GBP
115 GBP (ISKO members, speakers and students)

To avoid delays, excessive and uncertain bank charges and exchange rate problems, payment by PayPal using a debit or credit card is strongly recommended for delegates from outside the UK. Those within the UK can also pay by bank transfer or by sending a cheque (if you trust first class post to deliver it in time!).

For payments received after 31st March, the fees are

165 GBP
135 GBP (ISKO members, speakers and students)

See the complete conference programme.

We have 28 presentations, with speakers from ten countries. Topics include semantic interoperability, image retrieval, multimedia challenges, mapping and modelling.

As keynote speakers we have:
- Professor David Crystal, the renowned author, linguist and broadcaster, talking about semantic targeting;
- Clifford Lynch, Director of the Coalition for Networked Information, on the subject of e-Research and New Challenges in Knowledge Structuring

To take advantage of the early bird discount, register as soon as you can on the conference registration page.

"Content Architecture: Exploiting and Managing Diverse Resources", is the first biennial conference of the UK Chapter of ISKO (International Society for Knowledge Organization).

2009-03-17: W3C Invites Implementations of SKOS

From the W3C news;

W3C Invites Implementations of SKOS (Simple Knowledge Organization System) Reference; Primer Also Published

2009-03-17: The Semantic Web Deployment Working Group invites implementation of the Candidate Recommendation of SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Reference. This document defines the Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS), a common data model for sharing and linking knowledge organization systems via the Web. SKOS—Simple Knowledge Organization System—provides a model for expressing the basic structure and content of concept schemes such as thesauri, classification schemes, subject heading lists, taxonomies, folksonomies, and other similar types of controlled vocabulary. As an application of the Resource Description Framework (RDF), SKOS allows concepts to be composed and published on the World Wide Web, linked with data on the Web and integrated into other concept schemes. The Working Group also published today a Working Draft of SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Primer. Learn more about the Semantic Web Activity. (Permalink)

ISKO UK Event - Human-Machine Symbiosis for Data Interpretation

The next ISKO UK open meeting will be held on 23 April 2009, at University College London.

David Snowden will talk about "Human-Machine Symbiosis for Data Interpretation" followed by a panel discussion. The seminar will be preceded by the ISKO UK Annual General Meeting to which all potential members are also invited.

Tea will be provided, and there will be drinks and an opportunity for networking. We hope that it will be an enjoyable afternoon and are looking forward to seeing you at this ISKO UK event.

Cost: 10 GBP (students and ISKO members free)

To book you place go to the event's website.

Invitation "Content Architecture: Exploiting and Managing Diverse Resources" Conference

"Content Architecture: Exploiting and Managing Diverse Resources", is the first biennial conference of the UK Chapter of ISKO (International Society for Knowledge Organization) to be held in London, 22-23 June 2009.

Venue: University College London.

We have 28 presentations, with speakers from ten countries. Topics include semantic interoperability, image retrieval, multimedia challenges, mapping and modelling. See the full conference programme.

Our keynote speakers are David Crystal, the renowned author, linguist and broadcaster, talking about semantic targeting and Clifford Lynch, Director of the Coalition for Networked Information, talking on the subject of e-Research and New Challenges in Knowledge Structuring

Early Bird Fee (to 31st March):

£135 GBP
£115 GBP (ISKO members, students)

To take advantage of the early bird discount, register as soon as you can on the conference webiste.