<div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">***Please excuse the cross-posting***</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#660000" size="4">Tutorial: RDF Validation in the Cultural Heritage Community</font></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Half-day Tutorial @ DC-2014</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><span class="" tabindex="0">Wednesday, 8 October 2014 - 1:00-5:00</span></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">===========================================<br></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>LOCATION:</b></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">  Austin, Texas, USA</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>VENUE:</b> </div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">  AT&amp;T Executive Education &amp; Conference Center (<a href="http://www.meetattexas.com/" target="_blank">http://www.meetattexas.com/</a>)</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>SESSION HOMEPAGE: </b></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">  <a href="http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/rdfAP-Tutorial" target="_blank">http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/rdfAP-Tutorial</a></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>CONFERENCE WEBSITE:</b> </div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">  <a href="http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2014" target="_blank">http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2014</a></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>REGISTRATION: </b></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>  </b><a href="http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/registration-2014" target="_blank">http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/registration-2014</a> </div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">  (<i><span class="" tabindex="0"><span class="">Wednesday</span></span> day-rate option available</i>)</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>HOTELS:</b></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">  <a href="http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2014/schedConf/accommodation">http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2014/schedConf/accommodation</a></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">===========================================<br></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#660000"><b>Session Abstract: </b></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Resource Description Framework (RDF) does not natively provide rules for structuring descriptions or validating instance data. This tutorial will present the problems of data structuring and validation in RDF. There will be a discussion of current techniques that are being proposed as solutions (SPIN, Data Shapes, ICV, etc.). Using examples from the cultural heritage community (Europeana Data Model (EDM), Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) Metadata Application Profile (MAP), etc.), speakers will present actual cases where validation and record-like structuring is needed. It will relate these efforts to the concept of application profiles, drawing on some existing examples, such as Dublin Core Application Profiles (DCAP) and BIBFRAME Profiles.</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b><font color="#660000">Learning Outcomes:</font></b></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Attendees will able to:</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><ol><li style="margin-left:15px">Understand why validation is a significant issue with RDF and OWL; and, how constraints in those languages differ from our usual concept of constraints;<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Identify and monitor today&#39;s efforts, and those in development, to solve this problem of validation;<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Describe some of the specific validation issues with cultural heritage data; and<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px">Articulate the issues in their own cultural heritage context.</li></ol></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Attendees will be encouraged to ask questions of speakers with &quot;real life&quot; experience with linked data and the issues of validation.</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#660000"><b>NOTE:</b></font> This tutorial is especially recommended for DC-2014 delegates new to the topic and planning on attending the <span class="" tabindex="0">Thursday</span> Special Session: <i>RDF Application Profiles and Tools for Metadata Validation and Quality Control </i>(<a href="http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/rdfAP" target="_blank">http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/index/pages/view/rdfAP</a>).</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#660000"><b>Tutorial Planners/Presenters include:</b></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><ul><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#660000">Karen Coyle</font> (Facilitator)—Consultant, USA<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#660000">Tom Baker</font>, Sungkyunkwan University, Korea<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#660000">Kai Eckert</font>, University of Mannheim, Germany<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#660000">Tom Johnson</font>, Digital Public Library of America (DPLA), USA<br></li><li style="margin-left:15px"><font color="#660000">Stefanie Ruehl</font>, SUB Göttingen, Germany</li></ul></div><div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif"><font color="#660000"><b>Registration:</b></font></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">You can register using the day-rate option to DC-2014 or join us for the full DC-2014 program at <a href="http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/registration-2014" target="_blank">http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/index/pages/view/registration-2014</a>.</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><b>Don&#39;t wait, register now!</b> This Tutorial and the DC-2014 Conference cap the second week of the <i>Austin City Limits Music Festival </i>(<a href="http://www.aclfestival.com/" target="_blank">http://www.aclfestival.com/</a>) and hotel rooms will become increasingly scarce as the Conference dates approach.</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif"><br></div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">-------------</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">Stuart Sutton</div><div style="font-size:13px;font-family:arial,sans-serif">   DCMI Managing Director</div></div>