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Call for Participation and Demos: NKOS Dublin Core workshop
by DCMI Announce 13 May '16

13 May '16

***********Apologies for Cross-Posting*********** 16th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) Workshop at the *International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications 2016 (DC 2016)* *Call for Presentations and Demos* The 16th European NKOS workshop will take place on Saturday 15th October as part of DC 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Important Dates: *Submission deadline:* Friday, 1 July 2016 *Notification of acceptance:* Tuesday, 16th August 2016 Proposals are invited for the following: a) *Presentations* (typically 20 minutes plus discussion time, potentially longer if warranted) on work related to the themes of the workshop (see below). An option for a short 5 minute project report presentation is also possible. b) *Demos* on work related to the themes of the workshop (see below). Please email proposals (maximum 1000 words for presentations and 500 words for demos, including aims, methods, main findings and underlying work, relevance to themes of workshop) to Koraljka Golub (koraljka.golub(a)lnu.se). Proposals will be peer-reviewed by the program committee. At least one presentation author needs to register for the workshop (this is a strict requirement). After the workshop, copies of both proposals and presentations will be made available on the workshop website as well as be subject to the DCMI copyright provisions ( http://dcevents.dublincore.org/IntConf/dc-2016/about/submissions#copyrightN…). Presentations from the workshop may be encouraged to be submitted as extended papers for a peer reviewed journal publication. *Themes for the 16th NKOS workshop will be:* (1) KOS Alignment. KOS alignment or terminology mapping plays a vital role in NKOS for many years. This year we want to sort out the needs (use cases) of KOS alignments in the new environment of Linked Open Data. We plan to collect methodologies, best practices, guidelines and tools. This includes manual and automatic alignments. (2) KOS Linked Open Data. Recent years have seen an increasing trend to publication of KOS as Linked Data vocabularies. We need discussion of practical initiatives to link between congruent vocabularies and provide effective web services and APIs so that applications can build upon them. (3) Subject metadata for research data. With increasing recognition of the need to manage research data as part of universities research output, subject metadata represent particular challenges that need to be addressed from theoretical as well as practical perspectives. We plan to discuss existing issues, especially in terms of interoperability across disciplines as well as applications, and strive towards establishment of best practices and guidelines. *Further timely presentations/demonstrations will be selected from the following topics in the CfP:* (4) KOS-based recommender systems. The suggestion of the right meaningful concepts is a mission critical phase for searchers in modern DL. (5) Meaningful Concept Display and Meaningful Visualization of KOS. (6) Standards developments. (7) Evaluation of KOS-based systems – methods and practical experience. *KOS applications are a regular and important part of NKOS workshops. Example topics include:* (8) KOS in e-Research metadata contexts - intersection between research data, KOS, Semantic web. (9) Social tagging. What is the role of social tagging and informal knowledge structures versus established KOS? (How) can tagging be guided and informed by KOS? (10) Users interaction with KOS in the online environment. (11) KOS and learning. What is required to use KOS effectively to convey meaning, to assist users to express their information needs to assist in sense making and learning? (12) Multilingual and Interdisciplinary KOS applications and tools. (13) Specific domains, such as environmental, medical, new application contexts, etc. More information on the workshop can be found under https://at-web1.comp.glam.ac.uk/pages/research/hypermedia/nkos/nkos2016-dc/… We hope to see you in Copenhagen, Denmark. Please note that workshop presenter entry into Denmark may be subject to Visa requirements (see https://www.nyidanmark.dk/en-us/coming_to_dk/visa/visa.htm). Best regards, NKOS workshop organizing committee *Koraljka Golub (primary contact)*, Department of Library and Information Science, School of Cultural Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Linnaeus University | 351 95 Växjö | Sweden | Tel: +46 (0) 470 70 8909 | Fax: +46 (0) 470 751888 | E-mail:koraljka.golub@lnu.se | http://koraljka.info *Joacim Hansson*, Department of Library and Information Science, School of Cultural Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Linnaeus University | 351 95 Växjö | Sweden | Tel: +46 (0) 470 70 8971 | Fax: +46 (0) 470 751888 | E-mail: joacim.hansson(a)lnu.se | *Maria Johnsson*, Section of Scholarly Communication, Lund University Library, Lund University | PO Box 3, SE-22100 Lund | Sweden | Tel +46 (0) 222 90 40 | E-mail:maria.johnsson@ub.lu.se | *Monica Lassi*, Section of Scholarly Communication, Lund University Library, Lund University | PO Box 3, SE-22100 Lund | Sweden | Tel +46 (0) 222 01 06 | E-mail:monica.lassi@ub.lu.se | *Douglas Tudhope*, Hypermedia Research Group Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science University of South Wales, Pontypridd, CF37 1DL, UK dstudhope@glam.ac.ukhttp://hypermedia.research.southwales.ac.uk/kos/

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DCMI Webinar: Modeling and Publishing of Controlled Vocabularies for the UNESKOS Project
by DCMI Announce 04 May '16

04 May '16

*******PLEASE EXCUSE THE CROSS-POSTING******* *DCMI/ASIS&T Joint Webinar:* Modeling and Publishing of Controlled Vocabularies for the UNESKOS Project *Note: To be presented in Spanish* *=======================* *:: Presenter:* Juan Antonio Pastor Sánchez *:: Times: *10:00am - 11:15am EDT (UTC 14:00 - World Clock: http://bit.ly/webinar-sánchez) *:: Date: *Wednesday, 18 May 2016 *:: Free Registration: * http://dublincore.org/resources/training/#2016sanchez *=======================* *ABOUT THE WEBINAR:* This webinar presents the modeling and publishing process of the vocabularies for the UNESKOS project by applying Semantic Web technologies. More specifically, the vocabularies represented are the UNESCO Thesaurus and the Nomenclature for fields of Science and Technology. Both vocabularies are published as RDF datasets with a structure that allows its query and reuse according to the principles of Linked Open Data. The webinar will demonstrate the application of ISO-25964 standard to represent the UNESCO thesaurus using SKOS and the ISO-THES ontology. Technological solutions used for the project will also be discussed. *ABOUT THE PRESENTER:* *Juan Antonio Pastor Sánchez* is an Associate Professor in the Department of Information and Documentation at the University of Murcia in Spain with specializations in Library Science and Documentation. He holds a PhD from the University of Murcia. He performs research in the areas of theory and models of hypertext, automation in thesaurus management, technology models for the management of information and knowledge organization, techniques and specifications for the Semantic Web, and accessibility, usability and information architecture for the Web.

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Apply now: iDigBio Georeferencing for Research Use, a short course
by Deborah Paul 03 May '16

03 May '16

Hi Everyone! iDigBio (https://www.idigbio.org), the Cheadle Center for Biodiversity and Ecological Restoration (CCBER) (http://ccber.ucsb.edu/), and NCEAS (https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/) are pleased to announce the: Short Course: iDigBio Georeferencing for Research Use, Santa Barbara, California, Oct 4 - 7, 2016. Application submission deadline: Monday May 30th, 2016. To Apply for a Spot: https://www.idigbio.org/content/apply-now-georeferencing-research-use-short… *Limited space*: 24 slots. Applicants notified of decisions by mid-June 2016. *Course Location*: NCEAS (https://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/), Santa Barbara, California *Who*: Interested members of current TCNs and the broader biodiversity natural history collections community actively mobilizing and using biological and paleontological specimen locality data for research. *When*: 4 days. Tuesday to Friday, Oct 4 - 7, 2016 (Monday October 3 and Saturday October 8 are travel days). Our focus is on research use of georeferenced natural history collections data. We will include activities and discussions about best practices and tools for georeferencing, capturing locality data in the field, and using georeferenced specimen locality data in research. Attendees must have a basic level of experience with georeferencing techniques and tools. Please share widely. Thank you. Looking forward to your applications. Debbie Paul, on behalf of the planning team (please excuse cross-postings) -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Digitization and Workforce Training Specialist iDigBio -- Steering Committee Member, SPNHC Liaison, SYNTHESYS3 Representative Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366

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