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Postdoctoral fellow in Computable Semantics for the Tree of Life
by Cellinese,Nico 03 May '15

03 May '15

A Postdoctoral position is available to work with Hilmar Lapp and Nico Cellinese on building phyloreferences for the Tree of Life. All details can be found here: http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/museum-voices/cellinese-lab/2015/05/03/postdoctora… Spread the word so we can start having fun asap. Thanks! Nico <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> Nico Cellinese, Ph.D. Associate Curator, Botany & Informatics Joint Associate Professor, Department of Biology University of Florida Florida Museum of Natural History 354 Dickinson Hall, 1659 Museum Rd. Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, U.S.A. Tel. 352-273-1979 Fax 352-846-1861 http://www.flmnh.ufl.edu/museum-voices/nico-cellinese/ Twitter @ncellinese

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DCMI/ASIS&T Webinar: "From 0 to 60 on SPARQL queries in 50 minutes"
by DCMI Announce 16 Apr '15

16 Apr '15

******************Please excuse the cross postings****************** *DCMI/ASIST Joint Webinar: * *From 0 to 60 on SPARQL queries in 50 minutes* ==================================================================== *:: Presenter:* Ethan Gruber *:: Date:* Wednesday, 13 May 2015 *:: Time:* 10:00am-11:15am EDT (UTC 14:00 - World Clock: http://bit.ly/Webinar-Ethan_Gruber) *:: Free Registration:* http://dublincore.org/resources/training/#2015gruber ==================================================================== *ABOUT THE WEBINAR:* This webinar provides an introduction to SPARQL, a query language for RDF. Users will gain hands on experience crafting queries, starting simply, but evolving in complexity. These queries will focus on coinage data in the SPARQL endpoint hosted by http://nomisma.org: numismatic concepts defined in a SKOS-based thesaurus and physical specimens from three major museum collections (American Numismatic Society <http://www.numismatics.org/>, British Museum <http://www.britishmuseum.org/>, and Münzkabinett of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin <http://www.smb.museum/en/museums-and-institutions/muenzkabinett/home.html>) linked to these concepts. Results generated from these queries in the form of CSV may be imported directly into Google Fusion Tables for immediate visualization in the form of charts and maps. *Redux:* This webinar was first presented as a training session in the LODLAM Training Day at SemTech2014. *SPEAKER:* *Ethan Gruber* is the Web and Database Developer for the American Numismatic Society (ANS). With almost ten years of experience in digital humanities and cultural heritage Web development projects, Ethan is responsible for developing a new public interface for the society's collections of objects and archives. He is the chief architect of Numishare <http://numishare.blogspot.com/>, an open-source framework for delivering coin collections online and various ANS projects which implement this software: Online Coins of the Roman Empire and Coin Hoards of the Roman Republic. For more information and to register FREE, visit the event webpage: http://dublincore.org/resources/training/#2015gruber

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GBIF job opportunities
by Tim Robertson 08 Apr '15

08 Apr '15

Hi all The GBIF Secretariat currently has three job openings within the informatics team based in Copenhagen. http://www.gbif.org/jobs The positions we are seeking to fill include a technical liaison, a software developer (data team) and a web developer. In particular the technical liaison role might be of interest to many subscribers on this list. The deadline for the technical liaison position is Monday, 4 May 2015; the deadline for the developer positions, Monday, 27 April 2015 Please help us in our recruitment by sharing these positions through your own networks and channels of communication. Many thanks, Tim

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DCMI Webinar: Andreas Rauber on making dynamic data citable--recommendations of the RDA Working Group
by DCMI Announce 05 Apr '15

05 Apr '15

*** Apologies for cross-posting *** *DCMI/ASIS&T Joint Webinar:* *Approaches to Making Dynamic Data Citable: Recommendations of the RDA Working Group* ================== *DAY:* 8 April 2015 *TIME:* 10:00am-11:15am EDT (UTC 14:00 - World Clock: http://bit.ly/Webinar-Andreas_Rauber) *REGISTRATION:* http://dublincore.org/resources/training/#2015rauber ================== *Webinar Abstract: * Being able to reliably and efficiently identify entire or subsets of data in large and dynamically growing or changing datasets constitutes a significant challenge for a range of research domains. In order to repeat an earlier study, to apply data from an earlier study to a new model, we need to be able to precisely identify the very subset of data used. While verbal descriptions of how the subset was created (e.g. by providing selected attribute ranges and time intervals) are hardly precise enough and do not support automated handling, keeping redundant copies of the data in question does not scale up to the big data settings encountered in many disciplines today. Furthermore, we need to be able to handle situations where new data gets added or existing data gets corrected or otherwise modified over time. Conventional approaches, such as assigning persistent identifiers to entire data sets or individual subsets or data items, are thus not sufficient. In this webinar, Andreas Rauber will review the challenges identified above and discuss solutions that are currently elaborated within the context of the working group of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) on Data Citation: Making Dynamic Data Citeable. The approach is based on versioned and time-stamped data sources, with persistent identifiers being assigned to the time-stamped queries/expressions that are used for creating the subset of data. We will further review results from the first pilots evaluating the approach. *Presenter:* *Andreas Rauber* is Associate Professor at the Department of Software Technology and Interactive Systems (IFS) at the Vienna University of Technology (TU-Wien). He furthermore is president of AARIT, the Austrian Association for Research in IT and a Key Researcher at Secure Business Austria (SBA-Research). He is co-chairing the RDA Working Group on Data Citation together with Ari Asmi and Dieter van Uytvanck. He received his MSc and PhD in Computer Science from the Vienna University of Technology in 1997 and 2000, respectively. In 2001 he joined the National Research Council of Italy ([http://www.cnr.it/sitocnr/home.html CNR]) in Pisa as an ERCIM Research Fellow, followed by an ERCIM Research position at the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA), at Rocquencourt, France, in 2002. From 2004-2008 he was also head of the iSpaces] research group at the eCommerce Competence Center (ec3).

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Deadline: 11 April - Call for Participation, DC-2015 in São Paulo, Brazil
by DCMI Announce 04 Apr '15

04 Apr '15

*Apologies for cross-posting* *DCMI 20th Anniversary International Conference & Annual Meeting* *September 1-4, 2015 — São Paulo, Brazil* *"Metadata and Ubiquitous Access to Culture, Science and Digital Humanities"* *Technical Program Deadlines: * *Peer-Reviewed Papers, Project Reports & Posters* --EXTENDED Submission Deadline: 11 April 2015 --Author Notification: 23 June 2015 --Final Copy: 28 July 2015 *Professional Program Deadlines* *Special & Panel Sessions* --EXTENDED Proposal Deadline: 11 April 2015 --Author Notification: 25 April 2015 *Best Practice Posters & Demonstrations* --Submission Deadline: 14 July 2015 --Author Notification: Ongoing ================= *Conference Website:* http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2015 *Call for Participation:* http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2015/cfp *Track Policies:* http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2015/schedConf/trackPol… ================= Join us in São Paulo, Brazil Each of the past 20 years, the metadata community has gathered for DCMI's conference and annual meeting. The work agenda of the DCMI community is broad and inclusive of all aspects of innovation in metadata design, implementation and best practices. While the work of the Initiative progresses throughout the year, the annual meeting and conference provide the opportunity for DCMI "citizens" as well as newcomers, students, apprentices, and early career professionals to gather face-to-face to share experiences and knowledge. In addition, the gathering provides public- and private-sector initiatives beyond DCMI that are doing significant metadata work to come together to compare notes and cast a broader light into their particular metadata work silos. Through such a gathering of the metadata communities, DCMI advances its "first goal" of promoting metadata interoperability and harmonization. This year, the annual meeting and conference are being hosted by the Universidade Estadual Paulista--São Paulo State University (UNESP) and held in São Paulo, Brazil. ================= *CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS:* --Universidade Estadual Paulista <http://www.unesp.br/portal#!/eng>--São Paulo State University (UNESP) --Dublin Core Metadata Initiative <http://dublincore.org/> (DCMI) ================= *CONFERENCE CHAIRS:* --Silvana Borsetti Gregorio Vidotti, Professor Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil --Plácida Santos, Professor & Conference Chair Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil --Flávia Maria Bastos, CGB Coordinator General Coordination of Libraries Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil --Mariana Curado Malta, Chair, Program Committee CEISE/ISCAP - Polytechnic of Oporto, Portugal Algoritmi Center - University of Minho, Portugal

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DCMI Webinar: "Approaches to Making Dynamic Data Citable: Recommendations of the RDA Working Group"
by DCMI Announce 16 Mar '15

16 Mar '15

******************Please excuse the cross postings****************** *DCMI/ASIST Joint Webinar* "*Approaches to Making Dynamic Data Citable: Recommendations of the RDA Working Group*" *:: Presenter:* Andreas Rauber *:: Date:* Wednesday, 8 April 2015 *:: Time:* 10:00am - 11:15am EDT (World Clock: 14:00 UTC http://bit.ly/Webinar-Andreas_Rauber) *:: Registration:* http://dublincore.org/resources/training/#2015rauber *ABOUT THE WEBINAR:* Being able to reliably and efficiently identify entire or subsets of data in large and dynamically growing or changing datasets constitutes a significant challenge for a range of research domains. In order to repeat an earlier study, to apply data from an earlier study to a new model, we need to be able to precisely identify the very subset of data used. While verbal descriptions of how the subset was created (e.g. by providing selected attribute ranges and time intervals) are hardly precise enough and do not support automated handling, keeping redundant copies of the data in question does not scale up to the big data settings encountered in many disciplines today. Furthermore, we need to be able to handle situations where new data gets added or existing data gets corrected or otherwise modified over time. Conventional approaches, such as assigning persistent identifiers to entire data sets or individual subsets or data items, are thus not sufficient. In this webinar, Andreas Rauber will review the challenges identified above and discuss solutions that are currently elaborated within the context of the working group of the Research Data Alliance (RDA) on Data Citation: Making Dynamic Data Citeable. The approach is based on versioned and time-stamped data sources, with persistent identifiers being assigned to the time-stamped queries/expressions that are used for creating the subset of data. We will further review results from the first pilots evaluating the approach. *ABOUT THE PRESENTER:* Andreas Rauber is Associate Professor at the Department of Software Technology and Interactive Systems (IFS <http://www.ifs.tuwien.ac.at/ifs/frontpage>) at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Wien <http://www.tuwien.ac.at/>). He furthermore is president of AARIT <http://aarit.at/>, the Austrian Association for Research in IT and a Key Researcher at Secure Business Austria (SBA-Research). He is co-chairing the RDA Working Group on Data Citation together with Ari Asmi and Dieter van Uytvanck. He received his MSc and PhD in Computer Science from the Vienna University of Technology in 1997 and 2000, respectively. In 2001 he joined the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) in Pisa as an ERCIM Research Fellow, followed by an ERCIM Research position at the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control (INRIA), at Rocquencourt, France, in 2002. From 2004-2008 he was also head of the iSpaces research group at the eCommerce Competence Center <http://www.ec3.at/>. For more information and to register, visit the event webpage: http://dublincore.org/resources/training/#2015rauber

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EXTENDED Call for Participation for DC-2015 in São Paulo, Brazil
by DCMI Announce 16 Mar '15

16 Mar '15

***Apologies for cross-posting*** *EXTENDED CALL FOR DC-2015 PARTICIPATION* DCMI 20th Anniversary International Conference & Annual Meeting September 1-5, 2015 — São Paulo, Brazil In response to many requests, the DC-2015 Program Committee has extended the Call for Participation to 11 April 2015. The extended deadlines are now: *Technical Program Deadlines:* *Peer-Reviewed Papers, Project Reports & Posters* --*EXTENDED: Submission Deadline: 11 April 2015* --Author Notification: 23 June 2015 --Final Copy: 28 July 2015 *Professional Program Deadlines* *Special & Panel Sessions* --*EXTENDED Proposal Deadline: 11 April 2015* --Author Notification: 25 April 2015 Best Practice Posters & Demonstrations --Submission Deadline: 14 July 2015 --Author Notification: Ongoing *=================* *Conference Website:* http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2015 *Call for Participation:* http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2015/cfp *Track Policies:* http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2015/schedConf/trackPol… *=================* *Join us in São Paulo, Brazil* Each of the past 20 years, the metadata community has gathered for DCMI's conference and annual meeting. The work agenda of the DCMI community is broad and inclusive of all aspects of innovation in metadata design, implementation and best practices. While the work of the Initiative progresses throughout the year, the annual meeting and conference provide the opportunity for DCMI "citizens" as well as newcomers, students, apprentices, and early career professionals to gather face-to-face to share experiences and knowledge. In addition, the gathering provides public- and private-sector initiatives beyond DCMI that are doing significant metadata work to come together to compare notes and cast a broader light into their particular metadata work silos. Through such a gathering of the metadata communities, DCMI advances its "first goal" of promoting metadata interoperability and harmonization. This year, the annual meeting and conference are being hosted by the Universidade Estadual Paulista--São Paulo State University (UNESP) and held in São Paulo, Brazil. *=================* *Conference Organizers:* --*Universidade Estadual Paulista*--São Paulo State University (UNESP) --*Dublin Core Metadata Initiative* (DCMI) *=================* *Conference Chairs:* --Plácida Santos, Professor & Conference Chair Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil --Mariana Curado Malta, Chair, Program Committee CEISE/ISCAP - Polytechnic of Oporto, Portugal Algoritmi Center - University of Minho, Portugal --Silvana Borsetti Gregorio Vidotti, Professor Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil --Flávia Maria Bastos, CGB Coordinator General Coordination of Libraries Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP), Brazil

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iDigBio Workshop: Managing NHC Data for Global Discoverability
by Deborah Paul 06 Mar '15

06 Mar '15

Hi Everyone, Trying to manage more and more collections data? Need data management skills? You're invited to apply now for the iDigBio Workshop, /Managing Natural History Collections Data for Global Discoverability./___ _* You can **read more and apply here*: https://www.idigbio.org/content/managing-natural-history-collections-data-g… *When*: September 15 - 17, 2015 (yes, 3 days) *Where*: Arizona State University (ASU), Tempe, AZ *Expected Applicants*: **Anyone who manages museum specimen collection data is invited to apply. *What:* Our workshop: *Managing Natural History Collections Data for Global Discoverability* is the fourth in a series of biodiversity informatics workshops at iDigBio. The theme of /Collections Data for Global Discoverability/ is ideally suited for natural history collections specialists aiming to increase the /research readiness/ of their biodiversity data at a global scale. * Have you found yourself in situations where you need to manage larger quantities of collection records, or encounter challenges in carrying out updates or quality checks? * Do you mainly use spreadsheets (such as Excel) to clean and manage specimen-level data sets before uploading them into your collections database? * /*Skill level: *The workshop is most appropriate for those who are relatively new to collections data management and are motivated to provide the global research community with accessible, standards- and best practices-compliant biodiversity data./ *Funding and Logistics: *There are some funds to support travel this workshop. Rooms have been reserved with a group rate for those who travel from out-of-town for this workshop. All materials and recordings will be available after the workshop for others to use at their local institutions. There is no tuition for this course. *For workshop details see:* https://www.idigbio.org/content/managing-natural-history-collections-data-g… *Workshop co-sponsors: *Arizona State University (ASU) and iDigBio. *Workshop organizers:* Tri-Trophic TCN (TTD-TCN, AMNH), ASU, iDigBio, DataONE, and NCEAS Got questions? Send to Deb Paul dpaul(a)fsu.edu Please share this with any potential interested parties. (please excuse x-posting) -- -- Upcoming iDigBio Events https://www.idigbio.org/calendar -- Deborah Paul, iDigBio Technology Specialist Institute for Digital Information, 234 LSB Florida State University Tallahassee, Florida 32306 850-644-6366

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DC-2015 Professional Program call for participation
by DCMI Announce 23 Feb '15

23 Feb '15

***Apologies for cross-posting*** *DC-2015 -- DCMI 20th Anniversary International Conference & Annual Meeting* *September 1-5, 2015 — São Paulo, Brazil* *Conference Theme: * *Metadata and Ubiquitous Access to Culture, Science and Digital Humanities* *==================================* *WEBSITE:* http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2015 *CALL FOR PARTICIPATION:* http://purl.org/dcevents/dc-2015/cfp *TRACK POLICIES:* http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2015/schedConf/trackPol… *==================================* *:: DC-2015 Professional Program ::* *Professional Program Objectives* Each of the past 20 years, practitioners and researchers in metadata have gathered for DCMI's annual meeting and international conference. This year, we will be gathering in São Paulo, Brazil. The scope of interests for the Professional Program is broad and inclusive of all aspects of innovative metadata design, implementation, and best practices in all sectors from cultural heritage institutions to governments and commerce. While the work of the DCMI progresses throughout the year, the annual meeting and conference provide the opportunity for researchers, newcomers to metadata, students, apprentices, and early career professionals to gather face-to-face to share experiences and knowledge and to learn through *Tutorials*, *Workshops*, and *Special Sessions* tracks. In addition, the *Best Practice Posters & Demonstration* tracks offer the practitioner the opportunity to: - *showcase metadata work *underway or completed in their particular contexts, - *seek input* from the larger community on metadata matters of concern, - *compare notes* on innovative practice, and - *cast a broader light* into their particular metadata work silos. Through such a gathering of the metadata communities of practice, DCMI advances its "first goal" of promoting metadata interoperability and harmonization across the metadata ecosystem. *Submission & Session Languages* Proposals for Professional Program tracks may be in *Portuguese* or *English*. Depending on the language of the session presenters, simultaneous English/Portuguese or Portuguese/English translation will be provided. *Submissions and presentations by Portuguese speakers are strongly encouraged*. *Important Professional Program Deadlines* * Tutorials, Workshops, and Special Session* ---*Proposal Abstract Deadline:* 28 March 2015 ---*Proposer Notification*: 25 April 2015 *Best Practice Posters & Demonstrations* ---*Submission Deadline:* 14 July 2015 ---*Author Notification:* Ongoing *Questions Regarding the Professional Program?* -- *Questions in Portuguese: * Mariana Curado Malta - mariana(at)iscap(dot)ipp(dot)pt -- *Questions in English: * Stuart Sutton - sasutton(at)dublincore(dot)net; or Mariana Curado Malta - mariana(at)iscap(dot)ipp(dot)pt *==================================* *Conference Organizers:* --Universidade Estadual Paulista--São Paulo State University (UNESP) --Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) *==================================* *Please join us at DC-2015 in São Paulo, Brazil?*

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Taxonomy Boot Camp: November 2 - 3, 2015
by DCMI Announce 14 Feb '15

14 Feb '15

*** Please excuse the cross-posting *** *Taxonomy Boot Camp * *Sharing Solutions: Taxonomy Across Boundaries* ======================== *Event URL:* http://www.taxonomybootcamp.com/2015/ *Dates: *November 2 - 3, 2015 *Where: *JW Marriott Washington DC • Washington, DC ======================== Taxonomies are powerful tools used by a wide range of professionals, from marketers to data scientists, for solving diverse problems from navigation to product information management. This year’s Taxonomy Boot Camp <http://www.taxonomybootcamp.com/2015/> is about highlighting taxonomy's many faces and sharing practical solutions in different real-world environments Taxonomy Boot Camp <http://www.taxonomybootcamp.com/2015/> is the only conference dedicated to exploring the successes, challenges, products, and development of taxonomies. Share your experiences, knowledge, and work with taxonomies, ontologies, folksonomies, content labeling systems, and other mechanisms for organizing information at this one-of-a-kind boutique learning and networking event. *Topics include but are not limited to:* - Taxonomy/ontology modeling and development best practices - Taxonomy governance & adoption - Techniques for maintaining taxonomies (analytics, testing, etc.) - Information architecture and user experience (navigation, content publishing, etc.) - Metadata modeling and management (role of taxonomy) - Auto-categorization and other tagging techniques - Taxonomy management/development software selection and use - Working collaboratively with stakeholders, content and IT teams - User research & usability - Implementation of taxonomies and metadata in specific content management applications (including DAM, CMS, SharePoint, etc.) - Getting buy-in and proving ROI of taxonomy - Big data & big taxonomies – dealing with volume - Linked data, ontologies, semantic technology - Managing multi-lingual vocabularies To participate in Taxonomy Boot Camp <http://www.taxonomybootcamp.com/2015/> as a possible speaker, or to suggest a speaker, please submit your proposal no later than March 27, 2015. Submit your speaking proposal now <http://www.taxonomybootcamp.com/2015/CallForSpeakers.aspx>!

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