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NISO/DCMI Webinar with Thomas Hickey: Cooperative Authority Control
by DCMI Announce 13 Nov '13

13 Nov '13

***Please excuse the cross-posting*** =============================================================== NISO/DCMI Webinar: Cooperative Authority Control PRESENTER: Thomas Hickey, OCLC Research DATE: December 4, 2013 TIME: 1:00pm - 2:30pm Eastern (18:00-19:30 UTC) World Clock: http://bit.ly/1aRZlbz INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/authority/ =============================================================== ABOUT THE WEBINAR: Libraries around the world have a long tradition of maintaining authority files to assure the consistent presentation and indexing of names. As library authority files have become available online, the authority data has become accessible -- and many have been published as Linked Open Data (LOD) -- but names in one library authority file typically had no link to corresponding records for persons and organizations in other library authority files. After a successful experiment in matching the Library of Congress/NACO authority file with the German National Library's authority file, an online system called the Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) [1] was developed to facilitate sharing by ingesting, matching, and displaying the relations between records in multiple authority files. VIAF has grown from three source files in 2007 to more than two dozen files today. The system harvests authority records, enhances them with bibliographic information and brings them together into clusters when it is confident the records describe the same identity. Although the most visible part of VIAF is a HTML interface, the API beneath it supports a linked data view of VIAF with URIs representing the identities themselves, not just URIs for the clusters. It supports names for person, corporations, geographic entities, works, and expressions. With English, French, German, Spanish interfaces (and a Japanese in process), the system is used around the world, with over a million queries per day. The service harvests some 30 million authority records, enhances them with information from 100 million bibliographic records to produce a file of 20+ million clusters, each representing a person, organization, jurisdiction, work, or expression. In addition to supporting a Web browser HTML interface, the API to VIAF supports content negotiation for other views, such as RDF-XML and MARC-21. Bulk dumps of the VIAF clusters are available under the ODC-By attribution license. The Webinar will cover some of the challenges VIAF meets in dealing with many different formats and approaches to describing identities, the relationship of VIAF to the source authority files, to other identity systems such as ORCID and ISNI, VIAF's approach to sustainability, governance and persistence, and how ambiguity is recognized and managed. ABOUT THE SPEAKER: Thomas Hickey [2] is Chief Scientist at OCLC where he helped found OCLC Research. Current interests include metadata creation and editing systems, authority control, parallel systems for bibliographic processing, and information retrieval and display. In addition to implementing VIAF, his group looks into exploring Web access to metadata, identification of FRBR works and expressions in WorldCat, the algorithmic creation of authorities, and the characterization of collections. He has an undergraduate degree in Physics and a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science. REGISTRATION: Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern (17:00 UTC) on December 4, 2013. Discounts are available for NISO and DCMI members and students. For more information and to register, visit the event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/authority/ =============================================================== [1] http://viaf.org/ [2] http://www.oclc.org/research/people/hickeyt.html

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Museum Informatics Job
by pdpolly 05 Nov '13

05 Nov '13

------------------------------------- Full-time position in museum informatics ------------------------------------- The Center for Biological Research Collections at Indiana University invites applications for a full-time position in museum informatics. We seek a project coordinator for the development of digital resources from IU’s plant, animal, and fossil collections with skills in programing, biological nomenclature, and digital 3D data who will coordinate activities digitization and data processing activities. A graduate degree in museum informatics (or equivalent experience) is required, as are skills in computer programming and SQL databases. The appointment will be for four years pending satisfactory evaluation. Additional information is available at http://www.indiana.edu/~cbrc/search.html. For full consideration, candidates should review the application requirements and submit their application at: http://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/616. Questions regarding the position or application process can be directed to: Professor David Polly (pdpolly(a)indiana.edu). Indiana University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer; women and minorities are especially encouraged to apply. P. David Polly Professor, Geological Sciences Adjunct, Anthropology and Biology Indiana University 1001 E. 10th Street Bloomington, IN 47405-1405 pdpolly(a)indiana.edu +1 (812) 855-7994 http://mypage.iu.edu/~pdpolly/

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Biodiversity Specimen Label Transcription Hackathon, applications due Nov 1
by Austin Mast 25 Oct '13

25 Oct '13

iDigBio (www.idigbio.org) and Zooniverse's Notes from Nature Project (www.notesfromnature.org) are pleased to announce a hackathon to further enable public participation in online transcription of biodiversity specimen labels. There are approximately 1 billion specimens of this type in US collections alone, but it is estimated that information from just 10% of them is currently digitized and online. Digitization of natural history collections grants researchers access to vast quantities of information in their investigations of timely subjects such as climate change, invasive species, and the extinction crisis. The magnitude of the task of bringing those collections into digital format exceeds that of any single organization and will require new, Internet-scale approaches to engage the public. This is an exciting opportunity to work on a ground-breaking citizen-science endeavor with immediate and strong impacts in the areas of biodiversity research and applied conservation. The event will occur from December 16-20, 2013, at iDigBio in Gainesville, FL. There is up to $1200 for support of travel and lodging for each participant. The hackathon will produce new functionality and interoperability for Zooniverse's Notes from Nature (www.notesfromnature.org) and similar transcription tools. There are four areas of development that will be progressively addressed throughout the week. On Monday, the focus will be (1) linking images registered to the iDigBio Cloud to transcription tools to create efficiency and alleviate storage issues. Starting on Tuesday, topics will include (2) transcription QA/QC and the reconciliation of replicate transcriptions, (3) integration of OCR into the transcription workflow, and (4) new UI features and novel incentive approaches for public engagement. We expect that most participants will arrive on Monday afternoon and depart on Friday late afternoon/evening or Saturday morning. There will be a social at the Florida Museum of Natural History on Wednesday, December 18. There will be opportunities to narrow the focus in each category of activity in a teleconference tentatively scheduled for early in the week of November 25. **If you wish to be considered for one of about ten open invitations (of a total of about 30), please send (1) your CV/resume, (2) a short description (<250 words) of your relevant expertise (citing example products where appropriate), (3) the development areas that interest you (of the four numbered above), and (4) the days that you can attend to Austin Mast (amast(a)bio.fsu.edu) by Friday, November 1, for assured consideration. At least 3 slots will be reserved for qualified graduate students.** With best regards, Austin and Rob Guralnick (UC-Boulder), co-organizers Austin Mast ____________________________________ Associate Professor · Director, Robert K. Godfrey Herbarium · Associate Editor, Systematic Biology and Systematic Botany · Treasurer, American Society of Plant Taxonomists · Steering Committee Member, iDigBio, The National Resource for Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections Department of Biological Science · 319 Stadium Drive · Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL 32306-4295 · U.S.A. Office is King Life Science Building, room 4065 · Lab is King Life Science Building, rooms 4068 and 4084 · Herbarium is Biological Science Unit One, room 100 Voice: 1 (850) 645-1500 · Fax: 1 (850) 645-8447 · amast(a)bio.fsu.edu ____________________________________

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Final Invitation - NISO/DCMI Webinar: Metadata for Public Sector Administration
by DCMI Announce 22 Oct '13

22 Oct '13

***Please excuse the cross-posting*** =============================================================== NISO/DCMI Webinar: Metadata for Public Sector Administration PRESENTER: Makx Dekkers & Stijn Goedertier DATE: October 30, 2013 TIME: 1:00pm - 2:30pm Eastern (17:00-18:30 UTC) World Clock: http://bit.ly/19EvBJe INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/publicsector/ =============================================================== ABOUT THE WEBINAR: One key challenge for e-Government programs around the world has been the lack of easily accessible information about the metadata schemas, controlled vocabularies, code lists, and other reference data that provide interoperability among a broad diversity of data sources. The Asset Description Metadata Schema [1] was developed for exchanging information about such "interoperability assets". The schema was developed with support from the European Commission with the objective of facilitating interoperability across eGovernment programmes in Europe, but it is already proving its usefulness in a wider context, for example to describe specifications maintained by DCMI and W3C. One key implementation of ADMS is in a federation of semantic asset repositories on the Joinup server [2]. Libraries that collect government information will benefit if such information is based on a set of commonly used schemas, vocabularies and code lists, making it easier to aggregate information from multiple sources. This webinar introduces the ADMS schema and discusses examples of its implementation. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS: Makx Dekkers has been the editor in the development and consensus process for ADMS. He is an independent information professional who has been working in areas of information management, metadata and interoperability for more than three decades. After a career start in library and information networking and international cooperation, he became the Managing Director at DCMI in 2001, a position he held until 2011. Since then, he has been involved with projects concerning interoperability in the areas of Open Government Data and Public Sector information. Stijn Goedertier, has been working since 2010 as a contractor for the Interoperability Solutions for European Public Administration (ISA) Programme of the European Commission. His interests include digital public services, administrative processes, and semantic interoperability. Since 2011, he has been closely involved in the development and promotion of the e-Government Core Vocabularies and Asset Description Metadata Schema (ADMS) together with public administrations and standardisation organisations in Europe. In that context, Stijn was also responsible for the design and operation of the federation of semantic asset repositories on Joinup [2]. Stijn is also a manager at PwC Technology Consulting where he focuses on Information Management. He has a Master degree in Business Engineering and a PhD in Process Mining. REGISTRATION: Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern (16:00 UTC) on October 30, 2013. Discounts are available for NISO and DCMI members and students. For more information and to register, visit the event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/publicsector/ =============================================================== [1] https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/adms/release/100 [2] https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/catalogue/repository

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NISO/DCMI Webinar: Metadata for Public Sector Administration
by DCMI Announce 02 Oct '13

02 Oct '13

***Please excuse the cross-posting*** =============================================================== NISO/DCMI Webinar: Metadata for Public Sector Administration PRESENTER: Makx Dekkers & Stijn Goedertier DATE: October 30, 2013 TIME: 1:00pm - 2:30pm Eastern (17:00-18:30 UTC) World Clock: http://bit.ly/19EvBJe INFORMATION & REGISTRATION: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/publicsector/ =============================================================== ABOUT THE WEBINAR: One key challenge for e-Government programs around the world has been the lack of easily accessible information about the metadata schemas, controlled vocabularies, code lists, and other reference data that provide interoperability among a broad diversity of data sources. The Asset Description Metadata Schema [1] was developed for exchanging information about such "interoperability assets". The schema was developed with support from the European Commission with the objective of facilitating interoperability across eGovernment programmes in Europe, but it is already proving its usefulness in a wider context, for example to describe specifications maintained by DCMI and W3C. One key implementation of ADMS is in a federation of semantic asset repositories on the Joinup server [2]. Libraries that collect government information will benefit if such information is based on a set of commonly used schemas, vocabularies and code lists, making it easier to aggregate information from multiple sources. This webinar introduces the ADMS schema and discusses examples of its implementation. ABOUT THE SPEAKERS: Makx Dekkers has been the editor in the development and consensus process for ADMS. He is an independent information professional who has been working in areas of information management, metadata and interoperability for more than three decades. After a career start in library and information networking and international cooperation, he became the Managing Director at DCMI in 2001, a position he held until 2011. Since then, he has been involved with projects concerning interoperability in the areas of Open Government Data and Public Sector information. Stijn Goedertier, Manager at PriceWaterhouseCoopers Belgium, is a key participant in the ADMS project. REGISTRATION: Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern (16:00 UTC) on October 30, 2013. Discounts are available for NISO and DCMI members and students. For more information and to register, visit the event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2013/dcmi/publicsector/ =============================================================== [1] https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/asset/adms/release/100 [2] https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/catalogue/repository

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Fwd: Discovery Informatics Symposium: AI Takes a Science-Centered View on Big Data
by Hilmar Lapp 24 Sep '13

24 Sep '13

Begin forwarded message: From: Gully Burns <gullyburns(a)GMAIL.COM> Subject: Fwd: Discovery Informatics Symposium: AI Takes a Science-Centered View on Big Data Date: September 24, 2013 1:51:57 AM EDT [apologies for cross-posting] CALL FOR PARTICIPATION Discovery Informatics Symposium: AI Takes a Science-Centered View on Big Data November 15–17, 2013, Arlington, VA (USA) AAAI Fall Symposium Series Program available at: http://www.discoveryinformaticsinitiative.org/dis2013 IMPORTANT DATES Registration deadline: October 18, 2013, through https://www.regonline.com/fss13. Westin Arlington Gateway Hotel cut-off date: October 24, 2013. Symposium: November 15-17, 2013 DESCRIPTION Discovery Informatics focuses on intelligent systems aimed at accelerating discovery, particularly in science but also from any data-rich domain. It is a generalization of scientific informatics work (e.g., medical-, bio-, eco- or geo-informatics) that seeks to apply principles of intelligent computing and information systems in order to understand, automate, improve, and innovate any aspects of discovery processes. A range of AI research is directly relevant including process representation and workflows; intelligent interfaces; causal reasoning; machine learning; knowledge representation and engineering; semantic web; advanced visualization toolkits and social computing. The application of AI approaches to assist in scientific discovery is an open ended knowledge-driven challenge with a very high potential impact. This is especially true in this era of big data, which provides the theme of this symposium. INVITED SPEAKERS - Richard J. Doyle, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. - Michel Dumontier, Stanford University. - Haym Hirsh, Cornell University. - David Jensen, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. - Peter Karp, SRI International. - Claire Monteleoni, George Washington University. - Zoran Obradovic, Temple University. - Christopher Re, Stanford University. - Andrey Rzhetsky, University of Chicago. - Kiri L. Wagstaff, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. ACCEPTED PAPERS - "Finna: A Paragraph Prioritization System for Biocuration in the Neurosciences". Kyle Ambert, Aaron Cohen, Gully Burns, Eilis Boudreau and Kemal Sonmez. - "Forensic Reasoning about Paleoclimatology". Elizabeth Bradley, Laura Rassbach de Vesine, Kenneth Anderson, Marek Zreda and Christopher Zweck. - "ELSEWeb meets SADI: Supporting Data-to-Model Integration for Biodiversity Forecasting". Nicholas Del Rio, Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, Deana Pennington, Karl Benedict, Aimee Stewart and Cj Grady. - "Linkitup: Link Discovery for Research Data". Rinke Hoekstra and Paul Groth. - "Capturing Data Analytics Expertise with Visualization in Workflows". David Kale, Samuel Di, Yan Liu and Yolanda Gil. - "MetaShare: From Data Management Plans to Knowledge-Based Systems". Leonardo Salayandia, Deana Pennington, Ann Gates and Francisco Osuna. - "Creating an Urban Legend: A System for Electrophysiology Data Management and Exploration". Anita De Waard, Jeremy Alder, Shawn Burton, Richard C. Gerkin, Mark Harviston, David Marques, Shreejoy J. Tripathy and Nathaniel N. Urban. ACCEPTED ABSTRACTS - "Computational Ideation in Scientific Discovery". Ashok K. Goel. - "Exploration Using Signatures in Annotation Graph Datasets". Louiqa Raschid, Guillermo Palma, Maria-Esther Vidal, Andreas Thor. CO-CHAIRS Gully APC Burns, University of Southern California Yolanda Gil, University of Southern California Yan Liu, University of Southern California Natalia Villanueva-Rosales, University of Texas at El Paso

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[TDWG2013] Upcoming Deadlines
by Kampmeier, Gail E 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

It's just over 5 weeks before the start of the 2013 TDWG Annual Conference in Florence, Italy. http://www.tdwg.org/conference-2013/ But before we arrive, there are a number of deadlines to keep in mind, the first is: Presentation titles and abstracts are due 25 September (that's Wednesday!!). You will need to register in the Open Conference System, which is separate from other TDWG functions http://www.tdwg.org/conference-2013/#c1465 Most tours and excursions<http://www.tdwg.org/conference-2013/#c1460> have deadlines later in October, closer to the meeting, except for the Special Opening of the Vasari Corridor, whose deadline is 27 September --this unique tour http://www.tdwg.org/index.php?id=1178#VasariCorridor will be offered only on our half day off Thursday 31 October. It requires 15 people minimum to sign up, with a maximum of 25 people. Although the early registration deadline has passed, the deadline for normal registration is Monday September 30. Conference registration is handled through RegOnline, which requires a different sign-on http://www.tdwg.org/conference-2013/#c1466 Nominate members to the TDWG Executive by Tuesday, 1 October http://www.tdwg.org/homepage-news-item/article/call-for-nomination-of-tdwg-… --we particularly need nominations for Oceania, Asia, and for Treasurer. Onsite meeting registration opens Sunday 27 October at 15:00 and runs to 18:30. Pick up your badge and registration materials. This should also allow those taking advantage of Sunday Excursions time to get back and register before a Welcome Reception at La Specola, starting at 19:00. Luca Bartolozzi will be our host at The Section of Zoology "La Specola," at The University of Florence's Museum of Natural History, which will be open to us during the reception--you won't want to miss this!! http://www.tdwg.org/conference-2013/#c1507 Florence and its environs provide ample opportunities for accompanying persons to explore. Each day, starting Saturday 25 October and running through 3 November there will be full and half day excursions available for those not attending the meetings. These excursions are exclusively associated with the TDWG meeting and have deadlines closer to the meeting, aside from the earlier mentioned Special Opening of the Vasari Corridor, many have deadlines as early as 24 October. Check out the many offerings and bring family and friends. http://www.tdwg.org/conference-2013/#c1460 Looking forward to seeing everyone in Florence! Ciao! Gail Program co-Chair TDWG 2013 Gail E. Kampmeier Illinois Natural History Survey Prairie Research Institute University of Illinois 1816 So. Oak St. Champaign, IL 61820 www.inhs.illinois.edu/~gkamp<http://www.inhs.illinois.edu/~gkamp>

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Release of TDWG Vocabulary Management Task Group report
by Éamonn Ó Tuama [GBIF] 20 Sep '13

20 Sep '13

Report of the TDWG Vocabulary Management Task Group (VoMaG) http://www.gbif.org/orc/?doc_id=5422 On behalf of my co-conveners, Dag Endresen, Steve Baskauf and Gregor Hagedorn, I have the pleasure of releasing the report of the TDWG Vocabulary Management Task Group. With input from the wider community, we have developed a set of recommendations on how TDWG can best move forward on the TDWG Ontologies and, more generally, on vocabulary development, governance and management. The outcomes of the report will be discussed in two dedicated session at the forthcoming TDWG conference in Florence. With regards, Éamonn Ó Tuama On behalf of VoMaG co-conveners (Dag Endresen, Steve Baskauf, Gregor Hagedorn)

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FW: Job posting: Post doctoral researcher- Neuroptera Anatomical Ontology
by Kampmeier, Gail E 18 Sep '13

18 Sep '13

FYI --gk Postdoctoral Researcher – Neuroptera Anatomical Ontology (NAO) University of California, Davis & the California State Collection of Arthropods The UC Davis Department of Entomology & Nematology, and the California State Collection of Arthropods invites applications for a post-doctoral scholar to help develop and curate the Neuroptera Anatomy Ontology and to design research that tests the utility of semantic approaches to phenotype description. The successful applicant will work on morphological imaging and the application of ontologies to facilitate the dissemination of phenotype data, as well as matching of the NAO with other arthropod ontologies. Required Qualifications: 1) Applicants should have a PhD in Computer Science or related field. 2) Excellent written and oral communication skills. 3) Strong interest in semantic reasoning, ontology development and standardization of anatomical terminology Preferred Qualifications: 4) Familiarity with genomics, phylogenetics and bioinformatics. 5) Familiarity with insect taxonomy, morphology, and evolution. This is a collaborative National Science Foundation (NSF) project on green lacewing (Chrysopidae) evolution and development of an anatomical ontology for Neuroptera (NAO). The successful applicant will work in the Winterton lab at the California State Collection of Arthropods (Sacramento, California), but will also be expected to work in close collaboration with project participants at the University of Kansas (Engel lab) as well as with collaborators at the Illinois Natural History Survey and Pennsylvania State University. There will be opportunities to travel to work with collaborators and present at international conferences. Interested individuals should e-mail a cover letter, CV, and the contact information for three references (including major professor) to wintertonshaun(a)gmail.com<mailto:wintertonshaun@gmail.com>. We encourage applications from individuals of diverse backgrounds. Review of applications will begin immediately with the preferred starting date of January 1st, 2014 or shortly thereafter. Appointment is for two years full time. Employment will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies. The position comes with standard University of California, Davis benefits for postdoctoral researchers. More details can be found at the follow link: http://gradstudies.ucdavis.edu/postdocs/ -- Dr Shaun L Winterton California State Collection of Arthropods, California Department of Food & Agriculture, 3294 Meadowview Rd. Sacramento, CA, USA 95832-1148 phone: +1 916 262 1166; cell: +1 916 599 0810 http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/PPD/staff/swinterton.html ResearcherID: http://www.researcherid.com/rid/C-3804-2009 Co-Editor: Systematic Entomology

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Full, open proceedings available for DC-2013 in Lisbon
by DCMI Announce 15 Sep '13

15 Sep '13

**** Please excuse the cross-posting **** DC-2013 ONLINE PROCEEDINGS =========================== PROCEEDINGS URL: http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2013/schedConf/presenta… CONFERENCE HOME URL (for session descriptions): http://dcevents.dublincore.org/index.php/IntConf/dc-2013/ =========================== The collocated conferences for DC-2013 and iPRES-2013 in Lisbon attracted 392 participants from over 37 countries. In addition to the Tuesday through Thursday conference days comprised of peer-reviewed paper and special sessions, 223 participants attended pre-conference tutorials and 246 participated in post-conference workshops for the collocated events. The peer-reviewed papers and presentations are available on the conference website Presentation page (URLs above). In sum, it was a great conference. In addition to links to PDFs of papers, project reports and posters (and their associated presentations), the published proceedings include presentation PDFs for the following: TUTORIALS: -- Ivan Herman: "Introduction to Linked Open Data (LOD)" -- Steven Miller: "Introduction to Ontology Concepts and Terminology" -- Kai Eckert: "Metadata Provenance" -- Daniel Garjio: "The W3C Provenance Ontology" SPECIAL SESSIONS: -- "Application Profiles as an Alternative to OWL Ontologies" -- "Long-term Preservation and Governance of RDF Vocabularies (W3C Sponsored)" -- "Data Enrichment and Transformation in the LOD Context: Poor & Popular vs Rich & Lonely--Can't we achieve both?" -- "Why Schema.org?" WORKSHOPS: -- Vocabulary Day -- CAMP (Cyber Infrastructure and Metadata Protocols)-4-DATA

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