[OAI-general] Announcement: NKOS Workshop at JCDL to Emphasize Building a Meaningful Web

Fri, 11 Apr 2003 11:02:20 EDT

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NETWORKED KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION SYSTEMS/SOURCES
6TH ANNUAL WORKSHOP
"BUILDING A MEANINGFUL WEB: FROM TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION SYSTEMS=20
TO NEW SEMANTIC TOOLS"

The Networked Knowledge Organization Systems/Sources (NKOS) Ad Hoc Working=20
Group (http://nkos.slis.kent.edu) will hold its 6th annual workshop on May 3=
1=20
at the Alice Pratt Brown Hall of Rice University in Houston TX in conjunctio=
n=20
with the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (www.jcdl.org).

This year's workshop, "Building a Meaningful Web," will focus on the=20
transformation of traditional controlled vocabulary approaches, such as=20
authority lists and thesauri, to new forms of knowledge representation such=20
as ontologies, topic maps, and semantic web components, where relationships=20
between concepts are richer and more extensive and the requirements of=20
computer processing are met. =A0The session will include discussion of the=20
contribution of best practices from more traditional approaches to the desig=
n=20
of new knowledge organization systems.

The goal is to bring these often disparate communities together so that the=20
newer efforts of KOS development can take advantage of the best practices of=
=20
more traditional systems and the standards for traditional KOS structures ca=
n=20
benefit from the technological advances being developed to support improved=20
semantic access to web content. =A0Topics include:

* Best practices of traditional KOS systems and their application to newer=20
semantic forms (ontologies, topic maps, etc.)
* Relevant standards and their status
* Methodologies for transforming legacy KOSs into newer semantic forms
* Development of web services to support the use of KOSs in web-based digita=
l=20
libraries
* Updates on current NKOS projects and applications and related NISO=20
standards activities

The format will consist of invited and volunteered short presentations and=20
plenty of discussion. =A0In addition participants will be given the opportun=
ity=20
to introduce their work and their interests briefly during the workshop=20
introduction.

More detail about the program is available at the NKOS web site at=20
http://nkos.slis.kent.edu.

Registration information is available from the JCDL web site (www.jcdl.org).=
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=A0Early registration ends on April 25. =A0Discounts are available for IEEE,=
 ACM=20
and ASIST members.

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 NETWORKED KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION SYSTEMS/SOURCES
 6TH ANNUAL WORKSHOP
 "BUILDING A MEANINGFUL WEB: FROM TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE ORGANIZATION SYST=
EMS TO NEW SEMANTIC TOOLS"
 
 The Networked Knowledge Organization Systems/Sources (NKOS) Ad Hoc Worki=
ng Group (http://nkos.slis.kent.edu) will hold its 6th annual workshop on Ma=
y 31 at the Alice Pratt Brown Hall of Rice University in Houston TX in conju=
nction with the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (www.jcdl.org).
 
 This year's workshop, "Building a Meaningful Web," will focus on the tra=
nsformation of traditional controlled vocabulary approaches, such as authori=
ty lists and thesauri, to new forms of knowledge representation such as onto=
logies, topic maps, and semantic web components, where relationships between=
 concepts are richer and more extensive and the requirements of computer pro=
cessing are met. =A0The session will include discussion of the contribution=20=
of best practices from more traditional approaches to the design of new know=
ledge organization systems.
 
 The goal is to bring these often disparate communities together so that=20=
the newer efforts of KOS development can take advantage of the best practice=
s of more traditional systems and the standards for traditional KOS structur=
es can benefit from the technological advances being developed to support im=
proved semantic access to web content. =A0Topics include:
 
 * Best practices of traditional KOS systems and their application to new=
er semantic forms (ontologies, topic maps, etc.)
 * Relevant standards and their status
 * Methodologies for transforming legacy KOSs into newer semantic forms
 * Development of web services to support the use of KOSs in web-based di=
gital libraries
 * Updates on current NKOS projects and applications and related NISO sta=
ndards activities
 
 The format will consist of invited and volunteered short presentations a=
nd plenty of discussion. =A0In addition participants will be given the oppor=
tunity to introduce their work and their interests briefly during the worksh=
op introduction.
 
 More detail about the program is available at the NKOS web site at http:=
//nkos.slis.kent.edu.
 
 Registration information is available from the JCDL web site (www.jcdl.o=
rg). =A0Early registration ends on April 25. =A0Discounts are available for=20=
IEEE, ACM and ASIST members.</HTML>

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