[Sigcr-l] July 15: early registration deadline for the NKOS workshop and ECDL

[Traugott Koch]

The preliminary  Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) 
workshop programme (see below) was published at the website 
(http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/nkos/nkos2006/) early June.

**It is time to register now, since there is a considerable increase in 
cost after the early registration deadline July 15.**

Please register for participation at the ECDL conference site 
http://www.ecdl2006.org/registration.jsp
At this page, it is possible to register for the workshop only, in case 
you don't want to attend the whole conference.

See you in Alicante,
Traugott Koch

=========


5th European Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS) Workshop,
EDCL 2006, September 21nd, Alicante, Spain
======================================================================


Preliminary workshop programme:


09.00 - 09.45     Welcome and introductions
Traugott Koch


       Session 1: KOS representation and services

09.45 - 10.30

 From AGROVOC to the Agricultural Ontology Service / Concept Server. An 
OWL model for creating ontologies in the agricultural domain.
Lauser , B., Sini, M., Liang, A., Keizer, J. and Katz, S., FAO, Rome, Italy.


10.30 - 11.00
HILT Phase III: Design requirements of an SRW-compliant Terminologies 
Mapping Pilot.
Nicholson, D. and McCulloch, E., HILT, Glasgow, UK.


11.00 - 11.30     (Coffee)


       Session 2: User participation and semantic components


11.30 - 12.00

The Feasibility of Using the Semantic Components Model for Indexing 
Documents in Digital Libraries.
Price, S., Lykke Nielsen, M. and Delcambre, L., Portland State 
University, OR, USA and Royal School of Library and Information Science, 
Aalborg, Denmark.


12.00 - 12.30

Integrating Semi-formal Knowledge Organization Structures.
Falquet, G., Nerima, L., Mottaz Jiang,C-L. and Ziswiler, J-C., Centre 
universitaire d'informatique CUI, University of Geneva, Switzerland.

12.30 - 13.00

Knowledge Organization with Wikipedia: Joining the Free Encyclopaedia 
and Digital Libraries.
Voss, J., Wikimedia Germany.



13.00 - 14.30    (Lunch)


       Session 3: Semantic Web Special Session
Chairs: Thomas Baker, Bernhard Haslhofer


14.30 - 15.10

The Role of Ontologies in Semantic Digital Libraries.
Kruk, R.S., Haslhofer, B., Piotrowski, Westerski, A. and Woroniecki, T., 
DERI, National Univ. of Ireland, Galway et al.


15.10 - 15.40

SKOS. Preparing for Standardization.
Alistair Miles, CCLRC - Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, UK.



       Session 4: KOS Typology

15.40 - 16.40

A tentative typology of KOS: towards a KOS of KOS?
Tudhope, D., University of Glamorgan Wales, UK.

Extensive discussion



16.40  - 17.10     (Coffee)


       Session 5: Briefing session

17.10 - 17.30
Indexing challenges in work place information retrieval.
Lykke Nielsen, M., Eslau, A.G., Royal School of Library and Information 
Science, Aalborg, Denmark

17.30 - 17.45
BS 8723 advances to encompass interoperability.
Stella Dextre Clarke, Oxon, UK.


17.45 - 18.00
Supporting Science Understanding through a Customized Learning Service 
for Concept Knowledge (CLICK).
Ahmad, F., de la Chica, S., Sumner, T. and Martin, J., University of 
Colorado at Boulder, CO, USA.

18.00 - 18.15
User-Oriented Knowledge Organization Systems.
Terwilliger, J.F., Delcambre, L.M.L. and Logan, J., Portland State 
University, OR, USA et al.

18.15 - 18.30
Further communications and concluding discussions

=========

Workshop Organisers:

Main contact:

Traugott Koch
UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, UK,
Phone: +44 1225 383218
E-mail: t.koch at ukoln.ac.uk
URL: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/t.koch/

Other organisers:
Sebastian Ryszard Kruk DERI Galway, NUIG, Ireland
Marianne Lykke Nielsen, Department of Information Studies, Royal School 
of Library and Information Science, Aalborg Branch, Aalborg, Denmark
Douglas Tudhope, Hypermedia Research Unit, School of Computing, 
University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, Wales, UK

-- 

+-------------------------------------------------------------+
| TRAUGOTT KOCH, Research Officer. Research and Development,
| UKOLN, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, UK
| Tel: +44 1225 383218
| E-mail: T.Koch at ukoln.ac.uk
| Homepage: http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ukoln/staff/t.koch/
+-------------------------------------------------------------+