[Sigcr-l] EARLY BIRD CLOSES: Classification and Ontology, 19-20 September, The Hague

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*** EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION CLOSES 1 JULY***

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CLASSIFICATION AND ONTOLOGY: FORMAL APPROACHES AND ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE
International UDC Seminar 2011 - 19-20 September, The Hague, Netherlands
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http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/index.htm
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VENUE: Koninklijke Bibliotheek (National Library of Netherlands)
EARLY BIRD FEE: €170 (€130 students) - early bird closes on 1 July
Fee includes conference proceedings book (published by Ergon Verlag),
refreshment, reception and two lunches.

To register and pay online go to http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/php/registration.php

Ontology-like representations of classifications are recognized as potentially
important facilitators in creating a web of linked data. The objective of this
conference is to promote collaboration and exchange of expertise between
different fields dealing with knowledge classifications: bibliographic, web and AI.

Highlights: Keynote address by Prof. Patrick Hayes, followed by an outstanding
selection of speakers from the domains of web technology, ontology, knowledge
organization and bibliographic classification: Dan Brickley, Guus Schreiber,
Thomas Baker, Dagobert Soergel, Roberto Poli, Ingetraut Dahlberg, Barbara
Kwasnik, Rebecca Green, Michael Panzer, Marcia Zeng, Daniel Kless, Joan
Mitchell, Richard Smiraglia, Vanda Broughton, Devika Madalli, Claudio Gnoli etc.

The preliminary programme with abstracts and speakers biographies is available
at http://seminar.udcc.org/2011/programme.htm.

To secure your place at this event at early bird rates, register and pay by 1 July.
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