From Richard.Chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr Sat Oct 5 15:50:28 2013 From: Richard.Chbeir at u-bourgogne.fr (Richard Chbeir) Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2013 21:50:28 +0200 (CEST) Subject: [SigLT-L] ACM MEDES'13: Call for participation - Luxembourg (28-31 oct. 2013) In-Reply-To: <24347655.3837604.1379471683098.JavaMail.root@u-bourgogne.fr> References: <1619833220.1063422.1378673582388.JavaMail.root@u-bourgogne.fr> <24347655.3837604.1379471683098.JavaMail.root@u-bourgogne.fr> Message-ID: <1833664661.8120815.1381002628214.JavaMail.root@u-bourgogne.fr> ** Apologies for cross-postings. ** ** Kindly forward to interested colleagues and doctoral students.** =========================================================================== CALL FOR PARTICIPATION =========================================================================== The International ACM Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES 2013) Technically Sponsored by: ACM SIGAPP ACM SIGAPP.fr Chapter with the cooperation of IFIP WG 2.6 http://sigappfr.acm.org/medes/13/ October 28-31, 2013 Abbey of Neumunster, Luxembourg ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- For registration and hotel reservations, please visit the conference web site. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- The International Conference on Management of Emergent Digital EcoSystems (MEDES) aims to develop and bring together a diverse community from academia, research laboratories and industry interested in exploring the manifold challenges and issues related to resource management of Digital Ecosystems and how current approaches and technologies can be evolved and adapted to this end. The MEDES addresses a large number of themes and issues including the following regular session topics: - Digital Ecosystem Infrastructure - Big Data - Services - Cloud Computing - Emergent Intelligence - Trust, Security & Privacy - Data & Knowledge Management - Web and Standards - Networks and Protocols -------- PROGRAM: -------- For full program details, please visit the conference web site at: http://sigappfr.acm.org/medes/13/. Some of the highlights of the program include: (1) A half-day tutorial: From data to services: the creation of services from Open Data and Semantic data sets By Dr. Muriel Foulonneau, Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg Dr. Geraldine Vidou, Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg (2) Keynote presentations from field leaders including; Explaining Recommendations in time-aware Location-based Social Networks Dr. Yannis Manolopoulos, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece Ecosystem of CNRTA in Brazil Dr. Silvio A. Spinella, Information Technology Center Renato Archer, Brazil ------------------------------------- PROCEEDINGS AND JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS: ------------------------------------- All accepted papers will be published by the ACM Digital Library. Extended versions of the selected papers will be published in affiliated journals and special issues. Special tracks affiliated with MEDES 2013 include: * Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) * EU-Brazil innovation and Best Practice in IT Ecosystems * DEEP: experiences and perspectives of Digital Ecosystems European Projects ------------------- PROGRAM COMMITTEE : ------------------- General Chair ------------- Latif Ladid, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Peter A. Bruck, Research Studios Austria Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Austria Antonio Montes, Centro de Tecnologia da Informacao Renato Archer, Brazil Program Chairs -------------- Fernando Ferri, IRPPS-CNR, Italy Richard Chbeir, University of Pau and Adour Countries, France Local Organizing Chairs ------------------------------- Frederic Andres, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Ingrid Zantis, Zantis-Consulting, Luxembourg Jean-Paul Hengen, ICT Sector Development, Luxembourg International Program Committee: (see the web site for the full list) From chodgson at niso.org Tue Oct 15 13:56:53 2013 From: chodgson at niso.org (Cynthia Hodgson) Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 13:56:53 -0400 Subject: [SigLT-L] NISO/DCMI Webinar: Metadata for Public Sector Administration Message-ID: <01bc01cec9cf$ef3c6910$cdb53b30$@org> 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. Stijn is also a manager at PwC Technology Consulting where he focuses on Information Management.. 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 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chodgson at niso.org Wed Oct 16 10:25:50 2013 From: chodgson at niso.org (Cynthia Hodgson) Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2013 10:25:50 -0400 Subject: [SigLT-L] NISO Releases Draft Recommended Practice on Indexed Discovery Service for Comments Message-ID: <010701ceca7b$9e6217e0$db2647a0$@org> The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) is seeking comments on the draft recommended practice Open Discovery Initiative: Promoting Transparency in Discovery. Launched in 2012, the NISO Open Discovery Initiative (ODI) aims to facilitate increased transparency in the content coverage of index-based discovery services and to recommend consistent methods of content exchange. This draft recommended practice provides specific guidelines for content providers on metadata elements, linking, and technical formats, and for discovery service providers on content listings, linking, file formats, methods of transfer, and usage statistics. The document also provides background information on the evolution of discovery and delivery technology and a standard set of terminology and definitions for this technology area. "An increasing number of libraries, especially those that serve academic or research institutions, have invested in index-based discovery services as a strategic interface to all their resources," states Marshall Breeding, an independent library consultant and Co-chair of the ODI Working Group. "These libraries expect their uniquely licensed and purchased electronic content to be made available within their discovery service of choice. But it is often not clear which resources are available, which are indexed in full text, by citations only, or both, and whether the metadata derives from aggregated databases or directly through the full text. Libraries deserve a clear explanation of the degree of availability of their content in the available discovery services and they need usage statistics for access from the discovery tool." "The domain of index-based discovery services involves a complex ecosystem of interrelating issues and interests among content providers, libraries, and discovery service creators," explains Jenny Walker, an independent consultant and Co-chair of the ODI Working Group. "The increasing use of indexed search as a primary means for library patrons to discover and access licensed content brings with it new requirements for industry practices that will ensure consistent provision of metadata, unbiased linking to source material, and neutrality of algorithms for generating result sets, relevance rankings, and link order. Specific guidelines around these issues are given in the ODI Recommended Practice." "In addition to the recommendations in the current draft, the ODI Working Group has identified a number of actions for future work," states Nettie Lagace, NISO Associate Director for Programs. "NISO plans to support this follow-up effort to address such issues as collaborative discussion mechanisms, application programming interfaces, handling of restricted content, on-demand lookup, and interaction with COUNTER about usage statistics related to discovery services." The draft recommended practice is open for public comment through November 18, 2013. To download the draft or submit online comments, visit the Open Discovery Initiative webpage at: www.niso.org/workrooms/odi/. Cynthia Hodgson Technical Editor / Consultant National Information Standards Organization chodgson at niso.org 301-654-2512 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From chodgson at niso.org Thu Oct 17 15:23:01 2013 From: chodgson at niso.org (Cynthia Hodgson) Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:23:01 -0400 Subject: [SigLT-L] NISO Publishes Data Curation Themed Issue of Information Standards Quarterly in Open Access Message-ID: <023b01cecb6e$4d27fb30$e777f190$@org> The National Information Standards Organization (NISO) announces the publication of the Fall 2013 issue of Information Standards Quarterly (ISQ) with a special theme of Data Curation. Interest in the topic of data curation has increased greatly as many governments and funding organizations have mandated that publicly funded research must be made more openly available-including not only the results published in journal articles, but also the underlying data. As a result, much discussion and work is under way around the process and tools needed to ensure that data can be made accessible for reuse and preserved for the long-term. "If I were to sum up the topic that comes up time and time again, not only in the articles in this issue, it is the necessity for standards to enable digital curation," states Sarah Callaghan, Research Scientist and Project Manager, British Atmospheric Data Centre, and guest content editor for the issue. "It doesn't matter what type of data is curated; anything from metadata about research projects, publications and grey literature, the methodologies and results of laboratory work, or the measurements from long-term observational missions. One thing is certain, the rate at which data is created is increasing so dramatically that the only way to manage curation is to automate it, and the only way to do that is to have standardized structures and ontologies." The feature article by Colin L. Bird, Cerys Willoughby, Simon J. Coles, and Jeremy G. Frey discusses Data Curation Issues in the Chemical Sciences, specifically the extent to which chemists respect the importance of curation in their day-to-day activities in the laboratory and at their computers. The authors emphasize that an essential ingredient in the curation process is metadata, particularly at the time data and information are created, which they describe as "curation at source." Three "in practice" articles provide case studies for how data is curated in the European scholarly community in general and specifically in the fields of archeology and earth sciences. Jochen Schirrwagen and co-authors describe Data Curation in the OpenAIRE Scholarly Communication Infrastructure, the European Union initiative for an open access infrastructure for access to the research output of European funded projects and open access content from a network of institutional and disciplinary repositories. Ray Moore and Tim Evans discuss Preserving the Grey Literature Explosion: PDF/A and the Digital Archive in the Archaeology Data Service (ADS), with particular emphasis on the pros and cons of using the PDF Archival format as a standard for preservation. Esther Conway and her co-authors examine the challenges in Ensuring the Long Term Impact of Earth Science Data through Data Curation and Preservation, since much of earth sciences data occurs from natural phenomena and is not reproducible. They point out the societal benefits in preserving such data for use in areas such as disaster management, human health, sustainable energy resources, climate change, water quality and availability, ecosystem protection, and agriculture management. "NISO is becoming increasingly involved in discussions and work surrounding data curation," states Todd Carpenter, NISO Executive Director. "As the articles in this issue show, standards originally developed for managing electronic journals, such as the Digital Object Identifier and PDF/A, are now being applied to data as well. The articles also point out many areas where standards work is still needed, such as data citation, metadata, preservation formats, and metrics, to mention a few." Information Standards Quarterly is available in open access in electronic format on the NISO website. Both the entire Fall 2013 Data Curation issue of ISQ and the individual articles may be freely downloaded. Print copies are available by subscription and as print on demand. To access the free electronic version, visit: www.niso.org/publications/isq/2013/v25no3/. Cynthia Hodgson ISQ Managing Editor National Information Standards Organization 301-654-2512 chodgson at niso.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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These services are able to use a single interface to seamlessly integrate results from a wide range of online sources, emulating the experience patrons have come to expect from Internet search engines. But despite their ability to streamline searching, Discovery Services provide a wide set of challenges for libraries who implement them. NISO's third virtual conference, Web-Scale Discovery Services: Transforming Access to Library Resources, will touch on the potential of discovery services, how to select a product, as well as the issues and challenges involved. TOPICS AND SPEAKERS . Keynote Speaker - Lorcan Dempsey, Chief Strategist at OCLC and Vice President, OCLC Research . Selecting a Web-scale Discovery Service - Speaker TBA . Web-Scale Discovery Service: Making the Decision to Buy or Build - Speaker TBA . Implementation: Delivering the Goods - Michael Kucsak, Director of Library Systems and Technology, University of North Florida . Zen and the Art of Discovery Maintenance - Athena Hoeppner, Electronic Resources Librarian, University of Central Florida Libraries . The Library with a Thousand Databases: Web Scale Discovery and The Hero's Journey - Matthew Reidsma, Web Services Librarian, Grand Valley State University Libraries . Update on the NISO Open Discovery Initiative - Marshall Breeding, Independent Consultant and co-chair, NISO Open Discovery Initiative . Conference Roundtable with all the speakers REGISTRATION Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on November 19, 2013 (the day before the virtual conference). Discounts are available for NISO members and students. All virtual conference registrants receive access to the recorded version for one year. 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