- From: Phil Archer <phila@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2014 11:34:11 +0100
- To: Ivan Herman <ivan@w3.org>, Adam Retter <adam@exist-db.org>
- CC: W3C CSV on the Web Working Group <public-csv-wg@w3.org>, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock@okfn.org>
Yes, I'm going and I am pretty Sure that Jeni is and will speak about the CSVW WG. Phil. On 19/06/2014 11:07, Ivan Herman wrote: > AFAIK, Jeni had the intention of going, as well as Phil Archer > > Ivan > > On 19 Jun 2014, at 12:05 , Adam Retter <adam@exist-db.org> wrote: > >> I am attending the CSVConf, is anyone else from the working group attending? >> >> On 19 June 2014 10:35, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock@okfn.org> wrote: >>> Hi All, >>> >>> I wanted to give folks a heads-up about CSV Conf, a one-day conference for >>> data makers everywhere that takes place in Berlin in a month's time (and >>> which I'm helping organize). Registration is currently open! >>> >>> I also note that it is just the day before the 2-day main conference of the >>> Open Knowledge Festival for those who want to make it a double whammy! >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Rufus >>> >>> CSV,Conf 2014 >>> >>> Berlin, July 15 >>> >>> >>> For Data Makers Everywhere >>> >>> http://csvconf.com/ >>> >>> >>> Announcing CSV,Conf - the conference for data makers everywhere which takes >>> place on 15 July 2014 in Berlin. >>> >>> This one day conference will focus on practical, real-world stories, >>> examples and techniques of how to scrape, wrangle, analyze, and visualize >>> data. Whether your data is big or small, tabular or spatial, graphs or rows >>> this event is for you. >>> >>> Key Info >>> >>> Where: Kalkscheune, Berlin, Germany >>> When: 15 July 2014, all day >>> Web: http://csvconf.com/ >>> Register: http://register.csvconf.com/ >>> >>> >>> CSV,Conf is run in conjunction with the week long Open Knowledge Festival. >>> >>> What Is It About? >>> >>> Building Community >>> >>> We want to bring together data makers/doers/hackers from backgrounds like >>> science, journalism, open government and the wider software industry to >>> share tools and stories. >>> >>> For those who love data >>> >>> CSV Conf is a non-profit community conference run by some folks who really >>> love data and sharing knowledge. If you are as passionate about data and the >>> application it has to society then you should join us! >>> >>> Big and small >>> >>> This isn’t a conference just about spreadsheets. We are curating content >>> about advancing the art of data collaboration, from putting your CSV on >>> GitHub to producing meaningful insight by running large scale distributed >>> processing. >>> >>> Colophon: Why CSV? >>> >>> This conference isn’t just about CSV data. But we chose to call it CSV Conf >>> because we think CSV embodies certain important qualities that set the tone >>> for the event: >>> >>> Simplicity: CSV is incredibly simple - perhaps the simplest structured data >>> format there is >>> Openness: the CSV ‘standard’ is well-known and open - free for anyone to use >>> Easy to use: CSV is widely supported - practically every spreadsheet >>> program, relational database and programming language in existence can >>> handle CSV in some form or other >>> Hackable: CSV is text-based and therefore amenable to manipulation and >>> access from a wide range of standard tools (including revision control >>> systems such as git, mercurial and subversion) >>> Big or small: CSV files can range from under a kilobyte to gigabytes and its >>> line-oriented structure mean it can be incrementally processed – you do not >>> need to read an entire file to extract a single row. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Adam Retter >> >> eXist Developer >> { United Kingdom } >> adam@exist-db.org >> irc://irc.freenode.net/existdb >> > > > ---- > Ivan Herman, W3C > Digital Publishing Activity Lead > Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ > mobile: +31-641044153 > GPG: 0x343F1A3D > WebID: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf#me > > > > > -- Phil Archer W3C Data Activity Lead http://www.w3.org/2013/data/ http://philarcher.org +44 (0)7887 767755 @philarcher1
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