Workshop announcement - SKOS-2-HIVE: Creating SKOS Vocabularies to Help Interdisciplinary Vocabulary Engineering

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> **SKOS-2-HIVE: CREATING SKOS VOCABULARIES TO HELP INTERDISCIPLINARY  
> VOCABULARY ENGINEERING**
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> We are pleased to announce the addition of more HIVE workshops!
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> DATES AND LOCATIONS
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> April 29, 2011
> University of North Texas, Denton, Texas;
> Registration Deadline: April 20th
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> Click Here to Register for Texas Workshop
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> May 20, 2011
> Columbia University, New York City;
> Registration Deadline: May 10th
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> Click Here to Register for New York Workshop
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>
> California-based workshop date to be determined!
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>
> If your institution is interested in hosting a workshop, please  
> contact at:  hive.workshop2011@gmail.com
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> WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION
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> SKOS-2-HIVE workshops focus on using semantic web technologies for  
> representing and describing collections using multiple controlled  
> vocabularies. The workshop focuses on basic understanding and usage  
> of W3C's Simple Knowledge Organization Systems (SKOS), linked data,  
> and the HIVE library of open source applications.
>
> There are two workshop components:
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> 1. Foundational Concepts and HIVE Basics. This component addresses  
> the conceptual design of structured vocabularies, including a range  
> of semantic relationships; domain representation and issues central  
> to identifying useful vocabularies; the application of basic SKOS  
> tags; and basic techniques underlying the HIVE vocabulary server for  
> enriching digital resource descriptions.
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> 2. Implementing HIVE. This component covers more technical aspects  
> including steps for implementing a HIVE server.
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> Workshop outlines and learning outcomes provided further below.
> Workshop rationale: Semantic web technologies provide innovative  
> means for organizing, describing, and managing digital resources in  
> a range of formats. Successful implementation and use of semantic  
> web technologies requires both information professionals and system  
> developers to become knowledgeable about the underlying intellectual  
> construct and roadmap toward forming a semantic web. The IMLS-funded  
> Helping Interdisciplinary Vocabulary Engineering (HIVE) project has  
> been addressing these needs by working with the W3C's Simple  
> Knowledge Organization Systems (SKOS) in the linked data  
> environment. HIVE has been implemented using semantic web enabling  
> technologies and machine learning to provide a solution to the  
> traditional controlled vocabulary problems of cost,  
> interoperability, and usability. Current HIVE vocabulary partners  
> include the Library of Congress, the Getty Research Institute, and  
> the U.S. Geological Survey.
>
>
> WORKSHOP OUTLINE AND LEARNING OUTCOMES
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> Morning Session: Foundational Concepts and HIVE Basics, 8:30  
> AM-12:00 PM
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> Overview
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> This session addresses traditional thesaural concepts and the  
> extension of these concepts via SKOS/linked data, HIVE and the  
> semantic web.
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> Audience
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> This workshop targets information professionals (librarians,  
> archivists, museum professional, web architects, and others); system  
> developers; and students seeking knowledge about the basic framework  
> and conceptual aspect of vocabulary design.
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> Prerequisites
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> Have a basic understanding of subject metadata creation or subject  
> cataloging.
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> Learning Outcomes
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> - Evaluate controlled vocabulary, thesauri, and ontologies that  
> would best fit your information environment's needs.
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> - Identify basic thesaural relationships including: relative,  
> associative and hierarchical.
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> - Use basic SKOS tags to identify the above thesaural relationships.
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> - Become familiar with using the HIVE software and the HIVE processes.
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>
> Lunch on your own 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
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>
> Afternoon Session: Implementing HIVE 1:00 PM-4:30 PM
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> Overview
>
> This session provides details on the HIVE system, underlying  
> algorithms, source code, and the library of system features.
>
> Audience
>
> System developers, as well as technologists, librarians, and  
> information scientists who are interested in the technological side  
> of the semantic web, and who may be implementing, experiments with,  
> and/or extending HIVE technologies.
>
> Prerequisites
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> Java programming, and object oriented design.
>
> Learning Outcomes
>
> - Understand the architecture of the HIVE vocabulary server.
> - Become familiar with information retrieval techniques and how HIVE  
> applies them to vocabulary terms.
> - Gain experience indexing documents with HIVE and KEA (a machine  
> learning application).
> - Learn how to integrate HIVE vocabulary services into other tools.
> - Learn how to use the SPARQL language for querying content in HIVE.
>
> Click here to register for Texas Workshop
>
> Click here to register for New York Workshop
>
> Registration Fees
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> $60.00 half day (single session)
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> $105.00 full day (both sessions)
>
> Registration fee includes: Coffee and Danishes from 8:00 AM-8:30 AM;  
> does not include lunch.
>
> Participants are asked to bring their own laptops.
>
> ** Wiki link for workshop:
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> University of North Texas, Denton, Texas
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> Columbia University, New York City
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> Workshop Leaders (actual workshop instructors may vary based on  
> location)
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> Jane Greenberg is a professor at the School of Information and  
> Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (SILS/ 
> UNC-CH); and she is the director of the SILS Metadata Research Center.
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> Ryan Scherle is the lead data repository architect for Dryad at the  
> National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent).
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> Hollie White is doctoral fellow at the SILS Metadata Research Center  
> at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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> Craig Willis is a graduate research assistant at the SILS Metadata  
> Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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> Director of Communications
> School of Information and Library Science University of North  
> Carolina at Chapel Hill
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> Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3360
> Phone: 919-843-8337
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