Re: [Dbworld] Open Annotation Core Data Model public roll out invitation

Thanks Florian for the pointer, I will reserve that date.

Thierry, will you meet with PLH anytime soon? We should work out a strategy for advancing the process.


On 15 Feb 2013, at 02:52, Florian Stegmaier <stegmaier@dimis.fmi.uni-passau.de> wrote:

> hi all!
> 
> I think this is somewhat of interest to our group.
> 
> @Thierry: are there any news related to the API doc?
> 
> Cheers.
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> Anfang der weitergeleiteten Nachricht:
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>> Von: "Khalid Belhajjame" <Khalid.Belhajjame@cs.man.ac.uk>
>> Betreff: [Dbworld] Open Annotation Core Data Model public roll out invitation
>> Datum: 15. Februar 2013 11:43:32 MEZ
>> An: dbworld@cs.wisc.edu
>> Antwort an: dbworld_owner@yahoo.com
>> 
>> The W3C Open Annotation Community Group
>> <http://www.w3.org/community/openannotation/> is pleased to announce
>> three public meetings introducing the Open Annotation Data Model
>> Community Specification.
>> 
>> The Open Annotation Core Data Model
>> <http://www.openannotation.org/spec/core/> specifies an interoperable
>> framework for creating associations between related resources,
>> annotations, using a methodology that conforms to the Architecture of
>> the World Wide Web. Open Annotations can easily be shared between
>> platforms, with sufficient richness of expression to satisfy complex
>> requirements while remaining simple enough to also allow for the most
>> common use cases, such as attaching a piece of text to a single web
>> resource.
>> 
>> 
>> These day-long public roll-outs, carried out in concert with the
>> Annotation Ontology and the Open Annotation Collaboration, and made
>> possible by generous funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
>> will inform digital humanities and sciences computing developers,
>> curators of digital collections and scholars using digital content
>> about the W3C Open Annotation Community Group’s work.
>> 
>> Participants will learn about the data model's core features and
>> advanced modules through tutorials, a showcase of existing
>> implementations, Q&A sessions with community implementers and live
>> demonstrations.
>> 
>> 
>> Topics will include:
>> 
>> * The Open Annotation Data Model
>> * The W3C Open Annotation Community Group
>> * Existing implementations
>> * Developer tools & resources
>> 
>> 
>> Rollout times and locations:
>> 
>> * U.S. West Coast Rollout – 09 April 2013 at Stanford University
>> Registration: <https://www.eventville.com/Catalog/EventRegistration1.asp?Eventid=1010270>
>> 
>> * U.S. East Coast Rollout – 06 May 2013 at the University of Maryland
>> Registration: <https://www.eventville.com/Catalog/EventRegistration1.asp?Eventid=1010271>
>> 
>> * U.K. Rollout – 24 June 2013 at the University of Manchester
>> Registration: <https://www.eventville.com/Catalog/EventRegistration1.asp?Eventid=1010272)
>> 
>> 
>> There is no registration fee but RSVP (online) is required. RSVP for a
>> rollout near you using one of the links above.
>> 
>> For more information and individual agendas, see:
>> <http://www.openannotation.org/RolloutInfo.html>
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