Re: VoCamp Galway 2008

Knud, great to see the plans shaping up for VoCampGalway2008 - very
much looking forward to it :D

If anyone is interested in the outcomes of VoCampOxford2008, there are
notes that capture some of this at:
http://vocamp.org/wiki/VoCampOxford2008#Wrap_up

Hope to see many of you in Galway next month,

Tom.


2008/10/23 Knud Hinnerk Möller <knud.moeller@deri.org>:
> Hi everyone,
>
> after a successful first VoCamp in September in Oxford, the second VoCamp
> [1] will be hosted at DERI Galway in Ireland in little more than a month
> from now, on 25th-26th November.
>
> What are VoCamps? - "VoCamp is a series of informal events where people can
> spend some dedicated time creating lightweight vocabularies/ontologies for
> the Semantic Web/Web of Data. The emphasis of the events is not on creating
> the perfect ontology in a particular domain, but on creating vocabs that are
> good enough for people to start using for publishing data on the Web. The
> intention is to follow a 'paper first, laptops second' format, where the
> modelling is done initially on paper and only later committed to code. The
> VoCamp idea is heavily influenced by BarCamp, although the VoCamp should
> only have presentations where strictly necessary." [2]
>
> Just like the first VoCamp, the event will be very loosely organised - we
> will provide the facilities, coffee and cookies, you bring ideas and
> enthusiasm to discuss, design and develop vocabularies and ontologies for
> the Semantic Web. Some people will surely continue the work they have
> started at VoCamp Oxford, but everyone is invited to join and come with new
> ideas as well!
>
> VoCamp is a free event - there is no workshop fee in order to attend.
> However, you will have to cover your own expenses, i.e. travel,
> accommodation and food. Also, space is limited, so we are restricting the
> number of attendees to 30 - if you want to come, make sure to put your name
> on the list in the VoCamp wiki [3] and don't forget to put down some topics
> you'd like to work on!
>
> If you need more convincing, have a look at some pictures from the previous
> VoCamp in Oxford: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/vocampoxford2008/
>
> Looking forward to welcoming you to Galway,
>
> Knud Möller, Richard Cyganiak and Uldis Bojars
>
> [1] http://vocamp.org/wiki/VoCampGalway2008
> [2] http://vocamp.org/wiki/WhatIsVoCamp
> [3] http://vocamp.org/wiki/VoCampGalway2008#Participants
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