Re: VoCamp Bangkok ?

it would be good for SWAP (italy) to be vocamp too

2008/10/26  <paola.dimaio@gmail.com>:
> Anyone attending ASWC in December, who'd be interested in running a vocamp
> session,
> I would be happy to support (and learn something at the same time)
>
> While I dont think the target audience for this would be all of the
> conference attendees themselves, with some exceptions,  this would be a good
> opportunity to run an open session for non conference attendees around the
> conference themes, and open up the vocabulary world to the local geeks who
> gravitate around Barcamp and who are still far from the realities of
> semantic programming, (and that includes me hem)
> - code vocabularies, uh? -
>
> Local facilities available easy, hook with local IT communities also easy
>
> cheers
>
> pdm
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 4:27 AM, Knud Hinnerk Möller <knud.moeller@deri.org>
> wrote:
>>
>> 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
>> -------------------------------------------------
>> Knud Möller, MA
>> +353 - 91 - 495086
>> Smile Group: http://smile.deri.ie
>> Digital Enterprise Research Institute
>>  National University of Ireland, Galway
>> Institiúid Taighde na Fiontraíochta Digití
>>  Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh
>>
>>
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> Paola Di Maio
> School of IT
> www.mfu.ac.th
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