Re: VoCamp Bangkok ?

I will attend ASWC, and I would participate in a vocamp session.
Code vocabularies would be great - will try to put down some of my ideas 
on this

Ioachim Drugus,
Main Architect,
SemanticSoft, Inc
www.semanticsoft.net
Chisinau
Repubic of Moldova

paola.dimaio@gmail.com wrote:
> 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 <mailto: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
>
>
>
>
>
> -- 
> Paola Di Maio
> School of IT
> www.mfu.ac.th <http://www.mfu.ac.th>
> *********************************************

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