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> From: "Gillman, Daniel - BLS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: February 15, 2007 4:06:17 PM EST > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Open Forum for Metadata Registries 2007 - Call for > Participants > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C75145.223E20EB > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Dear IASSIST'ers, > =20 > Attached below is the call for participation for a metadata conference > in New York this summer. I hope to see you there. > =20 > Regards, > Dan > =20 > Dan Gillman > OFMR 2007 Conference Chair > =20 > Bureau of Labor Statistics > Office of Survey Methods Research > 2 Massachusetts Ave, NE > Washington, DC 20212 USA > Tel +1.202.691.7523 > FAX +1.202.691.7426 > Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > =20 > ------------------------ > =20 > > This announcement is being distributed to numerous lists. Apologies > for > duplication. Please feel free to distribute this to others who > might be > interested. > > =20 > > CALL FOR PARTICIPATION > > =20 > > INTEGRATING STANDARDS IN PRACTICE:=20 > > 10th Open Forum on Metadata Registries > > New York City, NY USA > > 9 - 11 July 2007 > > =20 > > =20 > > This Open Forum is the tenth annual forum in a series of international > conferences about topics related to metadata, registries, > interoperability, and semantics. It will focus on a series of core > standards as well as on the selection, integration and use of multiple > standards in actual systems. The central goal of the Open Forum is to > share and advance knowledge and experience about standards, the > technologies that build upon them, and implementation experiences. =20 > > > The following standards will be discussed: > > =20 > > Data Semantics: ISO/IEC 11179 (Metadata Registries) > > Terminology: ISO 704 (Principles of Terminology) > > ISO 1087-1 (Vocabulary for > terminology work) > > ISO/TC 37/SC 4 (Language > Resources > Management) > > Interoperability: ISO/IEC 19763 (Framework for Metamodel > Interoperability) > > ISO/IEC 20944 > (Interoperability and > bindings) > > =20 > > We will also discuss other standards from ISO such as Data Categories > (12620), Geographic Metadata (19115), and Topic Maps (13250), and > standards from other standards development organizations such as RDF, > OWL, and SKOS from W3C; CWM, SBVR, and ODM from OMG; and ebXML from > OASIS.=20 > > =20 > > Who Should Attend > > The conference will gather together standards developers, software > developers, academics, and practitioners from the public and private > sectors to demonstrate accomplishments and to discuss current and > future > efforts. Attendees will have interests in metadata management and the > use of international standards relating to data and terminology, with > some having specialties in areas such as data search/retrieval, web > search, and corporate data management. > > =20 > > Conference Web Site > > Information about the Open Forum, directions, information about the > venue, and the program will be available on the conference web site: > http://metadataopenforum.org <http://metadataopenforum.org/> . > Registration will be opening soon, so please consult the web site > periodically for registration options and pricing. > > =20 > > Contact > Conference Chair: > > Daniel Gillman [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>=20 > > Bureau of Labor Statistics > > +1-202-691-7523=20 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark R. Diggory - DSpace Systems Manager MIT Libraries, Systems and Technology Services Massachusetts Institute of Technology ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ DSpace-tech mailing list DSpace-tech@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/dspace-tech
