[CODE4LIB] **SKOS-2-HIVE: CREATING SKOS VOCABULARIES TO HELP INTERDISCIPLINARY VOCABULARY ENGINEERING**
Forwarding because I think this will be of interest to some folks on the list... -- Forwarded message -- ***SKOS-2-HIVE: CREATING SKOS VOCABULARIES TO HELP INTERDISCIPLINARY VOCABULARY ENGINEERING*** We are pleased to announce the addition of more HIVE workshops! *DATES AND LOCATIONS* *April 29, 2011 University of North Texas, Denton, Texas; Registration Deadline: April 20th *Click Here to Register for Texas Workshop http://tinyurl.com/4f39ye6 *May 20, 2011 Columbia University, New York City; Registration Deadline: May 10th* Click Here to Register for New York Workshop http://tinyurl.com/4fdode9%20 *California-based workshop date to be determined! If your institution is interested in hosting a workshop, please contact at:* hive.workshop2...@gmail.com *WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION* *SKOS-2-HIVE* workshops focus on using semantic web technologies for representing and describing collections using multiple controlled vocabularies. The workshop focuses on basic understanding and usage of W3C's Simple Knowledge Organization Systems (SKOShttp://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/), linked data, and the HIVE library of open source applications. There are two workshop components: 1. *Foundational Concepts and HIVE Basics*. This component addresses the conceptual design of structured vocabularies, including a range of semantic relationships; domain representation and issues central to identifying useful vocabularies; the application of basic SKOS tags; and basic techniques underlying the HIVE vocabulary server for enriching digital resource descriptions. 2. I*mplementing HIVE*. This component covers more technical aspects including steps for implementing a HIVE server. Workshop outlines and learning outcomes provided further below. Workshop rationale: Semantic web technologies provide innovative means for organizing, describing, and managing digital resources in a range of formats. Successful implementation and use of semantic web technologies requires both information professionals and system developers to become knowledgeable about the underlying intellectual construct and roadmap toward forming a semantic web. The IMLS-funded Helping Interdisciplinary Vocabulary Engineering (HIVE) https://www.nescent.org/sites/hive/Main_Page project has been addressing these needs by working with the W3C's Simple Knowledge Organization Systems (SKOS) http://www.w3.org/TR/skos-reference/ in the linked data environment. HIVE has been implemented using semantic web enabling technologies and machine learning to provide a solution to the traditional controlled vocabulary problems of cost, interoperability, and usability. Current HIVE vocabulary partners include the Library of Congresshttp://www.loc.gov/index.html, the Getty Research Institute http://www.getty.edu/research/, and the U.S. Geological Survey http://www.usgs.gov/. * **WORKSHOP OUTLINE AND LEARNING OUTCOMES* *Morning Session: Foundational Concepts and HIVE Basics, 8:30 AM-12:00 PM* *Overview* This session addresses traditional thesaural concepts and the extension of these concepts via SKOS/linked data, HIVE and the semantic web. *Audience* This workshop targets information professionals (librarians, archivists, museum professional, web architects, and others); system developers; and students seeking knowledge about the basic framework and conceptual aspect of vocabulary design. *Prerequisites* Have a basic understanding of subject metadata creation or subject cataloging. *Learning Outcomes* - Evaluate controlled vocabulary, thesauri, and ontologies that would best fit your information environment's needs. - Identify basic thesaural relationships including: relative, associative and hierarchical. - Use basic SKOS tags to identify the above thesaural relationships. - Become familiar with using the HIVE software and the HIVE processes. * **Lunch on your own 12:00 PM-1:00 PM* * **Afternoon Session: Implementing HIVE 1:00 PM-4:30 PM* *Overview* This session provides details on the HIVE system, underlying algorithms, source code, and the library of system features. *Audience* System developers, as well as technologists, librarians, and information scientists who are interested in the technological side of the semantic web, and who may be implementing, experiments with, and/or extending HIVE technologies. *Prerequisites* Java programming, and object oriented design. *Learning Outcomes * - Understand the architecture of the HIVE vocabulary server. - Become familiar with information retrieval techniques and how HIVE applies them to vocabulary terms. - Gain experience indexing documents with HIVE and KEA (a machine learning application). - Learn how to integrate HIVE vocabulary services into other tools. - Learn how to use the SPARQL language for querying content in HIVE. Click here to register for Texas Workshop http://tinyurl.com/4f39ye6 Click here to register for New York Workshop http://tinyurl.com/4fdode9%20 *Registration Fees
[CODE4LIB] SKOS-2-HIVE workshop, DC area
Workshop announcement: **SKOS-2-HIVE: CREATING SKOS VOCABULARIES TO HELP INTERDISCIPLINARY VOCABULARY ENGINEERING** George Washington University (Mt. Vernon Campus), March 9, 2011 Location: Eckles Library Auditorium, Mt. Vernon Campus of George Washington University Click Here to Register (REGISTRATION CLOSES ON MARCH 1) § WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION The SKOS-2-HIVE workshop focuses on using semantic web technologies for representing and describing collections using multiple controlled vocabularies. The workshop focuses on basic understanding and usage of W3C's Simple Knowledge Organization Systems (SKOS), linked data, and the HIVE library of open source applications. There are two workshop components: 1. Foundational Concepts and HIVE Basics. This component addresses the conceptual design of structured vocabularies, including a range of semantic relationships; domain representation and issues central to identifying useful vocabularies; the application of basic SKOS tags; and basic techniques underlying the HIVE vocabulary server for enriching digital resource descriptions. 2. Implementing HIVE. This component covers more technical aspects including steps for implementing a HIVE server. Workshop outlines and learning outcomes provided further below. Workshop rationale: Semantic web technologies provide innovative means for organizing, describing, and managing digital resources in a range of formats. Successful implementation and use of semantic web technologies requires both information professionals and system developers to become knowledgeable about the underlying intellectual construct and roadmap toward forming a semantic web. The IMLS-funded Helping Interdisciplinary Vocabulary Engineering (HIVE) project has been addressing these needs by working with the W3C's Simple Knowledge Organization Systems (SKOS) in the linked data environment. HIVE has been implemented using semantic web enabling technologies and machine learning to provide a solution to the traditional controlled vocabulary problems of cost, interoperability, and usability. Current HIVE vocabulary partners include the Library of Congress, theGetty Research Institute, and the U.S. Geological Survey. § WORKSHOP OUTLINE AND LEARNING OUTCOMES Morning Session: Foundational Concepts and HIVE Basics, 9:00 AM-12:00 PM Overview This session addresses traditional thesaural concepts and the extension of these concepts via SKOS/linked data, HIVE and the semantic web. Audience This workshop targets information professionals (librarians, archivists, museum professional, web architects, and others); system developers; and students seeking knowledge about the basic framework and conceptual aspect of vocabulary design. Prerequisites Have a basic understanding of subject metadata creation or subject cataloging. Learning Outcomes - Evaluate controlled vocabulary, thesauri, and ontologies that would best fit your information environment's needs. - Identify basic thesaural relationships including: relative, associative and hierarchical. - Use basic SKOS tags to identify the above thesaural relationships. - Become familiar with using the HIVE software and the HIVE processes. Lunch on your own 12:00 PM-1:00 PM Afternoon Session: Implementing HIVE 1:00 PM-4:00 PM Overview This session provides details on the HIVE system, underlying algorithms, source code, and the library of system features. Audience System developers, as well as technologists, librarians, and information scientists who are interested in the technological side of the semantic web, and who may be implementing, experiments with, and/or extending HIVE technologies. Prerequisites Java programming, and object oriented design. Learning Outcomes - Understand the architecture of the HIVE vocabulary server. - Become familiar with information retrieval techniques and how HIVE applies them to vocabulary terms. - Gain experience indexing documents with HIVE and KEA (a machine learning application). - Learn how to integrate HIVE vocabulary services into other tools. - Learn how to use the SPARQL language for querying content in HIVE. Registration fees and registration $60.00 half day (single session) $105.00 full day (both sessions) Registration fee includes: Coffee and Danishes from 8:00 AM-9:00 AM; does not include lunch. Participants are asked to bring their own laptops. Click Here to Register ** Wiki link for workshop: https://www.nescent.org/sites/hive/GWU_Workshop_2011#George_Washington_University_.28Mt._Vernon_Campus.29.2C_March_9.2C_2011. Workshop Leaders Jane Greenberg is a professor at the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (SILS/UNC-CH), and director of the SILS Metadata Research Center. Ryan Scherle is the lead data repository architect for Dryad at the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent). Hollie White is doctoral fellow at the SILS
Re: [CODE4LIB] SKOS?
Jon Phipps wrote: Hi Yitzchak, Probably the quickest explanation is to look at the first few slides from a presentation that I gave on SKOS at the Open Forum on Metadata Registries last year... http://www.slideshare.net/jonphipps/skos-2007-open-forum-on-metadata- registries-nyc/ Just what I needed. Thanks Jon! -- Yitzchak Schaffer Systems Librarian Touro College Libraries 33 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10010 Tel (212) 463-0400 x230 Fax (212) 627-3197 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [CODE4LIB] SKOS?
Hi Yitzchak, Probably the quickest explanation is to look at the first few slides from a presentation that I gave on SKOS at the Open Forum on Metadata Registries last year... http://www.slideshare.net/jonphipps/skos-2007-open-forum-on-metadata- registries-nyc/ Currently, SKOS is headed towards being a W3C recommendation. There's a new RFC draft of the SKOS Primer... http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-skos-primer-20080221/ From the new primer: SKOS — Simple Knowledge Organisation System — provides a model for expressing the basic structure and content of concept schemes such as thesauri, classification schemes, subject heading lists, taxonomies, folksonomies, and other types of controlled vocabulary. As an application of the Resource Description Framework (RDF) SKOS allows concepts to be documented, linked and merged with other data, while still being composed, integrated and published on the World Wide Web. But comparing SKOS to other projects in Libraryland is liable to be anything but quick, imho. There are other standard methods for describing thesauri and vocabularies (Z39.19, ISO2788/5964, BS8723 -- and see http://www.w3c.rl.ac.uk/SWAD/thes_links.htm), but none that I'm aware of that are as rdf-centric as SKOS. Hope this gives you a better place to start, Jon Phipps Cornell University Library On Mar 4, 2008, at 9:55 AM, Yitzchak Schaffer wrote: Greetings all: Many thanks to all the presenters for a great conference! One thing that people kept mentioning was SKOS. That was a duhh point for me; I just took a look at the w3.org and Wikipedia pages on it, but it doesn't look like something I can spend time trying to figure out right now. Does anyone have a quick explanation comparing this to other projects/concepts in Libraryland? Many thanks, -- Yitzchak Schaffer Systems Librarian Touro College Libraries 33 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10010 Tel (212) 463-0400 x230 Fax (212) 627-3197 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [CODE4LIB] SKOS?
SKOS can handle a variety of knowledge systems including classification schemes, subject heading systems, thesauri, etc. As a real world example, the Library of Congress is apparently looking at representing LCSH in SKOS. Tom On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Jon Phipps [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Yitzchak, Probably the quickest explanation is to look at the first few slides from a presentation that I gave on SKOS at the Open Forum on Metadata Registries last year... http://www.slideshare.net/jonphipps/skos-2007-open-forum-on-metadata- registries-nyc/ Currently, SKOS is headed towards being a W3C recommendation. There's a new RFC draft of the SKOS Primer... http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/WD-skos-primer-20080221/ From the new primer: SKOS — Simple Knowledge Organisation System — provides a model for expressing the basic structure and content of concept schemes such as thesauri, classification schemes, subject heading lists, taxonomies, folksonomies, and other types of controlled vocabulary. As an application of the Resource Description Framework (RDF) SKOS allows concepts to be documented, linked and merged with other data, while still being composed, integrated and published on the World Wide Web. But comparing SKOS to other projects in Libraryland is liable to be anything but quick, imho. There are other standard methods for describing thesauri and vocabularies (Z39.19, ISO2788/5964, BS8723 -- and see http://www.w3c.rl.ac.uk/SWAD/thes_links.htm), but none that I'm aware of that are as rdf-centric as SKOS. Hope this gives you a better place to start, Jon Phipps Cornell University Library On Mar 4, 2008, at 9:55 AM, Yitzchak Schaffer wrote: Greetings all: Many thanks to all the presenters for a great conference! One thing that people kept mentioning was SKOS. That was a duhh point for me; I just took a look at the w3.org and Wikipedia pages on it, but it doesn't look like something I can spend time trying to figure out right now. Does anyone have a quick explanation comparing this to other projects/concepts in Libraryland? Many thanks, -- Yitzchak Schaffer Systems Librarian Touro College Libraries 33 West 23rd Street New York, NY 10010 Tel (212) 463-0400 x230 Fax (212) 627-3197 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
