[TopicMapsInLIS] Topicmaps 2008 Conference Invitation

[Kevin Trainor]

Hi All,

 

Please see the conference invitation below for Topicmaps 2008.  I plan on
attending and I hope that you will too. Please pass this invitation on to
your colleagues.

 

Best Regards,

 

Kevin

 

Kevin Trainor

President

Ligent

847-486-8044

 <mailto:ktrainor at ligent.net> ktrainor at ligent.net

www.ligent.net <http://www.ligent.net/> 

 

 

THE INVITATION FOLLOWS:

 

Librarians may not be able to stop the ice caps from melting but we can
certainly help prevent the world from drowning in information - provided we
stay abreast of new developments in technology.

 

One technology that we should be tracking carefully is Topic Maps, an ISO
standard based on bibliographic principles like collocation and
subject-centric organization of knowledge.

 

An excellent way to find out more about what is going on in Topic Maps

- and how it relates to library science - is Topic Maps 2008, a conference
that takes place in the Oslo, Norway, one of the strongholds of the Topic
Maps community, on April 2-4 2008.

 

The conference has "Towards the Vision of Subject-centric computing" as its
theme and it consists of a day of tutorials followed by two days of
presentations, most of them case studies showing how Topic Maps is being
applied around the world, in eGovernment, Knowledge Management, technical
documentation and - yes - digital libraries. This year the conference is
targeting librarians, library scientists and information architects in
particular, and there are plans for in-depth discussions of topics such as
the relationship between Topic Maps and Dublin Core, thesauri and FRBR, and
the role of Topic Maps in digital libraries.

 

There are some great keynote speakers lined up, including David Weinberger,
author of "Everything is miscellaneous", Alex Wright, author of "Glut:
Mastering Information Through the Ages", and Steve Pepper, author of "The
TAO of Topic Maps".

 

For more information, see www.topicmaps.com. Registration opens in late
January, and the full program will also be published then. In the meantime,
I encourage you to mark your calendars and start looking for funding. This
conference should not be missed!

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