[VoCamp Discuss] VoCamp DC is a go!

[Mike Lang Jr.]

Hi everyone,

I am going to encourage participants in VoCamp DC to use
Knoodl<http://www.knoodl.com> to collaborate on
their Vocabularies both before and after our VoCamp and I think that other
organizers should do the same.  It may be in bad taste for me to promote my
own company's product in this way, but it is free (and will remain so) and
it is the only tool I am aware of that enables collaborative vocabulary
editing.  Without such a tool, VoCamps will not be able to accomplish their
main goal, which is to produce useful ontologies.  It is not reasonable to
expect an ontology to be finished within a weekend.  In fact, an ontology is
never finished because part of the point of using one is that it can adapt
and change as it needs to.  Knoodl is a natural place for people to continue
to develop and manage any ontologies and it enables them to do so
collaboratively with the people that they meet at a VoCamp.

I have started a VoCamp Community
<http://www.knoodl.com/ui/groups/VoCamp>in Knoodl where participants
can upload Vocabularies.  If we make this a
best practice of future VoCamps, then participants of any VoCamp will be
able to collaborate on their ontologies long after their VoCamp ends.

I'd be glad to hear any thoughts/feedback on this issue.

Mike Lang
Revelytix, Inc.

phone: 410-584-0009 (office)
          443-928-3782 (cell)
skype: michael.allen.lang.jr
aim: MikeJrRevelytix


On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 6:54 PM, Tom Heath <tom.heath at talis.com> wrote:

> Hi Mike,
>
> Great news! Quite a turnaround time, and an impressive list of
> participants already :) I took the liberty of adding Clark & Parsia to
> the list of VoCamp supporters
> <http://vocamp.org/wiki/VoCampSupporters>; just one way of us giving
> credit for the generosity that helps grease the VoCamp wheels ;)
>
> Just shout if I can help in any way,
>
> Cheers,
>
> Tom.
>
>
> 2009/4/14 Mike Lang Jr. <mikelangjr at revelytix.com>:
> > Hi everyone, Kendall Clark of Clark & Persia has generously offered to
> let
> > us use his offices for VoCamp DC the weekend of May 30/31. I have updated
> > the VoCamp wiki (http://vocamp.org/wiki/VoCampDCMay2009) to show our
> plans
> > so far. There will be an initial cap of 40 people, so be sure to visit
> the
> > wiki to sign up (anyone who joined the VoCamp DC Google Group has been
> > signed up, if you can not attend, please remove your name). Feel free to
> > contact me with any questions/suggestions. Thanks, Mike Lang
> > Revelytix, Inc.
> >
> > phone: 410-584-0009 (office)
> >           443-928-3782 (cell)
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