[VoCamp Discuss] VoCamp DC is a go!

Thu Apr 16 11:15:11 PDT 2009

Paola,
Talk about bad timing.  The errors were most likely not caused by anything
that you did.   They all shared a root Tomcat out-of-memory exception which
we believe was related to the deployment of a new patch version of Knoodl at
around 7:30 am (EST).  After receiving the exceptions, we shut down and
restarted Tomcat, which appears to have solved the problem.

Mike
Revelytix, Inc.

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On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 11:32 AM, <paola.dimaio at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Mike
>
> Congrats for the speedy set up of dc vocamp!
>
> Today at Vocamp ibiza 'someone ' managed to crash knoodl during a test ride
> (I suppose there are too few constraints and its really easy to inser
> 'invalid' data in the field), well it did not really crash, but threw up
> some error (someone too PHOTOS! of the error message, argh).\
>
> I would be interested if you could review the logs and let us know what
> could have gone wrong, so that we can avoid making mistakes again....  I
> dont think anyone noted down what values where entered, I remember a few
> obviously random/invalid entries
> It still has more features that other tools I have
> evaluated so far, so I remain inclined to used it for my vocabularies, (of
> course other people may prefer to use the tools that their friends have
> developed)
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> On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Mike Lang Jr. <mikelangjr at revelytix.com>wrote:
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>> 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.
>>> >
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