[VoCamp Discuss] VoCamp DC is a go!

[Peter Mika]

Hi Mike,

As VoCamp organizers, I think it's critically important for us to be 
impartial as to what tools we are using and recommending to others. In 
this past VoCamp at Ibiza we have actually went through a number of 
tools, and checked out the basic features of each.

You are welcome to expand the page on publishing tools at [1], but 
without supporting evidence I think it's inappropriate to conclude that 
your company's product offers the best solution. In particular, your 
company's tool is not the only one allowing collaborative ontology 
editing, again see [1].

Best,
Peter

[1] http://vocamp.org/wiki/Publishing_Tools


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