I would say upload wherever convenient, and link to the wiki<br>if you want to send me the links, I ll post them to the wiki<br>cheers<br>P<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 3:11 PM, Pan, Dr Jeff Z. <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jeff.z.pan@abdn.ac.uk">jeff.z.pan@abdn.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Hi Paola,<br>
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Thanks again for organising the helpful event. Could you advise where to upload the slides?<br>
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Best wishes,<br>
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Jeff<br>
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> Subject: first take on Vocamp Glasgow<br>
><br>
> a quick take before I catch a train<br>
> P<br>
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> Vocamp Glasgow 14-15 was a first to be held in<br>
> Scotland, also probably also the first to be co-faciliatated<br>
> by a 'girl' - not that gender matters.<br>
><br>
> We had a great bunch of people lined up to attend, and although<br>
> a few defaulted (apologies received from Mounia, Harry,<br>
> Andrew, Maciej), it was still an impressive turnout, especially<br>
> considering that people travelled from various parts of<br>
> the country to attend, and Serge came all the way from<br>
> Brussells!<br>
><br>
> it was the first Vocamp for everybody, except for<br>
> Keith, who is a vocamp veteran having attended most of them<br>
> in the UK so far. I attended the one in Ibiza earlier this<br>
> year, but have experience in facilitating unconference like<br>
> events, and participatory learning workshops etc<br>
><br>
> We went through a quick round of intros, then decided<br>
> quickly to subvert the order of the in principle agenda, (see<br>
> the wiki Vocamp page for more details and links to materials)<br>
><br>
> Norman and Stuart showed the tools they are working on,<br>
> Jeff and Ed shared their tutorials and demos, then one by one<br>
> everybody had the chance to share their perspective, put up<br>
> some slides, say a few words.<br>
><br>
> Jenny showed her work in the direction of<br>
> socio-tecnical web, web of people, and was pointed to the<br>
> 'pragmatic web' research group<br>
><br>
> Peter works for the UK Government and is very well<br>
> clued in, knows a lot of SW tools and techniques, and is<br>
> trying to promote the Semantic Community of Practice, check<br>
> out the links on the wiki. He says he would like this<br>
> community to be a vehicle for more knowledge dissemination,<br>
> please link your how to's questions and answers there if you have any<br>
><br>
> Gordon comes from a strong metadata background, and<br>
> works intensively in the librarianship community<br>
> A mong other things is doing some cool work on<br>
> Vocabulary Framework Initiative, and he has promised to keep some<br>
> tickets aside especially for vocampers and semwebbers<br>
> to the next meeting to be held at the British Library. Gordon<br>
> faces a huge vocabulary mapping task, they are looking at RDF<br>
> and ontologies as a way out. Their perspective is really<br>
> valuable and important as whatever solution they find to<br>
> crack their problem, is going to be largely applicable to any<br>
> other sector.<br>
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> Martin is working on assistive technologies and<br>
> interfaces for people who have trouble communicating - , and<br>
> recently meshed up an API for lastfm, he is thinking of how<br>
> to use vocabularies and possibly RDF to advance the<br>
> capabilities of his code<br>
><br>
> Serge shared his vision of location context aware<br>
> semantic services with everyone, a vision where the web can<br>
> help users locate not just information but also physical<br>
> things in the real world (wouldnt it be nice). He talked<br>
> about the role of location based services in relation to SW<br>
><br>
><br>
> The next day a smaller group gathered around a table,<br>
> dealing with issues as they came up<br>
> Peter mentioned an interest in developing a Pattern<br>
> Language, and was pointed to the ontology pattern wiki<br>
> organised by Eva, Aldo, Valentina of which some of us already<br>
> heard of.<br>
><br>
><br>
> Norm and Stuart put up more stuff, and more<br>
> importantly,John Kerneay a new friend and newcomer to the SW<br>
> had the chance of presenting his problem (his company is<br>
> making a transition to enterprise architecture) and he was<br>
> amazed to find out how much new stuff there is to learn<br>
> about. All remaining participants sat around him as he<br>
> presented his slides and had the chance to perform live<br>
> surgery, we all threw a tuppence at his problem space and I<br>
> think he left feeling that there is a communty of people not<br>
> far from him that he can go back to to develop his<br>
> understanding of sw stuff<br>
><br>
><br>
> I finally had the chance to confront my domain range<br>
> ghosts, just to find out that despite me attending a few<br>
> rdf/owl workshops before, nobody had told me what i have<br>
> discovered today: there are two kind of triples ( subject<br>
> predicate object )<br>
><br>
> class:relation:class but also<br>
> class:attribute:value (is this right?)<br>
><br>
> I showed the diagram we are working on at EIIF xg, and<br>
> got valuable feedback, as well as an idea of the work ahead<br>
> and the problems that we may come across and address in the future<br>
><br>
> It was good to see people who have been around<br>
> relatively a long time to meet face to face for the first<br>
> time, it was great to meet government techies who know a lot<br>
> about the SW (are there more? where do they hide?), great to<br>
> have people come from other information and industry domains,<br>
> students, programmers, gathering around a table to share the<br>
> semantic web dog food.<br>
><br>
> Okay we did not produce any new vocabulary, but we<br>
> chewed a lot of vocabulary talk, and tried to do so in<br>
> relation to the bigger picture, the real world perspective.<br>
><br>
> And we left with the intent of meeting up again, and<br>
> again, maybe even simply at the wifi cafe down the road<br>
> to hack a vocabulary anytime is needed, and follow up<br>
> with more targeted Vocamps, maybe we can have another one in<br>
> Edinburgh too at some point not too far away.<br>
><br>
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> Thanks a lot everybody, especially those who travelled<br>
> from outside town, and to the sponsors : University of<br>
> Strathclyde Information Directorate for giving us space (uhm,<br>
> the wifi access did not work as expected, but most of us<br>
> managed to get online<br>
> eventually) and Talis for providing needed nourishment<br>
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> Some photos (I was recently burgled and all my equipment is<br>
> gone, could not take any photos myself)<br>
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> <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/55579041@N00/sets/721576223939860" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/55579041@N00/sets/721576223939860</a><br>
> 54/with/3927721793<br>
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> Til next<br>
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> Vocampers Glasgow<br>
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