Past Events

from: 22-10-2006   to: 25-10-2006

The 20 th International CODATA Conference, aptly titled “Scientific Data and Knowledge within the Information Society,” will address issues such as fair and equitable access to data, data archiving, data protection and data security– to name but a few of the issues that will be touched upon. Science has never relied more heavily on the collection, management and dissemination of data, and CODATA's task to contribute to all aspects of data, from preservation to sharing and value extraction and addition, will be addressed at this International Conference. CODATA 2006 will feature advanced topic sessions such as: * Infoscience * Internet-based international science communication * Safety data and data science and engineering * I*Ys (Planet Earth, IPY. IHY, and eGY) data management & policy * CODATA’s New Vision CODATA 2006 features keynote talks, plenary lectures and contributed paper sessions that provide new and important insights about the in

from: 23-10-2006   to: 24-10-2006

Effective large scale information integration requires an agreement on the common semantics of the data structure elements and other categories employed. Recently, there has been increasing doubt about the possibility of global ontological models. However, knowledge integration based on mere similarity of categories, such as "inexact equivalence" does not allow for precise, global querying advanced reasoning, or interoperability. On the other hand, practical core ontologies such as CIDOC/CRM (ISO/PRF 21127) demonstrate a surprisingly wide validity over multiple domains. This workshop explores the limits of such global models for integrating and making use of historical and scientific information, in order to enhance both, our theoretical understanding of the limits of ontological agreement in a specific application setting, and our practical understanding of how to implement effective large scale knowledge integration services and exploit the power of global models.

from: 05-11-2006   to: 06-11-2006

The goal of this colloquium is to bring together researchers and scholars in the Humanities and Computer Sciences to examine the current state of Digital Humanities as a field of intellectual inquiry and to identify and explore new directions and perspectives for future research. Registration deadline: OCTOBER 23, 2006

from: 14-11-2006   to: 15-11-2006

This is a meeting of cultural heritage professionals across the traditional distinctions between libraries, museums, archives, broadcasting, archeology and lately also virtual and digital applications in architecture. This year we have already a strong local interest with planned sessions on Semantics for CH; Advanced technologies for Audio Archives; Gaming; technologies for performing arts; digitization in Architecture; Broadcasting Archives; EPOCH/IAA Workshop on Digital Technologies for Archeology; IPR and DRM; Digitized Art; Long Term Preservation. The Minerva WG coordinators will also prepare sessions on Multilingualism, Controlled Vocabularies and Metadata.

from: 21-11-2006   to: 22-11-2006

The1st International Digital Curation Conference in 2005 looked at the concepts and principles of digital curation, global curation policies, socio-legal issues, sustainability, user requirements and the ongoing research agenda. This year the 2nd International Digital Curation Conference will explore the topic of Digital Data Curation in Practice.

from: 23-11-2006   to: 23-11-2006

from: 23-11-2006   to: 23-11-2006

PLANETS, DigitalPreservationEurope (DPE), and CASPAR are pleased to announce that they will be delivering a joint one-day workshop to introduce the aims of their specific digital preservation projects and to discuss their overall relevance within the context of the European Commission Information Science and Technologies Framework Programme 6.