Table of contents: issue53

DC 2007

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Ann Apps reports on DC2007, the International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications, held 27-31 August 2007 in Singapore.

The main theme of this year's international conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications was 'Application Profiles: Theory and Practice' [1]. The conference was hosted by the Singapore National Library Board and held in the Intercontinental Hotel, which was across the road from the superb National Library building.

Knowledge by Networking: Digitising Culture in Germany and Europe

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Alastair Dunning reports on an international conference exploring the current state of digitisation in the worlds of culture and scholarship, held in Berlin over 21-22 June 2007.

Progress Towards Addressing Digital Preservation Challenges

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Helen Hockx-Yu reports on the 2nd Planets, CASPAR and DPE annual conference, held on 5-6 September 2007 in Lisbon, Portugal.

ECDL 2007

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Mahendra Mahey, Emma Tonkin and Robert John Robertson report on the 2007 European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries, held in Budapest, Hungary, over 16-22 September, 2007.

This was the first time this event was held in the majestic and architecturally impressive city of Budapest. It was organised by The Computer and Automation Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA SZTAKI) [1] and held at the Europa Congress Centre.

The KIDMM Community's 'MetaKnowledge Mash-up'

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Conrad Taylor reports on the KIDMM knowledge community and its September 2007 one-day conference about data, information and knowledge management issues.

About KIDMM

The British Computer Society [1], which in 2007 celebrates 50 years of existence, has a self-image around engineering, software, and systems design and implementation. However, within the BCS there are over fifty Specialist Groups (SGs); among these, some have a major focus on 'informatics', or the content of information systems.

Discussions from KIDMM Mash-up Day

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In conjunction with his main article on The KIDMM Community's 'MetaKnowledge Mash-up, Conrad Taylor reports on discussions from KIDMM Mash-up Day.

Enabling Knowledge Communities

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In conjunction with his main article on The KIDMM Community's 'MetaKnowledge Mash-up, Conrad Taylor provides further information about enabling knowledge communities.

Social Networking Services

Recently, Richard Millwood has been drawing the attention of I&DeAs colleagues to phenomena such as Del.icio.us, Flikr, Frappr, Twitter and Facebook.

Further Information on SNOMED-CT

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In conjunction with his main article on The KIDMM Community's 'MetaKnowledge Mash-up, Conrad Taylor provides further information on SNOMED-CT.

SNOMED-CT is updated more frequantly than the alternatives, so responds quickly to changes in medical knowledge and practice. Thirty years ago, there was no classification for HIV/AIDS. Administrative terminology changes all the time; and individual specialists often ask for new terms to be added. Free text is valuable in medical records and there will always be a role for it, but it has two major drawbacks. Meaning may be ambiguous; and meaning is not available for computation.

V&A Core Systems Integration Project

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In conjunction with his main article on The KIDMM Community's 'MetaKnowledge Mash-up, Conrad Taylor provides more information on V&A Core Systems Integration Project.

Hopes and Deliverables

Near the start of CSIP, a list of project deliverables was drawn up. To encourage 'buy-in', top of the list was something of evident value - a Gallery Services application to help staff give customers what they wanted to know at the point of enquiry. But to deliver this and other applications, the 'Virtual Repository' would be necessary.