Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 16, No. 657.
Centre for Computing in the Humanities, King's College London
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[1] From: Hamish Cunningham <H.Cunningham@DCS.SHEF.AC.UK> (31)
Subject: CFP: HLT for the Semantic Web / Web Services, Florida
Oct. 2003
[2] From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org> (110)
Subject: NINCH COPYRIGHT TM: Creating Museum IP Policy:
Portland, Oregon, May 22
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Date: Sat, 03 May 2003 06:51:36 +0100
From: Hamish Cunningham <H.Cunningham@DCS.SHEF.AC.UK>
Subject: CFP: HLT for the Semantic Web / Web Services, Florida
Oct. 2003
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
Human Language Technology for the Semantic Web and Web Services
http://gate.ac.uk/conferences/iswc2003/index.html
Workshop at ISWC 2003
International Semantic Web Conference
Sanibel Island, Florida, 20-23 October 2003
Hamish Cunningham
Atanas Kiryakov
Ying Ding
The Semantic Web aims to add a machine tractable, re-purposeable layer to
compliment the existing web of natural language hypertext. In order to
realise this vision, the creation of semantic annotation, the linking of
web pages to ontologies, and the creation, evolution and interrelation of
ontologies must become automatic or semi-automatic processes.
In the context of new work on distributed computation, Semantic Web
Services (SWSs) go beyond current services by adding ontologies and formal
knowledge to support description, discovery, negotiation, mediation and
composition. This formal knowledge is often strongly related to informal
materials. For example, a service for multi-media content delivery over
broadband networks might incorporate conceptual indices of the content, so
that a smart VCR (such as next generation TiVO) can reason about programmes
to suggest to its owner. Alternatively, a service for B2B catalogue
publication has to translate between existing semi-structured catalogues
and the more formal catalogues required for SWS purposes. To make these
types of services cost-effective we need automatic knowledge harvesting
from all forms of content that contain natural language text or spoken data.
Other services do not have this close connection with informal content, or
will be created from scratch using Semantic Web authoring tools. For
example, printing or compute cycle or storage services. In these cases the
opposite need is present: to document services for the human reader using
natural language generation.
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Date: Sat, 03 May 2003 07:04:45 +0100
From: NINCH-ANNOUNCE <david@ninch.org>
Subject: NINCH COPYRIGHT TM: Creating Museum IP Policy: Portland,
Oregon, May 22
NINCH ANNOUNCEMENT
News on Networking Cultural Heritage Resources
from across the Community
May 2, 2003
PLEASE DISTRIBUTE WIDELY
PRE-REGISTER WITH NINCH
<http://d.cni.org:591/ninch-portland/>
NINCH COPYRIGHT TOWN MEETING: PORTLAND
Creating Museum IP Policy in a Digital World
<http://www.ninch.org/copyright/2003/portland.html>
Co-sponsored by the Canadian Heritage Information Network
and the Intellectual Property Section of the Oregon State Bar
at the 2003 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Museums
Doubletree Hotel Portland Lloyd Center
1000 NE Multnomah St Portland, Oregon
Thursday May 22, 9am-4pm
PRE-REGISTER WITH NINCH
On-Site Registration (May 18-21)
Also Required with AAM: $75
* * * *
Continuing Legal Education Credit Available, Pending Approval
* * * *
Intellectual Property is arguably the museum's most valuable asset in the
21st century. Managed prudently, it can increase revenues from licensing
programs while maintaining low risks in both the commercial and
non-commercial/academic environments in this communication and media age.
However, good management depends on good policy, as many museums are
discovering.
Frequent questions on this topic include:
* Why do we need to develop policy in order to manage IP?
* What is museum IP and how do we determine what our institution owns?
* What can our institution gain from this exercise?
* Is an IP policy effective for all institutions, large and small?
* Are all disciplines covered or is this just for image-rich museum
collections only?
In response to such queries, and to introduce a book on this subject by
Diane Zorich, to be co-published this summer by NINCH and the Canadian
Heritage Information Network (CHIN), we are co-hosting an all-day workshop
on May 22, 2003, at the Doubletree Hotel, Portland - Lloyd Center, 9am-4pm,
as part of the American Association of Museums Annual Meeting.
CONFIRMED SPEAKERS:
* Rachelle Browne, Assistant General Counsel, Smithsonian Institution
* Maria Pallante-Hyun, Pallante-Hyun LLC, Legal Counsel, Guggenheim
Museum/Foundation
* Rina Elster Pantalony, Legal Counsel, Canadian Heritage Information Network
* David Sturtevant, Head of Collections Information and Access, SFMOMA
* Nicole Vallires, Director, Collection Management and Information, McCord
Museum of Canadian History
* Diane Zorich, Museum Information Management Consultant; author of
"Developing Museum Intellectual Property Policies".
* * * *
The Portland Town Meeting and Workshop will be part presentation, part
practicum. Rina Pantalony (CHIN Legal Counsel) will open with a definition
of what museum intellectual property policy is, what core values it
represents and why it is critical for an institution to develop one. Museum
legal expert Maria Pallante-Hyun will then analyze the key issues to
consider when preparing policy and will discuss the value of an "I.P.
Audit." The specific concerns of smaller museums will be considered by
Nicole Vallires of Montreal's McCord Museum of Canadian History and author
Diane Zorich will conclude part one of the meeting with key lessons learned
in the research and writing of the forthcoming CHIN/NINCH publication,
"Developing Museum Intellectual Property Policies."
In the second half of the meeting two practitioners will examine policy
building. David Sturtevant will report on his experience of the San
Francisco Museum of Modern Art in developing its intellectual property
policy, while Rachelle Browne of the Smithsonian Institution will examine
the importance of understanding an institution's larger values in
constructing policy. These talks will introduce the workshop component of
the Meeting, at which participants will break into working groups to
construct policy solutions to particular museum situations. The results of
the working groups will be reviewed by a panel of all the speakers.
The focus of this meeting is designed to complement that of the NINCH
Copyright Town Meeting, held November 2001 in Eugene, Oregon, on "Creating
Policy: Copyright Policies in the University"
<http://www.ninch.org/copyright/2001/eugenereport.html>. This meeting is
also based on a meeting held in Toronto at the MCN Conference on Creating
Museum IP Policy <http://www.ninch.org/copyright/2002/torontoreport.html>.
The NINCH Copyright Town Meetings seek to balance expert opinion and
audience participation on the basics of copyright law, the implications of
copyright online, recent changes in copyright law and practice, and
practical issues related to the networking of cultural heritage materials.
The program will include plenty of time for audience questions, comments
and discussion.
* * * *
REGISTRATION
Although you will need to register on-site with AAM in Portland (May 18-May
21), please also PRE-REGISTER using the simple online form at
<http://d.cni.org:591/ninch-portland/>.
On-site registration takes place only during the following hours at the
Portland Convention Center, in the Lobby of Exhibit Hall C (see plan on
NINCH website).
Registration hours are only as follows:
Sunday, May 18: 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m.
Monday, May 19: 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Tuesday, May 20: 8:00 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Wednesday, May 21: 8:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m.
Email questions to: <ninch@ninch.org>.
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