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<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>The 7th NKOS Workshop at the European Digital
Library Conference will take place on September 19th, as part of ECDL <st1:metricconverter
ProductID="2008 in" w:st="on">2008 in</st1:metricconverter> Aarhus (</span></font><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><a href="http://www.ecdl2008.org/"
title="blocked::http://www.ecdl2008.org/"><font size=2 face=Arial
title="blocked::http://www.ecdl2008.org/"><span
title="blocked::http://www.ecdl2008.org/"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://www.ecdl2008.org/</span></span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>). </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>The workshop will explore the
potential of Networked Knowledge Organization Systems (NKOS), such as
classification systems, taxonomies, thesauri, ontologies, and lexical
databases. These tools attempt to model the underlying semantic structure of a
domain for purposes of information retrieval, knowledge discovery, language
engineering, and the semantic web. </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>The workshop topics include but
are not limited to </span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB
style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><st1:place w:st="on"><strong><b><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>KOS</span></font></b></strong></st1:place><strong><b><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'> Interoperability.</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'> Intellectual and automatic methods for
vocabulary mapping on concept as well as term level. Cross-browsing and
cross-searching between distributed KOS services, Mapping between <st1:place
w:st="on">KOS</st1:place> and ontologies. </span></font><font color=black><span
lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<ul type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Terminology
registry.</span></font></b></strong><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> What is the range
of services that a terminology registry might offer and what role can it
play as a shared infrastructure service? We need to identify and specify
use cases and sustainable business models. </span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Terminology
services.</span></font></b></strong><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> We need to identify
and specify terminology services for different applications, within a
service-oriented approach/architecture, building on the basic
infrastructure. </span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>User-centred
design issues.</span></font></b></strong><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> User-centred design
strategies for <st1:place w:st="on">KOS</st1:place>. How to develop
understandable and thorough descriptions of concepts and terms? How to
show and explain relationships? Cost effective methods to collect and
organise user oriented and domain-specific conceptual information. </span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Social
tagging.</span></font></b></strong><font size=2 face=Arial><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'> Participative
user-based approaches to knowledge organization and description are emerging
and attracting significant community support. What is the role of social
tagging and informal knowledge structures versus established <st1:place
w:st="on">KOS</st1:place>? How do the methods complement each other? Is it
possible or desirable to obtain some degree of control in social tagging
systems? </span></font><span lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Semantic
Web applications and implications of <st1:place w:st="on">KOS</st1:place>.</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'> How can KOS contribute to Semantic Web efforts and conversely how
can Semantic Web standards and technologies facilitate novel <st1:place
w:st="on">KOS</st1:place> applications and semantic interoperability
research. </span></font><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>What are the next steps for SKOS-based tools? </span></font><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:
auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><strong><b><font size=2 color=black
face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Terminology
for language-oriented applications.</span></font></b></strong><font
size=2 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
Arial'> Common ground and differences in knowledge organisation approaches
between terminology and information retrieval communities. </span></font><span
lang=EN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Please email proposals for presentations
(approx. 500 words including aims, methods, main findings) by June 20th to <st1:PersonName
ProductID="Marianne Lykke Nielsen" w:st="on">Marianne Lykke Nielsen</st1:PersonName>
(</span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><a
href="mailto:mln@db.dk" title="blocked::mailto:mln@db.dk"><font size=2
face=Arial title="blocked::mailto:mln@db.dk"><span
title="blocked::mailto:mln@db.dk"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>mln@db.dk</span></span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>). Advance indication that you intend to submit
a presentation would be helpful. Proposals will be peer-reviewed by the program
committee and notification of acceptance will be given by July 4th. The early
registration deadline for the conference and the workshop is July 31st. </span></font><font
color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'>Full details on the call for presentation
proposals at </span></font><font color=black><span style='color:black'><a
href="http://www.comp.glam.ac.uk/pages/research/hypermedia/nkos/nkos2008/call-for-papers.html"
title="blocked::http://www.comp.glam.ac.uk/pages/research/hypermedia/nkos/nkos2008/call-for-papers.html"><font
size=2 face=Arial
title="blocked::http://www.comp.glam.ac.uk/pages/research/hypermedia/nkos/nkos2008/call-for-papers.html"><span
title="blocked::http://www.comp.glam.ac.uk/pages/research/hypermedia/nkos/nkos2008/call-for-papers.html"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://www.comp.glam.ac.uk/pages/research/hypermedia/nkos/nkos2008/call-for-papers.html</span></span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'> as part of the workshop website. See
also the NKOS event wiki at </span></font><font color=black><span
style='color:black'><a
href="http://colab.mpdl.mpg.de/mediawiki/NKOSevents_2008_preparation"
title="blocked::http://colab.mpdl.mpg.de/mediawiki/NKOSevents_2008_preparation"><font
size=2 face=Arial
title="blocked::http://colab.mpdl.mpg.de/mediawiki/NKOSevents_2008_preparation"><span
title="blocked::http://colab.mpdl.mpg.de/mediawiki/NKOSevents_2008_preparation"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>http://colab.mpdl.mpg.de/mediawiki/NKOSevents_2008_preparation</span></span></font></a></span></font><font
size=2 color=black face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;color:black'> where we can discuss ideas and plans for
the workshop.</span></font><font color=black><span lang=EN-GB style='color:
black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Mange hilsener<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Marianne<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName ProductID="Marianne Lykke Nielsen" w:st="on"><font
size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Marianne
Lykke Nielsen</span></font></st1:PersonName><font size=2><span
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Associate professor, Ph.D.</span></font><font size=2><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Information Interaction and Architecture</span></font><font
size=2><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Royal <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType>
of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Library</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> and
Information Science </span></font><font size=2><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Arial'>Fredrik Bajersvej 7K DK - 9220 Aalborg Øst</span></font><font
size=2><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
10.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Phone: +45 98 15 79 22</span></font><font size=2><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:
7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>E-mail: mln@db.dk</span></font><font size=2><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Arial'>Webpage: </span></font><a
href="https://dbpost.db.dk/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www2.db.dk/mln/"
target="_blank"><font size=1 face=Arial><span lang=DE style='font-size:7.5pt;
font-family:Arial'>http://www2.db.dk/mln/</span></font></a><span lang=DE><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=DE
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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