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Subject: FW: Workshop: Working with Linked Data & Geographical
Information (Portsmouth, April 26th 2011)
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2011 20:57:54 -0000
From: Francis Herbert <[log in to unmask]>
To: 'Maps-L' <[log in to unmask]>


WORKING WITH LINKED DATA & GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION

Workshop and Tutorial

University of Portsmouth 26th April 2011

The Linked Data Web is a rapidly growing part of the Web that enables
data
to be published and interlinked in much the same way as web pages are
currently published and linked. Linked Data is increasingly being used
to
publish Geographic Information including Geonames, OpenStreetMap (as
OpenGeoData) and Ordnance Survey data. The current administrations in
the
UK and US are actively encouraging government departments and agencies
to
publish their data as Linked Data. The value and advantages of Linked
Data
are also being recognised within the scientific community and the
cultural
heritage sector, with an increasing number of catalogues being exposed
as
Linked Data.

For those working with geographic information Linked Data will become
increasingly important. Producers of GI need to understand how to
organise, describe and publish Linked Data; those wishing to use GI
need to understand how to search for and consume Linked Data. This
workshop and tutorial is designed to raise awareness and understanding
of Linked Data, and to expand the community of practitioners, enable
sharing of knowledge and thus to accelerate the use of Linked Data.

THE TUTORIAL WILL PROVIDE:

* An overview of Linked Data;
* Describe the potential advantages;
* Present worked through examples;
* Enable current publishers and users to describe their experience.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

* Current Linked Data practitioners  share your knowledge and learn from
others.

* Anyone who needs to know about Linked Data, especially as applied to
gazetteers and other forms of geographical information.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE:

John Goodwin and Glen Hart  Ordnance Survey
David Flanders  JISC
Leif Isaksen  University of Southampton
Jo Walsh  EDINA
Silver Oliver  BBC
Richard Wallis Talis

Humphrey Southall  Workshop Chair

The workshop is linked to the GISRUK (GIS Research UK) conference, this
year organized jointly by the University of Portsmouth and the Ordnance
Survey, but bookings are separate. The workshop costs £40 per person,
including lunch and refreshments. To book, go to:

http://www.port.ac.uk/special/gisruk2011/workshops

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Dr Humphrey Southall

Reader in Geography/Director, GB Historical GIS,
Dept of Geography, University of Portsmouth,
Buckingham Building, Lion Terrace,
Portsmouth PO1 3HE, UK

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