-------- Original Message -------- 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 ===================================================================== Dr Humphrey Southall Reader in Geography/Director, GB Historical GIS, Dept of Geography, University of Portsmouth, Buckingham Building, Lion Terrace, Portsmouth PO1 3HE, UK GBHGIS Office: 023 9284 2500 About us: www.port.ac.uk/research/gbhgis About Britain: www.visionofbritain.org.uk