The workshop aims to address key challenges for KOS posed by the overlapping themes of
However other topics can also be proposed. See below for indicative list of topics and provisional schedule.
| Main Contact: | Douglas Tudhope, Hypermedia Research Unit, School of Computing, University of Glamorgan Pontypridd, CF37 1DL, Wales, UK Email: douglas.tudhope@southwales.ac.uk http://staff.southwales.ac.uk/users/293-dstudhope/ |
| Co-organiser: | Marianne Lykke Nielsen, Department of Information Studies, Royal School of Library and Information Science, Aalborg Branch, Aalborg, Denmark E-mail: mln@db.dk http://www2.db.dk/mln/ |
Knowledge Organization Systems, such as classifications, gazetteers, lexical databases, ontologies, taxonomies and thesauri, attempt to model the underlying semantic structure of a domain for the purposes of retrieval. New networked KOS services and applications are emerging and we have the opportunity to draw on a number of technologies that can be combined to yield new solutions. These include developments of Information Science approaches to automatic indexing and vocabulary mapping, search systems and interfaces, together with contributions from other disciplines. For example, we can formalise and enrich existing representations for automated KOS applications, exploiting the infrastructure of Semantic Web encoding schemes and technologies. Language engineering offers a variety of tools and linguistic resources. New standards in web services are emerging and user centred approaches are yielding more sophisticated models of how users search for information.
The workshop aims to address the following key themes:
The aim of the workshop is to bring together diverse communities and facilitate exchange of viewpoints and ideas, to provide an opportunity for communication and coordination between various, distinctive research programmes and projects dealing with development and design of KOS. The issues discussed may range from considerations related to the role of KOS, conceptual content and design, methodological issues, and technical issues (protocols and XML-RDF technologies).
Other topics for presentations can also be proposed. Possible examples include
The full-day workshop will consist of technical presentations and demonstrations with discussion.
Indicative agenda structure, covering approximately 8 hours, including lunch and breaks:
| Session 1: | Welcome and introduction (hrs 0:30) |
| Session 2: | Presentations discussing issues and challenges related to user centred KOS approaches from a theoretical or methodological perspective (hrs: 2:00) |
| Session 3: | Presentations discussing issues and challenges related to KOS mapping, semantic interoperability and service protocols (hrs: 2:30) |
| Session 4: | Discussion session in which applications, models, etc. may be presented and discussed in detail and emergent issues arising from the open call (hrs 1.00) |
| Session 5: | Concluding directed discussion, including options for co-operation (hrs 1.00) |
See http://hypermedia.research.southwales.ac.uk/kos/nkos/ and https://nkos.dublincore.org/ for previous NKOS workshops and information about NKOS generally.
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Journal of Digital Information (JoDI). Special issue on New Applications of Knowledge Organization Systems, 4 (4), 2004
Journal of Digital Information (JoDI). Special issue on Networked Knowledge Organization Systems, 1 (8), 2001
Will, L (1998) Thesaurus principles and practice. London : Willpower Information.