Pre-roundtable primer: Tagging strategies
May 16 , 2007
This teleconference is designed as a backgrounder
for the May 17 roundtable "Bridging the gap between folksonomies
and taxonomies." Its purpose is to orient you to the
roundtable context and help you understand the concepts and tools discussed.
AGENDA
Tagging strategies
- Controlled vocabularies
- Back-of-the-book indexing
- Library cataloging
- Bibliographic databases
- Automated indexing
- Folk taxonomies ("folksonomies") and social tagging
How to store terms and categories
- Encoding schemes
- Dublin Core
- Classic thesaurus
- Ontologies (SKOS and others)
- Metadata repositories
How to merge and transfer terms
- Mapping and merging techniques
- Transfer formats: XML and RSS
FORMAT
The format uses Webex for video and teleconferencing for the audio. If
you aren't allowed to install the Webex program on your computer,
you can still participate. Call for details.
COST
$500 per person (members), $750 per person (nonmembers).
Nonmembers who register for this roundtable automatically become members
of the Society of Knowledge Base Publishers
(and can register for the "Good to great
search " roundtable at a reduced rate).
Additional people from the same team can attend at
a reduced rate of $375 (includes full Society membership).
DATE, TIME
May 16, 2007, 11:00 am - 2:00 pm (Eastern),
8:00 am - 11:00 am (Pacific)
REGISTRATION
To register, call (413) 367-0245. We can fax
a pro forma invoice, and we accept Mastercard, Visa, American Express,
Discover, and Diner's Club. We must receive payment at least 7 days
prior to the event.
Created on December 28, 2006 l Updated on
July 24, 2007
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