VoCampDC2011

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What[edit]

It's time for another VoCamp in Washington D.C.! VoCampDC2011 will be June 3-4 at the Library of Congress.

With the amount of data both produced by government, we particularly invite those interested in data.gov and vice versa "govt. data" initiatives.

Come join the fun!!!

Please list any vocabulary topics you'd like to discuss under the Topics section below.

When[edit]

3rd - 4th June 2011

Day 1 (Friday 03 June 2011)[edit]

09:00am - 5:00pm

Day 2 (Saturday 04 June 2011)[edit]

09:30 - 4:00pm

Programme[edit]

Day 1:[edit]

Morning:

  • 09:00 - 10:00am : Arrive and Make New Friends
  • 10:00 - 10:30am : Introductions
  • 10:30 - 11:15am : Decide on Vocabulary Topics
  • 11:15 - 12:00pm : Vocabulary Breakout Session 1

Afternoon:

  • 12:00 - 13:00pm : Lunch
  • 13:00 - 13:30  : Brief tutorial on using Revelytix ontology tools for sessions ((Mike Lang Jr.)
  • 13:30 - 15:15pm : Vocabulary Breakout Session 2
  • 15:15 - 15:30pm : Socialize/Break
  • 15:30 - 17:00pm : Vocabulary Breakout Session 3

Evening:

  • Mandatory Meeting at Local Pub : )

Day 2:[edit]

Morning:

  • 09:30 - 10:00am : Arrive and Make More Friends
  • 10:00 - 10:30am : Decide on Vocabulary Topics
  • 10:30 - 12:30pm : Vocabulary Breakout Session 4

Afternoon:

  • 12:30 - 13:15pm : Lunch
  • 13:15 - 15:00pm : Vocabulary Breakout Session 5
  • 15:00 - 16:00pm : Wrap Up & Next Steps

Where[edit]

The folks at Library of Congress in Washington D.C. have kindly offered meeting space at their facilities. Much thanks to Ed Summers for the help!

...more details to come...

Directions: ...

Topics[edit]

Here people can suggest vocabularies and other things to work on. Just put a topic in the list and other people can put their names behind it to indicate interest in that topic.

Vocabularies, etc. I want to to work on[edit]

  • Assess/Construct data.gov vocabs
  • Assess/Construct other gov data vocabs
  • search engine optimization with vocabularies supported by Google (Rich Snippets) and Facebook (Open Graph Protocol)

How Much[edit]

The VoCamp event itself is free, although participants will need to pay for their own travel and accommodation.

Who[edit]

Organisers[edit]

  • Gary Berg-Cross (SOCoP and INTEROP) garybcross
  • Todd Pehle (firstname_lastname(@)yahoo)

Participants[edit]

  • Ed Summers
  • George Thomas
  • Bohdan Kantor
  • Doug Whitehead
  • Dave Smith, USEPA (Cross-registered for GeoVoCampDC2011)
  • Joe Verscharen
  • Mike Pendleton, USEPA
  • Bernadette Hyland, 3 Round Stones, Inc

Would like to, but can't[edit]

  • Jim Hendler


Outcomes & Topics[edit]