[topicmapmail] ANN: UK Topic Maps Gunpowder Plot

[Steve Pepper]

(For people in the UK - and people who have been looking for a good
excuse to travel to the UK for Bonfire Night...)

This conference will be a kick-off for the UK Topic Maps community.

If you are at all interested in Topic Maps, I look forward to seeing
you there! (Especially you, Guy ;-)

Steve

P.S. Bring your own sparklers.

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                     REAL WORLD TOPIC MAPS
  
               How to manage knowledge and address
                  the challenge of infoglut
   
                        5 November 2003
                          10:00-16:00
   
                    Duxford Officers' Mess
                    Duxford, Cambridge, UK

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Sponsored by: XML UK - the UK Forum for Structured Information
Standards

Seven experts provide an overview of the basic concepts, the role
that Topic Maps can play in horizontal application areas such as
information architectures, and in-depth case studies on the use of
Topic Maps to solve specific business challenges. From this one day,
delegates will come away with a solid understanding of the types of
problems that can be solved by Topic Maps and knowledge of how that
is being done out there - in the real world - today.

The programme:

- Steve Pepper, Ontopia:
  The TAO of Topic Maps: Finding the Way in Age of Information

- Kal Ahmed, Techquila:
  Topic Maps for Organizing Information

- Peter Brown, European Parliament:
  The European Parliament and Topic Maps - Some Considerations

- Ann Wrightson, Hedra:
  Topic Maps for Archiving and Records Management in the UK Public
  Sector

- Stian Danenbarger, Bouvet AS:
  The Benefits of Topic Map-driven Web Portals

- Antony Scott, RivCom:
  XTM and Shell Business Process Models

- Jean Delahousse, Mondeca:
  Why Peugeot Chose a Topic Maps Based Solution

The day will close with a question and answer session.

For more information and registration, see:
http://www.xmluk.org/public/duxford_2003.html



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Steve Pepper <pepper@ontopia.net>
Chief Executive Officer, Ontopia
Convenor, ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 34/WG 3
Editor, XTM (XML Topic Maps 1.0)