FLICC Meeting Announcement 2004-1

Luminary Lectures @ Your Library Presents

Topic Maps: The Inventor's Perspective on Subject-Based Access

Join Michel Biezunski and Steven R. Newcomb, the creators and pioneers
of the Topic Maps Paradigm, which they developed in 1992. Newcomb will
address the conceptual foundations of the paradigm concerned with
creating and maintaining subject-based indexes that amalgamate other
subject-based indexes. He will then answer the central question of the
Topic Maps Reference Model: "How can a master index be made from indexes
that were never intended to be merged with others?" Biezunski will then
discuss the possibility of amalgamating knowledge resources (including
finding tools) expressed in accordance with diverse interchange
standards, by creating a new layer where semantic integration has a
broader range of application. He will also review his experiences in
applying the paradigm and its effects on the ongoing development, using
the Internal Revenue Service application as a case study.

Biezunski and Newcomb serve as co-editors of the ISO 13250 Topic Maps
standard. They also co-founded TopicMaps.Org, where they co-edited the
XML syntax (the "XTM Specification") that was added to the 2002 version
of the standard. They both now work for Coolheads Consulting, a
consultancy specializing in semantic analysis, subject-based information
integration, and the actual creation and maintenance of topic maps (and
of systems for creating and maintaining topic maps) for clients in
government, industry, and academia.
For more information on this event, go to
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/lectures/mbsn.html.

Date
Wednesday, October 15, 2003

Time
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Place
Mary Pickford Theater, 3rd floor, Madison Building, The Library of
Congress, 101 Independence Avenue, S.E., Washington, D.C.

Metro
Capitol South (Orange and Blue Lines)

Sponsors
Library of Congress Public Service Collections Directorate and the
FLICC Content Management Working Group

Registration
Free--Please call the FLICC office to register--(202) 707-4800--or
visit the FLICC Educational Programs Web site at
http://www.loc.gov/flicc/feveform.html.

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Information
Call FLICC (202) 707-4800; TTY (202) 707-4995

Cancellations
Please notify FLICC at (202) 707-4800 if you are unable to attend to
allow those on the waiting list to register.

Web Cybercast
The video of the lecture will available live from
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/lectures/mbsn.html on Wednesday,
October 15th from 10:00am -12:00 noon EST in RealPlayer format. To view
it, you must have the Real Player installed and at least a 28 Kbps
(kilobits per second) Internet connection for your computer. The
RealPlayer software may be downloaded, free of charge, from the
RealNetwork Web site (http://www.real.com/realone/).