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HIGH-LEVEL THESAURUS (HILT) WORKSHOP
Room A303, Health Building, Glasgow Caledonian University,
Cowcaddens Road, GLASGOW JUNE 19th, 10am-4pm

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HILT is charged with investigating the problem of cross-searching and browsing by subject between archives, libraries, museums, online information services and hubs, and projects and initiatives.

The aim of the workshop is for attendees to comment on the "Early draft of the 'Executive Summary' of the HILT Interim Report."

Combined document for HILT Workshop includes:

  • HILT Workshop Breakout Sessions: Discussion Issues (plus Notes)
  • Early draft of the 'Executive Summary' of the HILT Interim Report (plus Appendix A)

The document is available here in: Rich Text Format and Word.

Workshop Outline

Chair: Ann Matheson

10.00 - 10.20 Coffee and registration

10.20 - 12.45 Presentations

HILT Project Dennis Nicholson
Archives perspective Louise Craven (Public Record Office)
Libraries Focus Cate Newton (National Library of Scotland)
Museums perspective Stuart Holm (mda)
UK Terminology Needs: An International perspective Lucy Evans (British Library)
Mapping terminologies: problems Alan Gilchrist (Cura Consortium)
Costs of vocabulary mapping Leonard Will (Willpower Information)
HILT Interface Review and the Renardus Project Rosemary Russell (UKOLN)
What is the Semantic Web? John MacColl (SELLIC, Edinburgh University)
Question and answer session

12.45 - 13.30 Lunch

13.30 - 14.30 Breakout sessions on key HILT issues

14.30 - 14.50 Coffee

14.50 - 16.00 Report back
  Discussion
  Closing remarks

Please follow this link for HILT Workshop: Report and Conclusions

 


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