Date: Mon, 8 Sep 1997 08:49:45 -0700
From: Peter Rauch <anamaria@GRINNELL.BERKELEY.EDU>
Subject: Metadata Workshop (fwd)
Kinda short notice, but for those who have the opportunity
to attend, there is undoubtedly something for systematics
(collections data) in all this... Peter
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SECOND IEEE METADATA CONFERENCE
Sponsored by:
IEEE Mass Storage Systems and Technology Technical Committee,
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration,
Hughes Information Technology Systems, and
National Imagery and Mapping Agency.
In cooperation with IEEE Digital Libraries Task Force.
The objectives of this conference are to (1) provide a forum to address
metadata issues faced by the various communities including
mass storage, data management, image and multimedia
processing, and distributed computing, as well as managers
of networked heterogeneous information servers, (2) bring
the different communities together for technical interchange
of ideas on common technologies and standards related to
metadata; (3) hear the various perspectives from the users
as well as from the producers of metadata; and (4)
facilitate the development and usage of metadata. We invite
participants from academia, government, and industry to
share ideas and experiences.
The technical program for the conference consists of papers, poster
presentations and panels addressing (among others) the following
topics:
Metadata for:
- Management & modeling
- Semantic representation of the WWW
- Mass storage and warehousing
Metadata mining & extraction
Metadata catalogs
Systems for managing metadata
Application-specific metadata
Digital library metadata issues
Standards
Working systems
The technical program and registration information can be found at:
http://www.llnl.gov/liv_comp/metadata/md97.html
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Tuesday 16 September 1997
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7:30 am - 7:30 pm Registration
8:30 am - 9:45 am Plenary session:
8:30 am - 8:40 am Welcome
8:40 am - 9:00 am Opening Remarks
9:00 am - 9:45 am Keynote Address
9:45 am - 10:00 am Break
10:00 am - 11:15 am Paper Session - I: Catalogs & Interoperability
New Approaches to Cataloguing, Querying and Browsing
Geospatial Metadata
L. Shklar, Pencom Systems, Inc.
C. Behrens, C. Basu, K. Wittenburg, E. Sigman, Bellcore
Interoperability Issues of the European Catalogue of
Data Sources (CDS)
R. Kramer, R. Nikolai, C. Rolker, Forschungszentrum Informatik (FZI)
S. Bjarnason, European Environment Agency
S. Jensen, Niedersaechsisches Umweltministerium
Metadata to Support Information Based Computing Environments
C. Baru, R. Frost, R. Marciano, R. Moore, A. Rajasekar,
M. Wan, San Diego Supercomputer Center
11:15 am - 11:30 am Joint Workshop on Metadata Registries Update
11:30 am - 1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 pm - end Poster & Demo booths open
1:00 pm - 3:05 pm Paper Session - II: Implemented Models & Systems
Research Metadata in Long-Term Ecological Research (LTER)
J. Porter, University of Virginia
D. Henshaw, USDA Forest Service
S. Stafford, Oregon State University
NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System
Implementation of Extra- and Inter- File Metadata: Application to
Data Services
L. Klein, J. Gales, S.J. Khalsa, D. Wynne, Applied Research Corp.
D. Ilg, Hughes STX Corp
B. Fortner, Fortner Research LLC
Multimedia Metadata - our 70 year experience
C. Wilkie, A. Lee, British Broadcasting Corporation
Building A Statistical Metadata Repository
D. Gillman, M. Appel, S. Highsmith, Bureau of the Census
Institutions, Languages, Content Standards, Record Syntaxes, and
Protocols: Fitting It All Together
R. Bourdeau, C. Burley, K. Sullivan, M. Shams, G. Roseberry,
Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network
3:05 pm - 3:20 pm Break
3:20 pm - 4:35 pm Paper Session - III: Modeling Techniques
Distributed Active Relationships in the Warwick Framework
C. Lagoze, Cornell University
R. Daniel Jr., Los Alamos National Laboratory
Meta-Information Models for Georeferenced Digital Library Collections
K. Beard, Universiy of Maine
T. Smith, L. Hill, University of California Santa Barbara
Meta-Modeling for Hypermedia Design
P. Frohlich, N. Henze, W. Nejdl, University of Hannover
4:35 pm - 4:50 pm Break
4:50 pm - 5:40 pm Panel: Metadata or Malfeasance: AIIM to Meet the
Critical Factors for Success.
Chair: Owen Ambur, US Fish & Wildlife Service
Panelists:
O. Ambur, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
T. Dale, Cambridge Consulting Group
D. Entner, Eastman Software
B. Kobler, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
D. Schneider, Department of Justice
F. Podio, National Institute of Standards and Technology
5:40 pm - 8:00 pm Reception and Poster Presentations
Development of a 3-Tier Metadata Documentation Scheme: Examining
Level I as an Internet Access Metadata Input and Search Tool
K. Kuhlman, A. Soffer, University of Maryland Baltimore County
The Power of a Semantic DBMS
J. ter Bekke, Delft University of Technology
Metadata Management Using Implicit Spatial Data for Medical
Research: Small Area Analysis of Stroke Risk Factors
J. Sewash, G. Elmes, E. Barnett, West Virginia University
A Query And Analysis Tool For Use With Metadata
M. Tindall, M. Haines, University Of Wyoming
A Taxonomy for Retrieval of Standards Information on the World
Wide Web
J. Newton, E. Fong, T. Rhodes,
National Institute of Standards and Technology
The MetaStar Suite of Metadata Tools
M. St. Pierre, J. Restivo, Blue Angel Technologies, Inc.
HDF Configuration Records -- A Metadata Description Language for HDF
A. Cheng, M. Folk, W. Whitehouse,
National Center for Supercomputing Applications
P. Harten, Scalable Software, Inc.
Status of the Revision of the FGDC's Content Standard for Digital
Geospatial Metadata
B. Tolar, Federal Geographic Data Committee
AIIM: Document and Mass Storage Metadata
O. Ambur, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
T. Dale, Cambridge Consulting Group
D. Entner, Eastman Software
B. Kobler, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
D. Schneider, Department of Justice
F. Podio, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Mining Data for Hotline Support to Field Users
V. Mansur, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Metadata-Enhanced Electronic Records
M. Giguere, City of Philadelphia
U.S. Geological Survey Metadata Management, Integration, and
Visualization
J. Faundeen, K. Zanter, Hughes STX
Automated Association of Data Source Information With Derived
Objects
B. Ramsay, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Spatial Metadata in Australia - a learning experience
P. Shelley, P. Golding, National Resource Information Centre
D. Johnson, EarthWare Systems (Australia) Pty Ltd
M. Taylor, Western Australian Land Information System
Metadata 101
S. Roy, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Wednesday 17 September 1997
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7:30 am - 12:00 pm Registration
8:30 am - 9:45 am Plenary session:
8:30 am - 9:45 am Keynote Address
9:45 am - 10:00 am Break10:00 am - 12:05 pm Paper Session - IV:
Data Warehousing & Integration
Toward Unified Metadata for the Department of Defense
A. Rosenthal, S. Renner, The MITRE Corporation
A Metadata Based Approach to Improving Query Responsiveness
L. Liu, University of Alberta
C. Pu, Oregon Graduate Institute
Metadata for Heterogeneous Databases
M. Morgenstern, Xerox Corporation
Organizing Metadata Using Datalog Rules
S. Mazumdar, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Models for Metadata or Metamodels for Data?
B. Kerherve, Universite du Quebec at Montreal
O. Gerbe, Universite de Montreal
12:05 pm - 1:30 pm Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:45 pm Paper Session - V: New Metadata & Novel
Approaches
A Novel Approach to Thesauri Development Using Artificial
Intelligence and Graphical Display
G. Lloyd, World Conservation Monitoring Centre
Blackbox Approach to Image Feature Manipulation used by Visual
Information Retrieval (VIR) Engines
K. Shah, A. Sheth, S. Mudumbai, University of Georgia
Handling Constantly Changing Metadata
A. Gal, University of Toronto
2:45 pm - 3:00 pm Break
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm Paper Session - VI: Quality & Limitations
The Role of Content Analysis in Evaluating Metadata for the
U.S. Government Information Locator Service (GILS)
W. Moen, University of North Texas
Extensible Metadata at Work: A Common Interchange Format for
Governmental Units
P. Daisey, Jr., Bureau of the Census
Metadata: Quality vs. Quantity
H. Conover, M. Drewry, S. Graves, University of Alabama in Huntsville
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm Break
4:30 pm - 5:20 pm Panel: GILS/FGDC
Chair: Steve Hufford
Environmental Protection Agency
Panelists: To be Announced
5:20 pm - 5:30 pm Closing Remarks
LODGING
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The Conference Center is the NOAA Auditorium, NOAA Complex, 1301
East-West Highway in the Silver Spring Metro Center in Silver Spring,
Maryland. Nearby hotels are listed below.
Silver Spring Hotels: Bethesda Hotels:
** Holiday Inn 1. Hyatt Regency Bethesda
8777 Georgia Avenue One Bethesda Metro Center
Silver Spring, MD 20910 Bethesda, MD
(301) 589-0800 (301) 657-1234
1-800-465-4329
2. Courtyard By Marriott 2. Marriott Suites Bethesda
12521 Prosperity Drive 6711 Democracy Blvd
Silver Spring, MD Bethesda, MD
(301) 680-8500 (301) 897-5600
3. Ramada Hotel
8400 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda, MD
(301) 654-1000
A block of rooms has been reserved for $103.04 (inclusive of
tax). Ask for the "IEE" Group arriving 9/15/97 at "WASSS"
(Holiday Inn Silver Spring). Reservations must be made by
8/20/97 to receive the group discount. The hotel is within
walking distance of the NOAA auditorium (10-15 min.); a free
shuttle service from the hotel to the auditorium will be
provided. Discount airport transportation is available
through A Touch of Class Airport Shuttle.
MEALS
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Beverages and snacks will be offered during the morning and afternoon
breaks. During the conference, lunch is on your own. Tuesday night
there is a catered reception held together with the poster session.
DIRECTIONS
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The auditorium is connected to NOAA Building 4 at 1305
East-West Highway, which is four buildings east of the
intersection of East-West Highway and Colesville Road (Route
29). The NOAA complex is immediately south of the Silver
Spring Metro station. There is limited, metered parking
underneath NOAA Building 3 (1315 East-West Highway). There
is additional public parking on Bonifant Street, north of
the NOAA complex and adjacent to the Silver Spring Metro
station.
ON-LINE INFORMATION
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www: http://www.llnl.gov/liv_comp/metadata/md97.html
IEEE METADATA CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
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Conference Committee:
R. Coyne, IBM Conference Chair
J. Colucci, Hughes Information Technology Sys., USA Vice Chair
M. Jones, MITRE
B. Kobler, National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Program Committee:
R. Musick, Lawrence Livermore National Lab Program Chair
C. Miller, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Vice Chair
N. Adams, Rutgers
A. Aho, Columbia U.
O. Ambur, Fish & Wildlife
G. Barton, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
B. Bicking, Environmental Systems Research Institute
D. Gaffen, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
S. Graves, U. of Alabama, Huntsville
D. Johnson, EarthWare Systems (Australia) Pty Ltd
M. Morgenstern, Xerox
L. Seligman, MITRE
A. Sheth, U. of Georgia
T. Smith, UCSB
M. Templeton, Data Integration Inc.
M. Whiting, Pacific Northwest Lab
M. Zingler, European Space Agency
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact:
Ron Musick Christopher Miller
Program Chair Program Vice Chair
Lawrence Livermore National Lab NOAA/NESDIS/Environmental Info.
Services
P.O. Box 808, L-561 1315 East-West Highway, Room 15531
Livermore, CA 94551 Silver Spring, MD 20910
rmusick@llnl.gov miller@esdim.noaa.gov
Phone: 510-424-5015 Phone: 301-713-1264
Fax: 510-423-2993 Fax: 301-713-1249
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METADATA '97 REGISTRATION FORM
Register Today for METADATA '97!
The Second IEEE Metadata Conference September 16-17, 1997
NOAA Auditorium, NOAA Complex Silver Spring Metro Center
1301 East-West Highway Silver Spring, Maryland
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The technical program and registration information can be found at:
http://www.llnl.gov/liv_comp/metadata/md97.html
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact:
Ron Musick Christopher Miller
Program Chair Program Vice Chair
Lawrence Livermore National Lab NOAA/NESDIS
P.O. Box 808, L-561 1315 East-West Highway, Rm 15531
Livermore, CA 94551 Silver Spring, MD 20910
rmusick@llnl.gov miller@esdim.noaa.gov
Phone: 510-424-5015 Phone: 301-713-1264
Fax: 510-423-2993 Fax: 301-713-1249
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