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Hi, I'm new to this list. I'm the project coordinator for the Open Annotation Collaboration research project based at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. This project has been working in collaboration with similar projects such as the Harvard-based Annotation Ontology project to develop an RDF-based data model for digital annotation tools supporting interoperable annotations. The 1.0 production ready version of this specification, Open Annotation 1.0, has just been published. We are announcing three public meetings introducing the Open Annotation Data Model Community Specification. These day-long public rollouts, carried out in concert with the Annotation Ontology and the Open Annotation Community Group (http://www.w3.org/community/openannotation/), and made possible by generous funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, will inform digital humanities and sciences computing developers, curators of digital collections and scholars using digital content about the W3C Open Annotation Community Groups work. Participants will learn about the data model's core features and advanced modules through tutorials, a showcase of existing implementations, Q&A sessions with community implementers and live demonstrations. Topics will include: The Open Annotation Data Model, The W3C Open Annotation Community Group, Existing implementations, Developer tools & resources. Rollout times and places: U.S. West Coast Rollout 09 April 2013 at Stanford University (RSVP - https://www.eventville.com/Catalog/EventRegistration1.asp?Eventid=1010270) U.S. East Coast Rollout 06 May 2013 at the University of Maryland (RSVP - https://www.eventville.com/Catalog/EventRegistration1.asp?Eventid=1010271) U.K. Rollout 24 June 2013 at the University of Manchester (RSVP - https://www.eventville.com/Catalog/EventRegistration1.asp?Eventid=1010272) There is no registration fee but RSVP (online) is required. RSVP for a rollout near you using one of the links above or by visiting: http://www.openannotation.org/RolloutInfo.html You can learn further information about the W3C Open Annotation Community Group and the Open Annotation Collaboration by visiting: http://www.w3.org/community/openannotation/ http://openannotation.org Regards, Jacob _____________________________________________________ Jacob Jett Visiting Project Coordinator Center for Informatics Research in Science and Scholarship The Graduate School of Library and Information Science University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 501 E. Daniel Street, MC-493, Champaign, IL 61820-6211 USA (217) 244-2164 [log in to unmask]