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Jacob, Thanks for posting here. I'm hoping you can answer a very basic question about openannotation: can you explain why annotations are not just more relationships in the linked data sphere? Essentially, I don't understand why annotations have a standard of their own, and not just a place in an ontology. What is special about annotations that RDF could not or would not provide, natively? Thanks. I realize that this may be a big question, and am willing to be directed elsewhere. I have looked at the w3c documentation. kc On 2/14/13 7:52 AM, Jacob Jett wrote: > 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] -- Karen Coyle [log in to unmask] http://kcoyle.net ph: 1-510-540-7596 m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet