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Putting the word Information back into IT
On 17 September 2007, BCS-KIDMM held a ‘sharing and thinking’
day on knowledge, information & data management. About 90 people
attended, from a wide range of backgrounds.
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Outputs from the 17 September event
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Comprehensive written report
The entire procedings of the 17 September 2007
MetaKnowledge Mash-up were recorded to audio, and
Conrad Taylor has written a comprehensive account
of the presentations and discussions.
The report is not verbatim, but is closely based on
the recordings, plus the contents of slide shows;
some extra explanations and examples have also been
interpolated by the author. It also contains a
few images and diagrams, plus a page of references.
Format: Adobe PDF (version 5)
Compression: nondestructive only
Security: Viewing & printing allowed
Pages: x 24pp, A4
File size: 1.5 MB
Date of publication: 25 October 2007
Download document
Audio of selected presentations
Selection has been based on sound quality and also the ability
of the presentation to be understood without recourse to slides.
- Leonard Will: an impromptu 15-minute briefing on
issues in classification of information resources, in
particular describing the differences between thesauri
and classifications, and explaining faceted classification.
MP3 audio, 5.2 Mb — download
- Ian Herbert: a talk on SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED-CT):
the language for healthcare. Describes the controlled-terminology
resource being introduced into NHS record-keeping, and explores
its strengths and weaknesses.
MP3 audio, 21 minutes, 7.4 Mb — download
Slideshows
- Tony Rose: Information Search & Retrieval:
Problems, solutions, trends...
Powerpoint, 896 KB — download
- Ian Herbert: SNOMED Clinical Terms (SNOMED-CT):
the language for healthcare.
Powerpoint, 188 KB — download
- Dan Rickman: GeoSpatial Systems.
Powerpoint, 4 MB — download
- Terence Freedman, The National Archives: Preservation of Datasets
Powerpoint, 436 KB — download
- Christopher Marsden, V&A: Integrating museum systems:
Accessing collections information at the Victoria & Albert Museum
Powerpoint, 6 MB — download
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