Re: [Semediawiki-user] SMW at upcoming conferences: Wikimania, NYC wiki-conference etc.

[CW D. <cwd...@gm...>]

Might we try to organize something co-located with
http://iswc2009.semanticweb.org/?  ...perhaps they'll allow us to have some
pre-conference or post-conference space at their facility.  After all,
they're using SMW on their site, they might like to talk about it
themselves.
But seriously, the timing is about right.  The toughest part of organizing
something will probably be having a place to meet.

-Clarence



On Tue, Jul 7, 2009 at 3:43 AM, Ingo Steinbauer <ste...@on...>wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have added a snall example to our Data Import extension demo wiki. It
> uses one of the meetup API methods to display meetup groups around
> Williamsburg, Brooklyn in the Wiki.
> http://diedemo.ontoprise.com/index.php/MeetupExample
>
> I think that it would be very easy to to integrate data from meetup.com
> into the Wiki and write it back via our Data Import extension.
>
> Ingo
>
>
> Joel Natividad schrieb:
> > Yaron,
> > During SemTech 2009, we had a "de facto" SMW meetup of sorts during
> > the Semantic Wiki session chaired by Mark Greaves.  Even though it was
> > supposed to be a generic Semantic Wiki session, with Knoodl and zAgile
> > in the mix, it was dominated by SMW.
> >
> > The usual SMW suspects were there doing presentations in the
> > jam-packed session - Denny with his most excellent presentation (see
> > http://simia.net/download/SemTech2009.ppt), Steven Forth from
> > LeveragePoint/Monitor, Jesse Wang from Vulcan with his crowd-pleasing
> > SMW in Entertainment (Seattle Seahawks) and MS Office Integration
> > presentation,  Marc Feickert from FamilySearch, Daniel Hansch from
> > Ontoprise, and Deborah Mcguiness from RPI.  Also had a chance to
> > announce SemanTrac (mashup of SMW and Trac) in my slot.  (I'll post
> > the presentations at referata as soon as I get clearance from each
> > presenter)
> >
> > Also, the night before, there was a "meetup of meetups" session
> > spearheaded by Marco Neumann and the various coordinators from
> > different cities.  During lively deliberations, it was agreed by the
> > different meetups start standardizing on SMW to facilitate
> > proceedings.  Since the Semantic Web meetups are really starting to
> > gain critical mass (there are 900+ members in NYC alone per the last
> > stats Marco shared), having SMW as the default interface for all these
> > Semantic Web adopters, I think, will go a long way towards getting
> > even wider acceptance and accelerating adoption.
> >
> > Perhaps, we can make a call for all the Meetup volunteers/coordinators
> > to get together for the next SMW user group meeting.  One thing that
> > Marco mentioned that Meetup.com has is the strong event management
> > subsystem (RSVPs, calendaring, etc.). If we add these event management
> > components to SMW or at least, attempt to have some kind of seamless
> > integration with meetup.com (Marco said so himself during the "meetup
> > of meetups"), all the Semantic Web meetup groups can really start the
> > showcase the power of SMW as we "eat our own dogfood".
> >
> > - Joel
> >
> > On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Yaron Koren<ya...@gm...> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi everyone,
> >>
> >> There will be presentations about Semantic MediaWiki at two upcoming
> >> conferences, or should I say "conferences", since neither one is really
> a
> >> conference. The more important one is Wikimania 2009, in Buenos Aires,
> >> Argentina in August:
> >>
> >> http://wikimania2009.wikimedia.org/wiki/Portal
> >>
> >> The official schedule isn't yet decided, but I can confirm that there
> will
> >> be a panel discussion about SMW featuring Markus K., Denny V. and me.
> I'll
> >> also be giving a separate talk about external data in MediaWiki, that
> will
> >> cover the External Data extension, as well as some stuff about SMW, and
> >> other extensions.
> >>
> >> For those living around the Eastern United States especially, you should
> >> also note the upcoming NYC wiki-conference in late July:
> >>
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/NYC/Wiki-Conference_2009
> >>
> >> The subject range is quite a bit like Wikimania's, although it's
> structured
> >> as an "un-conference", with presentations and meetings decided on the
> spot.
> >> Although we do know Jimmy Wales will be giving the keynote address. (!)
> >> Anyway, I plan to talk about SMW in one way or another there, and you
> can
> >> too, if you want to, or you can just show up and go to some interesting
> >> Wikipedia-related talks and discussions. If you've never been to
> Wikimania,
> >> I think it's a good chance to see what Wikimania is like, on a smaller
> >> scale.
> >>
> >> Finally, is it too early to start talking about the next official SMW
> users
> >> meeting? Possibly, although if not, I'm thinking it makes sense to have
> one
> >> in November 2009, a year after the last one (well, the last one that
> wasn't
> >> tied to some other conference); but in any case you have any opinions
> about
> >> the date, or about the location or anything else, I created a stub page
> for
> >> the meeting, here:
> >>
> >> http://smw.referata.com/wiki/SMW_Fall_2009_users_meeting
> >>
> >> Feel free to add your thoughts, if you're interested in going.
> >>
> >> -Yaron
> >>
> >>
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