Technologies 2001

[West, Matthew MR SSI-GREA-UK]

Dear David,

See comments.

Regards  
      Matthew
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Price [mailto:dmprice at us.ibm.com]
> Sent: 05 February 2001 21:42
> To: wg10 at steptools.com
> Subject: Fwd:Technologies 2001
> 
> 
> WG10,
> 
> I saw a few familiar names on this agenda (Daniel 
> Rivers-Moore for one).
> Anyone planning on attending or presenting anything SC4 is 
> working?  

MW Not me.

> In a
> related question, after looking at the agenda I'm wondering how in the
> world a standard as conceptual and abstract as Topic Maps is getting
> attention at in W3C and at a conference like this and nothing 
> SC4 is doing
> seems to be.

MW: This one is easy. We deal mostly with CAD drawings and technical
engineering data. That is a minority sport. Topic Maps deals with just about
everything.

Of course much of our work is relevant outside engineering, but we don't do
much to advetise that.

> 
> Thanks,
> David
> 
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> Oooo.
> (UNC)
>  ) /
> (*/
> 
> ---------------------- Forwarded by David Price/Bethesda/IBM 
> on 02/05/2001
> 04:39 PM ---------------------------
> 
> kt2001 at gca.org on 02/05/2001 03:55:42 PM
> 
> To:   David Price/Bethesda/IBM at IBMUS
> cc:
> Subject:  Technologies 2001
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> KNOWLEDGE TECHNOLOGIES 2001 ANNOUNCES LOTUS, REUTERS, CYCORP 
> AND XML.COM
> CONFERENCE KEYNOTES
> 
> GCA (the Graphic Communications Association) and IDEAlliance 
> are pleased to
> announce newly confirmed keynotes for the "Knowledge Technologies 2001
> Conference" (KT2001). Keynote presenters will be Al Zollar, 
> President and
> CEO of Lotus Development Corp.; Dr. Nic Fulton, Chief 
> Technology Strategist
> for Reuterspace (a division of Reuters); Douglas B. Lenat, 
> President and
> CEO of Cycorp, Inc; and Edd Dumbill, Managing Editor of XML.com.
> 
> Knowledge Technologies 2001 introduces the next technology 
> revolution for
> Web professionals. Sponsored by GCA and IDEAlliance, this new event
> explores the latest advances in the Semantic Web, Ontologies, 
> Topic Maps
> and XTM, RDF, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Interchange and 
> Electronic
> Media Management, as well as many other emerging technologies. For a
> complete description of tutorials, conference presentations 
> and information
> on registering, visit the conference website:
> http://www.knowledgetechnologies.net.
> 
> * PLEASE NOTE--Special hotel conference-rate expires on 
> February 7. Make
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> Complete information available at
> http://www.gca.org/attend/2001_conferences/kt_2001/hotel.htm.
> 
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