Linked Pasts is a symposium series dedicated to facilitating practical and pragmatic developments in Linked Open Data in History, Classics, Geography and Archaeology. It brings together leading exponents of Linked Data from both academia and the Cultural Heritage sector to address the obstacles to and issues raised by developing a digital ecosystem of online open materials.

Day 1 will use a series of position papers to set up discussion on the themes of Time, Place and People, and issues of Open Data and Users. This will be followed by a series of presentations from the successful recipients of the Pelagios resource development grants. All participants will have the opportunity to present posters during the extended evening networking session.

Day 2 will comprise a series of activities to identify and plan concrete steps for reducing barriers to producing and making use of Linked Data in real-world scenarios.

Refreshments (tea/coffee, lunch) will be provided, along with a reception on Thursday 15th. The event is free of charge but places are limited.

A number of travel bursaries will also be available. For bursary information, please contact commons@pelagios.org.

Schedule

Day 1

10:00-10:30 Coffee & Registration

10:30-11:00 Welcome – Linked Pasts - An emerging Ecosystem?

11:00-12:00 Keynote – Rob Sanderson (J.Paul Getty Trust)

12:00-12:10 Break

12:10-12:30 Time – Kai-Christian Bruhn (Mainz)
12:30-12:50 Geo – Maxim Romanov (Leipzig)
12:50-13:10 People – Nicole Coleman (Stanford)
13:10-13:30 – Discussion

13:30-15:00 Lunch

15:00-15:20 Users – Gretchen Gueguen (DPLA)
15:20-15:35 CROALA Index Locorum – Nina Cengic (Zagreb)
15:35-15:50 Cross-Cultural After Life of Classical Sites (CALCS) – Valeria Vitale (KCL)
15:50-16:05 Kima: Towards a Hebrew Gazetteer – Glauco Mantegari & Sinai Rusinek (VLJI)
16:05-16:20 Linking Linked Places – Karl Grossner
16:20-16:35 Medieval Iberia through Pelagios Commons – Gimena del Rio Riande (CONICET)
16:35-17:00 Discussion

17:00-19:00 Wine reception, posters and networking.

Dinner at El Urogallo

Day 2

9:00-10:00 Pelagios Commons SIG Mixer (all welcome)

10:00-10:30 Coffee

10:30-11:30 Linked Pasts Interest Groups
11:30-12:00 Reporting

12:00-12:10 Break

12:00-13:15 Break Out 1
13:15-13:30 Reporting

13:30-15:00 Lunch

15:00-16:15 Break Out 2
16:15-16:30 Coffee & Reporting
16:30-17:00 Wrap-up

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