----------------------------------------- * Newsletter TMRA - January 2008 * TMRA 2008 - "Subject-centric Computing" * Leipzig, Germany, * * tutorials@TMRA – 15 October 2008 * TMRA 2008 – 16-17 October 2008 * http://www.tmra.de/2008/ ----------------------------------------- Dear friends and supporters of TMRA, we are proud to announce, that TMRA 2008, the fourth international conference on Topic Maps research and applications, will take place on 16-17 October 2008. Following the tradition of the last years, the conference venue will be the media campus in Leipzig, Germany. TMRA 2008 will be preceded by tutorials@TMRA 2008, a full day of in-depth tutorials, on 15 October 2008. Please mark these dates in your diaries. The motto of TMRA 2008 is "Subject-centric Computing". Read more about the motto below. We invite several kinds of contributions, such as full and short papers, presentations, posters, demonstrations and tutorials, from both, science and industry. The deadline for all submissions is 30 May 2008. The success of the conferences mainly depends on the input from the community. We cordially invite you to present your work at TMRA 2008 and to make TMRA 2008 more visible. Below some ideas are given, how you can help to campaign TMRA 2008 and Topic Mapping. The website of TMRA 2008 has a URL quite simple to remember: www.tmra.de/2008/ Greetings from Leipzig Lutz Maicher “Subject-centric Computing” – the motto of TMRA 2008 ==================================================== As Peter Brown emphasised in his closing keynote in 2007, traditional information organization is focused on documents, folders, and files, which are all 18th century terms. Topic Maps, on the other hand, are subject-centric, in the sense that they organize information by what it is about. Users, however, typically think and act in a subject-centric way. They don't look for certain document or folder, but for information about a particular subject that they are interested in. Shifting the information architecture to a subject-centric perspective, means changing the way software and interfaces are designed. Subject-centric computing is based on the appropriate handling of subject identity, which is the mechanism for deciding whether or not two different objects represent the same subject. Identity-aware subject-centric computing empowers a new level of interactivity between systems at global scale. The goal of TMRA 2008 is nothing less than the break-through of subject-centric computing. The latest version of the call for contributions is available at [1]. The deadline for all submissions is 30 May 2008. [1] http://www.tmra.de/2008/TMRA2008_call_for_papers.html Your help for TMRA 2008 ======================= If you want to help to campaign TMRA 2008 and Topic Mapping, please add an TMRA 2008 announcement to your blog or at your website. Furthermore, please forward this newsletter to friends and colleagues who might be interested in Topic Mapping and TMRA 2008. If you motivate them to subscribe to this newsletter, they will always be informed about the latest TMRA news. There is a printed conference leaflet available [2]. If you have the opportunity to deliver some leaflets, or if you want to have some printed material about TMRA 2008 at hand, please send a short request by email to us (lutz.maicher@tmra.de). We will send you the requested number of copies to your address for free. [2] http://www.tmra.de/2008/brochure/TMRA2008_leaflet.pdf TMRA 2008 SPONSORSHIP ===================== For providing a stimulating setting for TMRA 2008 the organization team depends on sponsorships. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of TMRA, please contact Lutz.Maicher@tmra.de for detailed information. ------------------------------------------------------------- The TMRA Team hopes to keep you informed with our newsletters. If you have any questions, ideas, etc. concerning TMRA, we are looking forward to your email: info@tmra.de