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Ontology Interest Group  Interested in ontology?  We have a group for you!  Not sure what ontology is, or why it's important?  Stop by and find out.  The Ontology Interest Group meets every other Thursday at 10 AM US Eastern time via Zoom.  The ontologists discuss the representation of scholarship as an ontology, study and incorporate work of others, to create a model that can be used across systems and applications.  Developers stop by to consider how the ontology might be used in software.  The discussions are always open.  Everyone is welcome to attend.  Some of the issues that have been discussed recently include:

• Representation of identifiers, including ORCiD, DOI, and others
• What identifiers to include in VIVO
• How to manage ontological change
• Licenses for ontology
• Representation of translations, and multiple languages
• Representation of projects and the relationship of projects to grants
• Representation of works in the performing and visual arts
• What constitutes ontology and what constitutes annotation for the purpose of supporting applications
• Fundamental issues regarding the representation of scholarly works

From time to time, the ontologists will spin off a group to work on a particular problem.  And this may result in a proposed design for some extension or revision of the ontology.

If you are interested, please join the ontology channel on Slack, and the interest group meetings.

National Forum on Expert Finder Systems  A new conference is being organized for Feb 28 - March 1 in Orlando, Florida.  The National Forum on Expert Finding Systems is sponsored by Elsevier.  From their web site:

Expert finder systems (EFS) have been serving universities, businesses, and the research community for more than two decades. However, there are still no formal venues for EFS stakeholders to network, learn from each other, and help steer the future of this dynamic field

Many of the organizers have a background in the VIVO community.  Should be interesting.this dynamic field.

Expert finder systems (EFS) have been serving universities, businesses, and the research community for more than two decades. However, there are still no foal venues for EFS stakeholders to network, learn from each other, and help steer the future of this dynamic field.

Go VIVO!

Mike

Mike Conlon 
VIVO Project Director