[Oxon-swig-discuss] Fwd: [OpenGuides-Oxford] OpenGuides hackfest, 18th-19th October

[Inigo Surguy]

I think the OpenGuides hackfest (below) has some interest for Semantic
Web people. The OpenGuides project provides local area wikis such as
the Oxford Guide wiki:
   http://oxford.openguides.org/wiki/

and provides RDF/XML versions of the semantic data in all of its pages.

Is anyone else is interested in turning up to their hackfest and
seeing what we can do with all this RDF?

(In fact, a while ago I wrote some code that would scrape the Oxford
OpenGuides RDF/XML into a local repo and provide a SPARQL interface
for querying it, but never got round to publishing it - maybe an
opportunity to dig that out and brush the dust off)

Inigo

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Dominic Hargreaves <dom at earth.li>
Date: Tue, Aug 19, 2008 at 3:54 PM
Subject: [OpenGuides-Oxford] OpenGuides hackfest, 18th-19th October
To: openguides-dev at lists.openguides.org,
openguides-oxford at lists.openguides.org, talk-gb at openstreetmap.org


I am pleased to announce the 2008 OpenGuides hackfest, to be held in
Oxford, UK.

Information about the event will be updated on
http://dev.openguides.org/wiki/OxfordHackfest2008 but here are the
details:

= When? =

 * Saturday 18th October 11am-8pm
 * Sunday 19th October 11am-5pm

= Where? =

 * Oxford University Computing Services, Banbury Road
  <http://oxford.openguides.org/wiki/?Oxford_University_Computing_Services>
 * Travel info: <http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/about/travel.xml>
 * Note: the front door is locked at the weekend; either make a prior
  arrangement with us to arrive at a specified time, or be prepared to
  use a mobile phone when you arrive to be let in.

= What? =

Here are some ideas for what we could do:

 * make a CSS design suitable for shipping with the default OpenGuides
  distribution
 * implement a global OpenGuides portal
 * improve the mobile device support of OpenGuides
 * improve the user interface of OpenGuides
 * fix/triage a hundred and one little bugs
  <http://dev.openguides.org/report/1>
 * meet like-minded people, hack, socialise, maybe even do some Oxford
  data collection if you want to get out in the open
 * work on integration with Open Street Map
 * anything else OpenGuides-related that you can think of

= Beer =

The Oxford Beer Festival <http://oxfordcamra.org.uk/festival2008.php>
is running from Thursday 16th October to Saturday 18th October.
Possibilities include a lunchtime excursion on Saturday, or a meetup
on Friday evening. Bear in mind that it is recommended to arrive
by 6pm on the Friday in order to avoid long queues.

= Connectivity =

 * Wired and wireless access
 * Bring a laptop if you have one!

= Food and drink =

 * Tea and coffee will be available during the day
 * There are plenty of sandwich shops in the vicinity for lunch
 * There may well be an evening meal on the Saturday evening

= Accommodation =

There are several possibilities for hostels, B&Bs and hotels in Oxford
if you are coming from outside Oxford and looking to stay on Friday or
Saturday night. Additionally if you are on a budget and would like to
crash in someone's spare room/floor, let us know (see below for contact
info) and we'll try and hook you up with someone.

= Sign up =

Please let us if you will be attending (so we know who to expect, and
total numbers), and whether you would be interested in a visit to the
beer festival on Friday, or a meal on Saturday (including dietary
preferences/requirements), by emailing us:

mailto:oxford-hackfest-2008 at openguides.org

Note that emailing us doesn't compel you to come, so even if you're
not sure, we would appreciate an email.

= Questions =

Email us: mailto:oxford-hackfest-2008 at openguides.org

= Thanks =

Special thanks to OUCS management for allowing us to use the meeting
rooms for this event.

--
Dominic Hargreaves | http://www.larted.org.uk/~dom/
PGP key 5178E2A5 from the.earth.li (keyserver,web,email)

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