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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%"><b><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">#
Vocarnival</font></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%">The Vocabulary
Carnival (Vocarnival) at SEMANTiCS 2018 is a unique
opportunity for vocabulary publishers to showcase and share their
work, meet the growing community of vocabulary publishers and
users,
and build useful semantic, technical and social links. The
Vocarnival
forms part of the SEMANTiCS programme with the Carnival Minute
Madness and the marketplace.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.18cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%"><b><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">Which
are the expected vocabulary types? </font></b>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.18cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">All
types! A very wide vocabulary definition applies to this
competition,
including ontologies, classifications, thesauri, concept and
metadata
schemes, independently of their format, be it RDF or not.</font></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.18cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%"><b><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">When
is the submission deadline?</font></b></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.18cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">The
submission deadline is set for September 3, 2018, 23:30 CET
time. </font>
</p>
<p style="margin-top: 0.18cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">Get
familiar with the technical requirements and the presentation
format
for your vocabulary submission. Afterwards, follow the steps
below
and get honored by a special prize if you have one of the best
three
posters. The winners will be announced during the respective
Vocarnival Session at SEMANTiCS 2018. Please find all
information
here: </font><a
href="https://2018.semantics.cc/vocabulary-carnival"><font
color="#1155cc"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><u>https://2018.semantics.cc/vocabulary-carnival</u></font></font></a><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">
</font>
</p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0.18cm; margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%"><b><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">How
to submit your Vocabulary to the Carnival? </font></b>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><b>Step
1:</b></font><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"> Make sure
your
vocabulary is accessible on the Web via a public URI.</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><b>Step
2:</b></font><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"> Submit
your
vocabulary here:
</font><a
href="https://2018.semantics.cc/submit-vocabulary-vocarnival"><font
color="#1155cc"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><u>https://2018.semantics.cc/submit-vocabulary-vocarnival</u></font></font></a><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">
</font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%" align="left"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><b>Step
3:</b></font><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"> Register
to
SEMANTiCS 2018: </font><a
href="https://2018.semantics.cc/prices"><font color="#1155cc"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><u>https://2018.semantics.cc/prices</u></font></font></a><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">
</font>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><b>Step
4:</b></font><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"> Every
poster
will be presented in our exhibition area. The organising
committee
will select the best vocabulary poster and presentation for the
awards.</font></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%"><b><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">#
DBpedia Day - Call for Participation</font></b></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">At
the beginning of SEMANTiCS 2018, the DBpedia Community will get
together on the</font><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><b>
</b></font><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">10th
of September for the DBpedia Day. Besides the following
highlights,
we want you to be a part of the day by telling us what cool
things
you do with DBpedia. Submit your proposal in our form:
</font><a href="https://goo.gl/forms/ngRWCjgH9ocDCrEb2"><font
color="#1155cc"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><u>https://goo.gl/forms/ngRWCjgH9ocDCrEb2</u></font></font></a><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">!</font></p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><b>Highlights</b></font></p>
<p><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="background: transparent">- Keynote #1: Dealing with
Open Domain Data by Mathieu d’Aquin (NUI Galway)</span></font></font><font
color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="background: transparent"></span></font></font></p>
<p><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="background: transparent">- Keynote #2: Linked Open
Data cloud - act now before it’s too late by Javier
Fernández García (WU Wien)</span></font></font></p>
<p><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">- DBpedia Association hour
</font> </p>
<p><font color="#000000"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><span
style="background: transparent"></span></font></font><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">- DBpedia Chapter Session </font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><b>Important
Facts</b></font></p>
<p><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">- Web URL: </font><a
href="http://wiki.dbpedia.org/meetings/Vienna2018"><font
color="#1155cc"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><u>http://wiki.dbpedia.org/meetings/Vienna2018</u></font></font></a></p>
<p><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">- When: September 10th,
2018</font> </p>
<p><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">- Where: Gußhaus Campus of
Vienna's Technical University, Gußhausstraße 27-29, 1040 Vienna,
Austria</font></p>
<p><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">- Call for Contribution:
Submit your proposal in our for</font><font style="font-size:
12pt" size="3">m </font><a
href="https://goo.gl/forms/ngRWCjgH9ocDCrEb2"><font
color="#1155cc"><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><u>https://goo.gl/forms/ngRWCjgH9ocDCrEb2</u></font></font></a>
</p>
<p><font style="font-size: 12pt" size="3">- Attending the DBpedia
Community Meeting costs €50 (excl. registration fee and VAT).
DBpedia members get free admission, please contact your nearest
DBpedia chapter or the </font><a href="mailto:holze@infai.org"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><u>DBpedia Association</u></font></a><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"> for a promotion code.</font>
</p>
<p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 115%"><font
style="font-size: 12pt" size="3"><i>We
are looking forward to your contributions and to seeing you at
the
SEMANTiCS in Vienna! </i></font>
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