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New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World ([http://isaw.nyu.edu ISAW]) will host the Linked Ancient World Data Institute (LAWDI) from May 31st to June 2nd, 2012 in New York City. “Linked Open Data” is an approach to the creation of digital resources that emphasises connection between diverse digital resources on the basis of published and stable web addresses (URIs) that identify common concepts and discrete pieces of information. LAWDI, funded by the Office of Digital Humanities of the National Endowment for Humanities, will bring together an international faculty of practitioners working in the field of Linked Data with twenty attendees who are implementing or planning the creation of digital resources. LAWDI’s intellectual scope is the Ancient Mediterranean and Ancient Near East, two fields in which a large and increasing number of digital resources are available, with rich coverage of the archaeology, literature and history of these regions. Many of these resource publish stable URIs for their content and so are enabling links and re-use that create a varied research and publication environment. LAWDI attendees will learn how to take advantage of these resources and also how to contribute to the growing network of linked scholarly materials. The organizers encourage applications from faculty, university staff, graduate students, librarians, museum professionals, archivists and others with a serious interest in creating digital resources for the study of the Ancient World. Applications to attend should take the form of a one-page statement of interest e-mailed to <sebastian.heath@nyu.edu>. A discussion of current or planned work should be a prominent part of this statement. Further materials describing LAWDI and listing faculty are available at http://wiki.digitalclassicist.org/Linked_Ancient_World_Data_Instiute. Questions can be sent to tom.elliott@nyu.edu or sebastian.heath@nyu.edu.


A second session of LAWDI will also take place from May 30 to June 1 of 2013 at Drew University in New Jersey (http://drew.edu).
The Linked Ancient World Data Institute (LAWDI) was an NEH-Funded program that hosted two three-day workshops that took place a year apart in May/June of 2012 and 2013. The first LAWDI event was hosted by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, the second took place at Drew University.


At the end of the last gathering a decision was made to use the Twitter hashtag #LAWDI to communicate any work relevant to the use of Linked Open Data for ancient studies. Because the term is no longer tied to any specific institution or event, LAWDI now stands for "Linked Ancient World Data Initiative."
===LAWDI 2013 Announcement===
Drew University and New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World ([http://isaw.nyu.edu ISAW]) will host the Linked Ancient World Data Institute (LAWDI) from May 30th to June 1st, 2013. The venue for the 2013 session will be the Drew University campus in New Jersey.
“[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_Data Linked Open Data]” is an approach to the creation of digital resources that emphasizes connections between diverse information on the basis of published and stable web addresses (URIs) that identify common concepts and individual items. LAWDI, funded by the [http://www.neh.gov/odh/ Office of Digital Humanities of the National Endowment for Humanities], brings together an international faculty of practitioners working in the field of Linked Data with twenty attendees who are implementing or planning the creation of digital resources. Travel costs will be covered for students from the United States. Partial travel stipends are likely to be available to overseas participants. Accommodation on the Drew University campus will be provided to all participants.
LAWDI’s intellectual scope is the '''Ancient Mediterranean and Ancient Near East''', two fields in which a large and increasing number of digital resources is available, with rich coverage of the archaeology, literature and history of these regions. Many of these resources publish stable URIs for their content and so are enabling links and re-use that create a varied research and publication environment. LAWDI attendees will learn how to take advantage of these resources and also how to contribute to the growing network of linked scholarly materials. A report on the first LAWDI session has appeared in ''Information Standards Quarterly'': http://dx.doi.org/10.3789/isqv24n2-3.2012.08 .
The organizers encourage applications from faculty, university staff, graduate students, librarians, museum professionals, archivists and others with a serious interest in creating digital resources for the study of the Ancient World. Applications to attend should take the form of an attached (MS-Word, PDF or other common format) one-page statement of interest e-mailed to <sebastian.heath@nyu.edu> by '''Monday, February 18'''. A discussion of current or planned work should be a prominent part of this statement. As part of the curriculum, successful applicants will be asked to present their work and be ready to actively participate in conversations about topics presented by faculty and the other participants.
There is a [[LAWDI announcement]] suitable for distribution. The twitter hashtag is [https://twitter.com/search/realtime?q=%23lawdi #lawdi]


===LAWDI Organizers===
===LAWDI Organizers===
* Tom Elliott, Project Director,  
* Tom Elliott, Project Director, ([http://isaw.nyu.edu/people/staff/tom-elliott ISAW])
* Sebastian Heath, Project Manager
* Sebastian Heath, Project Manager ([http://isaw.nyu.edu/people/faculty/sebastian-heath ISAW])
* John Muccigrosso, Drew University
* John Muccigrosso, 2013 Host ([http://www.users.drew.edu/jmuccigr/ Drew U.])


===2012 Faculty===
===LAWDI 2013 Faculty===
* Gabriel Bodard, Kings College London ([http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/people/core/bodard/index.aspx KCL Page])
* Bridget Almas, Perseus Digital Library ([http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/about/who/bridgetAlmas Perseus])
* Gabriel Bodard, Kings College London ([http://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums/depts/ddh/people/research/bodard/index.aspx KCL Page])
* Hugh Cayless, NYU Library/ISAW ([http://papyri.info Papyri.info])
* Hugh Cayless, NYU Library/ISAW ([http://papyri.info Papyri.info])
* Gregory Crane, Tufts University ([http://www.perseus.tufts.edu Perseus])
* Sean Gillies, NYU/ISAW ([http://pleiades.stoa.org Pleiades])
* Sean Gillies, NYU/ISAW ([http://pleiades.stoa.org Pleiades])
* Ethan Gruber, American Numismatic Society ([http://numismatics.org/ ANS], [http://nomisma.org Nomisma])
* Ethan Gruber, American Numismatic Society ([http://numismatics.org/About/EthanGruber ANS], [http://nomisma.org Nomisma])
* Corey Harper, New York University Libraries ([http://lod-lam.net/summit/author/charper/ LOD-LAM Page]))
* Leif Isaksen, Southampton ([http://pelagios-project.blogspot.com/ Pelagios])
* Leif Isaksen, Southampton ([http://pelagios-project.blogspot.com/ Pelagios])
* Charles Jones, NYU/ISAW ([http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/ Ancient World Online])
* Charles Jones, NYU/ISAW ([http://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/ Ancient World Online])
* Eric Kansa, Alexandria Archive ([http://opencontext.org Open Context])
* Eric Kansa, Alexandria Archive ([http://opencontext.org Open Context])
* Andrew Meadows, American Numismatic Society ([http://numismatics.org/ ANS], [http://nomisma.org Nomisma])
* Andrew Meadows, American Numismatic Society ([http://numismatics.org/About/AndrewMeadows ANS], [http://nomisma.org Nomisma])
* Daniel Pett, British Museum/Portable Antiquities Scheme ([http://finds.org.uk/ Portable Antiquities Scheme])
* Daniel Pett, British Museum/Portable Antiquities Scheme ([http://finds.org.uk/ Portable Antiquities Scheme])
* Andrew Reinhard, American School of Classical Studies ([http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/publications ASCSA Publications])
* Andrew Reinhard, American School of Classical Studies ([http://www.ascsa.edu.gr/index.php/publications ASCSA Publications])
* Edward Summers, Library of Congress ([http://inkdroid.org/journal/ Blog])
* Christopher Warner, NYU/ISAW ([http://weblog.kernelcode.com/ Kernel Code])
* Christopher Warner, NYU/ISAW ([http://weblog.kernelcode.com/ Kernel Code])


Please note that the above list may change.
===LAWDI 2013 Documents===
* [[LAWDI 2013 Things to read]]
* [[LAWDI 2013 Websites]]




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Latest revision as of 19:07, 5 February 2016

The Linked Ancient World Data Institute (LAWDI) was an NEH-Funded program that hosted two three-day workshops that took place a year apart in May/June of 2012 and 2013. The first LAWDI event was hosted by the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, the second took place at Drew University.

At the end of the last gathering a decision was made to use the Twitter hashtag #LAWDI to communicate any work relevant to the use of Linked Open Data for ancient studies. Because the term is no longer tied to any specific institution or event, LAWDI now stands for "Linked Ancient World Data Initiative."

LAWDI 2013 Announcement

Drew University and New York University’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World (ISAW) will host the Linked Ancient World Data Institute (LAWDI) from May 30th to June 1st, 2013. The venue for the 2013 session will be the Drew University campus in New Jersey.

“Linked Open Data” is an approach to the creation of digital resources that emphasizes connections between diverse information on the basis of published and stable web addresses (URIs) that identify common concepts and individual items. LAWDI, funded by the Office of Digital Humanities of the National Endowment for Humanities, brings together an international faculty of practitioners working in the field of Linked Data with twenty attendees who are implementing or planning the creation of digital resources. Travel costs will be covered for students from the United States. Partial travel stipends are likely to be available to overseas participants. Accommodation on the Drew University campus will be provided to all participants.

LAWDI’s intellectual scope is the Ancient Mediterranean and Ancient Near East, two fields in which a large and increasing number of digital resources is available, with rich coverage of the archaeology, literature and history of these regions. Many of these resources publish stable URIs for their content and so are enabling links and re-use that create a varied research and publication environment. LAWDI attendees will learn how to take advantage of these resources and also how to contribute to the growing network of linked scholarly materials. A report on the first LAWDI session has appeared in Information Standards Quarterly: http://dx.doi.org/10.3789/isqv24n2-3.2012.08 .

The organizers encourage applications from faculty, university staff, graduate students, librarians, museum professionals, archivists and others with a serious interest in creating digital resources for the study of the Ancient World. Applications to attend should take the form of an attached (MS-Word, PDF or other common format) one-page statement of interest e-mailed to <sebastian.heath@nyu.edu> by Monday, February 18. A discussion of current or planned work should be a prominent part of this statement. As part of the curriculum, successful applicants will be asked to present their work and be ready to actively participate in conversations about topics presented by faculty and the other participants.

There is a LAWDI announcement suitable for distribution. The twitter hashtag is #lawdi

LAWDI Organizers

  • Tom Elliott, Project Director, (ISAW)
  • Sebastian Heath, Project Manager (ISAW)
  • John Muccigrosso, 2013 Host (Drew U.)

LAWDI 2013 Faculty

Please note that the above list may change.

LAWDI 2013 Documents

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