News and events
FISH website change 1 July 2016
July 01, 2016 Authors: Digital Standards Unit
Welcome to our new website! FISH changed its website on the 1st of July 2016. Content is largely the same but we have added a few new sections, such as pointers to other terminology and heritage information resources. We have changed the URL so please update your bookmark! Please share and contribute content. Help us improve the website by keeping it relevant and current. Let us know of any…
TOBIAS Workshops - classifying historical material, September 2016
June 10, 2016 Authors: Digital Standards Unit
Two indexing workshops, organized by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, will take place on 7 and 14 September 2016 (14:00 to 16:30). Location: Institute of Historical Research, Senate House, University of London WC1E 7HU London Click here to Sign up now! The workshops are based on the Institute of Historical Research's (IHR) digital Tobias project, which is publishing the Royal…
Taxonomy Boot Camp, London, October 2016
May 27, 2016 Authors: Digital Standards Unit
Synaptica, poolparty and ISKO UK are sponsoring a two-day Taxonomy Boot Camp on 18th and 19th October, to help further new applications and the development of skill sets in taxonomy construction. Organizations are increasingly recognizing the value of taxonomies to drive their data, content and information processes and this event will help explore different approaches to establishing taxonomy…
Information sharing strategies in the UK
May 16, 2016 Authors: Digital Standards Unit
There are a number of on-going data sharing initiatives happening across the country, involving cross-sectoral partnerships and collaboration to help protect, promote and enhance Britain's historic environment. Key initiatives include: the EU INSPIRE Directive (sharing spatial information across borders) Scotland’s Digital Future Strategy (marine environment data to be made public) the Scottish…
Conference: Terminology and Knowledge Engineering, June 2016
April 11, 2016 Authors: Digital Standards Unit
The 12th international conference on Terminology and Knowledge Engineering, TKE 2016, is organised by GTW and the Department of International Business Communication, Copenhagen Business School, in cooperation with TermNet and other associations and consortia, national and international organisations. Location: Copenhagen Business School, Copenhagen Conference - 22-23 June 2016: Term Bases and…
FISH Thesauri updated - Version 18
February 25, 2016 Authors: Digital Standards Unit
Candidate terms (terminology suggestions) are submitted to FISH all year round. Terms are processed and usually added to the FISH thesauri and authority files as and when they come in. Every six months or so the main thesauri are updated and uploaded to this website, where you can browse for a specific term, and Heritage Data, a related website, where you can download key thesauri as CSV, PDF and…
Terminology and Knowledge Organization in preserving digital memories
February 22, 2016 Authors: Digital Standards Unit
The conference will take place 14-16 April 2016, at the University Club of the Università della Calabria, Italy. The event is organized by Associazione Italiana per la Terminologia (Ass.I.Term), the Italian section of the International Society for Knowledge Organization (ISKO), and the Documentation Laboratory (LabDoc). The conference aims to stimulate discussion and facilitate information…
EWAGLOS Conservation Glossary now available
January 26, 2016 Authors: Digital Standards Unit
The EU funded EwaGlos Project has produced a downloadable PDF version of The Illustrated Glossary of Conservation Terms for Wall Paintings and Architectural Surfaces (October 2015). 'EwaGlos, which has been developed in eleven languages, highlights the crucial role that professionally developed multilingual vocabularies play in international preservation campaigns. The illustrated glossary…
International conference on Cultural Heritage (CH)
November 26, 2015 Authors: Digital Standards Unit
International Euro-Mediterranean Conference (EuroMed) - Call for Participation 31 October - 5 November 2016, Lemessos, Cyprus The International Conference on Cultural Heritage (CH) brings together researchers, policy makers, professionals and practitioners to explore some of the more pressing issues concerning cultural heritage today. The main goal of the conference is to focus on…
UDC Seminar 2015: Classification & Authority Control
November 02, 2015 Authors: Digital Standards Unit
The International UDC Seminar entitled "Classification & Authority Control: Expanding Resource Discovery" will take place in The National Library of Portugal in Lisbon, on 29-30 October 2015. Linked data practices and techniques have opened new possibilities in exploiting controlled vocabularies and improving resource discovery. Authority data held in library systems often includes classification…
CAA 2016 conference on use and re-use of archaeological data
November 02, 2015 Authors: Digital Standards Unit
The next Computer Applications and Quantitative Methods in Archaeology Conference (CAA 2016 Oslo) will take place 29 March to 2 April 2016 in Oslo, Norway. The focus will be on access, discovery and research reuse of archaeological datasets, and aims to stimulate discussion between researchers and data specialists, and to: Showcase best practices and relevant work supporting access and use of…
Historic Environment Scotland merger
October 27, 2015 Authors: Digital Standards Unit
Historic Environment Scotland, the new lead public body for the country’s historic environment, brings together Historic Scotland and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historic Monuments of Scotland, and will continue to be a vital member of FISH. More information on the merger can be found here.
