ICSTI winter 2006 workshop - information and data in e-science

ICSTI: 2006 Winter Meeting Workshop
Information and Data in e-Science: Making Seamless Access a Reality

February 3, 2006
Paris, France

The agenda includes CISTI's Director-General Bernard Dumouchel speaking on Knowledge Discovery

Knowledge discovery can enhance digital library services by providing richer, more interactive methods of accessing the collection. Although a new field, knowledge discovery complements the role of the library bringing in structure to information, and making that information useful. Knowledge discovery is a natural extension of the library’s traditional role of organizing documents. In this instance, however, documents are organized dynamically according to the relationship of their contents. Knowledge discovery is also an inherently participatory process. While knowledge discovery techniques can uncover hidden relationships in the data, only the user’s expertise can give those relationships meaning. CISTI is developing two knowledge discovery applications. ...

Note:
ICSTI = International Council for Scientific and Technical Information
CISTI = Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information