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More Answers Than Questions. Giving. Harvard Map Collection | Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University. Moving Historical Geodata to the Web | Center for Geographic Analysis, Harvard University. Moving Historical Geodata to the Web The New York Public LibrarySupported by the Alfred P. Sloan FoundationNovember 5-7, 2014 [meeting notes by Lex Berman] PDF: agenda participants Hosted by Matt Knutzen, Geospatial Librarian for NYPL, this meeting built upon the successful digitization of the NYPL map collection and established common ground with other similar institutional projects.

In his opening remarks, Knutzen described the transformation of more than 20,000 historical map sheets in the NYPL collection into digital images that were subsequently made available to the general public. Each of the pieces of the NYPL transformative workflows to turn paper maps into a variety of searchable resources on the web resulted in important findings. The automation of the "first pass" in creating building footprints saved an enormous amount of time, and enabled the creation of the crowd-sourced quality control and data entry tool, called Building Inspector.

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As is the case since we first published it in 2000, compilation of the list is a yearlong collaborative effort among colleagues, analysts, system integrators and a select group of users. As it has been for 13 years, the list is intended to spark a larger discussion of knowledge management. Hence, we consider this list to be a work in progress.

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Founded on 23 February 1947, the organization promotes worldwide proprietary, industrial and commercial standards. It is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland,[2] and as of 2013 works in 164 countries.[4] It was one of the first organizations granted general consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council. Name and abbreviations[edit] The three official languages of the ISO are English, French, and Russian.[3] The name of the organization in French is Organisation internationale de normalisation, and in Russian, Международная организация по стандартизации. Both the name "ISO" and the logo are registered trademarks, and their use is restricted.[7] History[edit] Plaque marking the building in Prague where the ISO's predecessor, the ISA, was founded.

Structure[edit] IEC joint committees[edit] ISO guides. World Intellectual Property Organization. The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) is the global forum for intellectual property services, policy, information and cooperation. WIPO Translate WIPO has developed a ground-breaking new “artificial intelligence”-based translation tool for patent documents. WIPO Translate is free of charge and available through the PATENTSCOPE database. File, manage or search patents, trademarks, designs and appellations of origin. Not there yet? Learn all about intellectual property and how to protect it. Follow policy discussions and negotiations on the future development of IP in our standing committees and meetings. Patent Cooperation Treaty.

The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970. It provides a unified procedure for filing patent applications to protect inventions in each of its contracting states. A patent application filed under the PCT is called an international application, or PCT application. A single filing of an international application is made with a Receiving Office (RO) in one language. It then results in a search performed by an International Searching Authority (ISA), accompanied by a written opinion regarding the patentability of the invention, which is the subject of the application. It is optionally followed by a preliminary examination, performed by an International Preliminary Examining Authority (IPEA).[1] Finally, the relevant national or regional authorities administer matters related to the examination of application (if provided by national law) and issuance of patent.

History[edit] Accession[edit] Procedure[edit] Filing[edit] Publication[edit] Towards a "World Intellectual Wealth Organisation" Towards a Supporting the Geneva Declaration The Geneva Declaration is an impressive step towards the creation of a broad coalition of people, organisations and countries1 demanding that the international community re-think the goals and mechanisms for awarding monopoly control over different kinds of knowledge.

It offers many constructive, concrete suggestions for changes in WIPO goals, policies and priorities, and provides ample and insightful arguments for redesign of the copyright and patent bargains to better serve the public interest of all of humankind. We are convinced that new answers sometimes require new questions, not more careful repetition of old questions. While it may look at better, possibly more socially sustainable ways of granting ownership-like monopolies over different forms of knowledge, WIPO will not have an easy time looking for alternative solutions. References Signatories Organisations Individuals. Treaties and Contracting Parties: WIPO Convention. Convention Establishing the World Intellectual Property Organization. (Signed at Stockholm on July 14, 1967 andas amended on September 28, 1979) The Contracting Parties, Desiring to contribute to better understanding and co-operation among States for their mutual benefit on the basis of respect for their sovereignty and equality, Desiring, in order to encourage creative activity, to promote the protection of intellectual property throughout the world, Desiring to modernize and render more efficient the administration of the Unions established in the fields of the protection of industrial property and the protection of literary and artistic works, while fully respecting the independence of each of the Unions, Agree as follows: Article 1Establishment of the Organization The World Intellectual Property Organization is hereby established.

Article 2Definitions For the purposes of this Convention: (i) “Organization” shall mean the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO); (ii) “International Bureau” shall mean the International Bureau of Intellectual Property;