The Research Vocabularies Ecosystem in Australia: Continuing the Conversation

This BoF session will continue the discussion established at eResearch 2023, which introduced the proposed Vocabularies Roadmap for Australia, and the vocabularies ecosystem. Since the 2023 BoF, the coordinating team have taken feedback on the roadmap draft and continued to develop the Roadmap, with the public release of the Vocabularies Roadmap occurring in 2024 Q3. A key element of the Roadmap is the need for the coordination of the vocabulary ecosystem in Australia. We see the ecosystem as a set of robust institutions spread among several interrelated components that work together to ensure the effective creation, management, and use of vocabularies. These components include stakeholders and relationships, governance arrangements, policy frameworks, standards, subject matter and technical skills, and infrastructure tools and technologies. The purpose of this 2024 BoF will be to establish interest in participation in the roadmap among those organisations and people that have a role in the vocabulary ecosystem. This BoF will therefore explore the following: - An overview of the content of the Roadmap - Key short and medium term goals established in the Roadmap - Interest among BoF participants in contributing to these goals - Possible additional goals and future directions for vocabulary ecosystem participants - Potential implementation pathways