Update: According to Jim Casale in the comments, they've now made the times and locations visible, so I can update the sessions db without moral qualms.
The session dates and locations were added the web a few days ago, and so I dutifully added all that data to the sessions database. It was clearly public - Ed even announced that they were available with times and locations - but then IBM got rid of the information. Still, I left it in my sessions database, as I had clearly gotten it as public data. No moral dilemma there.
But now the BOFs have been added, and as you can see the time and location is not visible.
The moral quandary comes in because the times and locations are on each page, just hidden. See them below. So, do I use those hidden-in-plain-sight details to get a first guess schedule for the sessions database, or do I presume that hidden means private, even if they are not well hidden? What do you think? In the meantime, I guess you BOF presenters know how to get a quick idea of when and where you might be.
<input name="d_sessionid" type="hidden" value="BOF215">
<input name="d_sessiondate" type="hidden" value="01/21/2009">
<input name="d_sessiontime" type="hidden" value="5:45pm - 6:45pm">
<input name="d_sessionlocation" type="hidden" value="SW Osprey 1-2">
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