SDK Cluster Ontology Working Group Meeting

Welcome

Rudi Studer

Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe

http://www.aifb.uni-karlsruhe.de/WBS

FZI Research Center on Information Technologies (WIM), Karlsruhe

http://www.fzi.de/wim

Ontoprise GmbH, Karlsruhe

http://www.ontoprise.de

AIFB

Grenoble, April 7-8, 2005

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SDK Mission Statement

Strengthen European Research and Industry in Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services

Work towards international standardization together with US-based programs, like DAML

Promoting project‘s research results to industry and academia through joint dissemination

Strength world-wide research and standardization in Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services field

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Objectives

Industry– Joint dissemination to industry (road show)

– Joint standardization efforts

Education– Joint tutorials

Research– Joint dissemination to research (ESWS/ESWC)

– Alignment of research efforts

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SDK Projects

DIP (Data, Information and Process with Semantic Web Services)

http://dip.semanticweb.org/

KnowledgeWeb http://knowledgeweb.semanticweb.org/

SEKT (Semantically-Enabled Knowledge Technologies)

http://www.sekt-project.com/

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SDK Organizing CommitteeOperative Manager: Christen Ensor

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Current SDK Working Groups

Semantic Web Services (WSMO)– Chaired by Chris Bussler and Dieter Fensel

Ontology Management– Chaired by Rudi Studer

Standardisation Coordination Group (SCG)– Chaired by Elmar Dorner

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SDK Ontology Management Working Group

Coordinate research activities that are related to all aspects of ontology management, especially– methods and tools

• Ontology mediation• Ontology evolution

– language aspects

– architectures / APIs

Previous Meeting:– SDK Ontology Working group meeting at SDK Kick-Off

(Karlsruhe, April 2004)

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Agenda for Thursday, the 7th of April 2005

10:00 - 10:30: Welcome (Rudi Studer) 10:30 - 12:30: Evolution session, led by UKARL 12:30 - 14:00: Lunch (Buffet in the lab's cafeteria) 14:00 - 16:00: Mapping session, led by INRIA 16:00 - 16:30: Coffee break 16:30 - 18:30: OM tool fair session, led by Ontotext 20:00: Dinner at Chez Margo in Grenoble

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Agenda for Friday, the 8th of April 2005

9:00 - 10:30: Three work sessions in parallel(Evolution, Mapping, OM tool fair)

10:30 - 10:45: Coffee 10:45 - 12:30: Continued work sessions 12:30 - 13:30: Lunch 13:30 - 15:30: Continued work sessions or

individual one-to-one talks 15:30 - 16:00: Plenary, summary, wrap-up

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SDK Ontology Management Working Group

Feedback to this meeting

Next meetings:– What objectives

• Information sharing• Reuse of methods / tools• joint technical work

– What structure• Plenary• Working groups• Bilateral meetings

– What timing and location• Attached to other meeting• Stand-alone meeting