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UOS Application Dialog
IntroductionDagobert Soergel
College of Information Studies, University of Maryland
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Purpose of this session
• Identify benefits of upper ontologies
• Identify benefits of aligning existing upper ontologies
• Identify requirements for upper ontologies
• Identify research issues
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Purpose of this session
• Identify benefits of upper ontologiesIdentify applications where the use of an upper ontology gives– improved efficiency in system creation and/or – better system performance in terms of better reasoning
or retrieval etc.• Identify benefits of aligning existing upper ontologies
for improving interoperability among applications • Identify requirements for upper ontologies
from the perspective of (potential) adopters• Identify research issues on the path towards
meeting application requirements and interoperability
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Agenda
9:00 AM - Introduction – Dagobert Soergel
9:10 AM - Upper Ontologists: Application examples
10:10 AM - Stakeholders and potential funders
10:30 AM - Break
11:00 AM - Open dialog: Potential of upper ontologies
– Upper ontologists – Stakeholders– Application builders
12:00 NOON - ADJOURN
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9:10 AM - Upper Ontologists: Application examplesCyc applications – Doug Lenat, CycorpSUMO applications – Adam Pease, Articulate SoftwareISO 15926 applications – Matthew West, ShellDOLCE applications – Nicola Guarino
ChargePresent an example where the use of an upper ontology
made a real difference in practice; Help those not steeped in logic understand the need for
formalization and axioms; Illustrate the importance of aligning existing upper ontologies
to achieve interoperability among practical applications.
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10:10 AM - Stakeholders and potential funders
John Walker, NSA
TBA, NSF
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Comments and reactions to the presentations with a view to next steps towards implementation
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Agenda
11:00 AM - Open dialog: Potential of upper ontologies – Upper ontologists – Stakeholders– Application builders
Chris Welty, IBMMike Uschold, BoeingConor Shankey, Visual Knowledge Miles Davis (on Digital Harbor & Metatomix applications)Tom Beckman, Beckman AssociatesDave McComb, Semantic Arts
ChargeGive more examples so we can start to build guidelinesIdentify requirements to make the use of upper ontologies easier.
12:00 NOON - ADJOURN