SDK Cluster Ontology Working Group Meeting Welcome Rudi Studer Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe FZI Research.

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