ONTOLOG - CWE Collaborative Work Environment An introduction to the [ontolog] Community Platform and Tool Suite 05-Nov-2003 – San Francisco, CA, USA Peter P. Yim (v 1.00) Presentation at the First ONTOLOG Workshop

Outline BackgroundBackground What is CIM3 & its ApproachWhat is CIM3 & its Approach People & CommunitiesPeople & Communities The Infrastructure & ToolsThe Infrastructure & Tools The ProcessThe Process Discussion / Q&ADiscussion / Q&A

Introducing CIM3 CIM Engineering, Inc. - San Mateo, CACIM Engineering, Inc. - San Mateo, CA Incorporated in California – Jan. 1989Incorporated in California – Jan Doing business as:Doing business as: cim3.com, cim3.net and cim3.org cim3.com, cim3.net and cim3.org CIM: Computer Integrated Manufacturing (with our origin in manufacturing and manufacturing systems)CIM: Computer Integrated Manufacturing (with our origin in manufacturing and manufacturing systems) CIM3:CIM3: originally, Computer Integrated-Man-Machine Manufacturing originally, Computer Integrated-Man-Machine Manufacturing now, Collaboration in huMan-Machine-Methodology now, Collaboration in huMan-Machine-Methodology

What Does CIM3 Do? Mission: to enable more effective distributed collaboration and project team work through bootstrapping collective intelligenceMission: to enable more effective distributed collaboration and project team work through bootstrapping collective intelligence Structured under:Structured under: cim3.com – the business arm of the company cim3.com – the business arm of the company cim3.net – the collaborative work environments where client Communities of Practice and distributed team workspaces are hosted cim3.net – the collaborative work environments where client Communities of Practice and distributed team workspaces are hosted cim3.org – the research arm, and holder of the companys open technology, content and other intellectual properties cim3.org – the research arm, and holder of the companys open technology, content and other intellectual properties Products/Services: Basic Hosting; Collaborative Work Environment Hosting (ASP); Professional Services; Infrastructure Customization & Deployment; System & Solution DevelopmentProducts/Services: Basic Hosting; Collaborative Work Environment Hosting (ASP); Professional Services; Infrastructure Customization & Deployment; System & Solution DevelopmentBasic HostingCollaborative Work Environment Hosting Basic HostingCollaborative Work Environment Hosting

The Hosting Facility

CIM3's Approach Augmentation - collaboration - human-machine interaction – bootstrappingAugmentation - collaboration - human-machine interaction – bootstrapping Openness - we use open-source software & comply with open standards as much as we can; we open-source our technology and content, and participate in open standards developmentOpenness - we use open-source software & comply with open standards as much as we can; we open-source our technology and content, and participate in open standards development Capitalizing on the Internet technology: taking itCapitalizing on the Internet technology: taking it from the research and academic network from the research and academic network to the current form as publishing media to the current form as publishing media to Transactions and Web Services to Transactions and Web Services onto being its future as knowledge media in the Semantic Web onto being its future as knowledge media in the Semantic Web Providing Enterprise performance, quality & robustnessProviding Enterprise performance, quality & robustness System built upon a knowledge architecture optimized for distributed teamworkSystem built upon a knowledge architecture optimized for distributed teamwork Emphasis on effectiveness and strategic value - not technologyEmphasis on effectiveness and strategic value - not technology Supporting the entire spectrum of users: from the uninitiated to the power usersSupporting the entire spectrum of users: from the uninitiated to the power users While we do open-source work, we believe in properly remunerating our contributorsWhile we do open-source work, we believe in properly remunerating our contributors

People & Communities People as an integral part of the systemPeople as an integral part of the system The Community Spectrum [Kaplan/iCohere]The Community Spectrum [Kaplan/iCohere] Affinity Groups Affinity Groups Learning Communities Learning Communities Communities of Practice Communities of Practice Project Teams Project Teams We optimize our infrastructure, tools and process for the latter twoWe optimize our infrastructure, tools and process for the latter two

The Collaboration Tool Suite archived forum [1]archived forum [1] [1] wiki – a read-and-write web [2]wiki – a read-and-write web [2] [2] document repository/file sharing workspace [3a] [3b] [3c]document repository/file sharing workspace [3a] [3b] [3c] [3a][3b]3c [3a][3b]3c Community of Practice (CoP) portal/website [4a]Community of Practice (CoP) portal/website [4a] [4a] Fine-grain access and linking (purple numbers) [5a] [5b] [5c]Fine-grain access and linking (purple numbers) [5a] [5b] [5c]purple numbers [5a][5b][5c]purple numbers [5a][5b][5c] Full-text search [6a] [6b] [6c] [6a][6b][6c] voice conferencing [7]7 Screen/application sharing [8] [8] instant messaging [9a] [9b]9a9b real-time chat session [10a] [10b]10a10b internationalization [11]11 Optimized for distributed teamwork [12] [12]

Ontological Engineering Tools kifb SUO-KIF Browser [Michael Sevcenko]kifb SUO-KIF Browser [Michael Sevcenko] kifb Browser v1.8kifb Browser v1.8 SUMO v1.566SUMO v SIGMA – Knowledge Engineering Environment [Adam Pease]SIGMA – Knowledge Engineering Environment [Adam Pease] Ontology BrowserOntology Browser Ontologies - SUMO (v1.566) & OWLOntologies - SUMO (v1.566) & OWL Vampire Theorem Prover for First Order Logic [by Andrei Voronkov and Alexandre Riazanov of Univ. of Manchester]Vampire Theorem Prover for First Order Logic [by Andrei Voronkov and Alexandre Riazanov of Univ. of Manchester] Protégé 2000 (v1.80)Protégé 2000 (v1.80) with OntoViz pluginwith OntoViz plugin share on (password required)share on (password required)

Collaboration Process CIM3 provide a basic suite of both asynchronous and synchronous collaboration toolsCIM3 provide a basic suite of both asynchronous and synchronous collaboration tools Also important are the processes that facilitate and support distributed communities and project team work.Also important are the processes that facilitate and support distributed communities and project team work. Our core server platform runs on Linux, and is built to meet scalability, fault tolerance and high availability design criteriaOur core server platform runs on Linux, and is built to meet scalability, fault tolerance and high availability design criteria We employ open source software and tools, predominantly; and we open source the software and technology that we developWe employ open source software and tools, predominantly; and we open source the software and technology that we develop We comply with open standards – particularly in internet protocols, xml, java, web services, accessibility, internationalization & localizationWe comply with open standards – particularly in internet protocols, xml, java, web services, accessibility, internationalization & localization

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Q & A and Discussion