SDK Cluster Ontology Working Group Meeting Welcome Rudi Studer Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe FZI Research Center on Information Technologies (WIM), Karlsruhe Ontoprise GmbH, Karlsruhe AIFB Grenoble, April 7-8, 2005

2 SDK Mission Statement n Strengthen European Research and Industry in Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services n Work towards international standardization together with US-based programs, like DAML n Promoting project‘s research results to industry and academia through joint dissemination n Strength world-wide research and standardization in Semantic Web and Semantic Web Services field

3 Objectives n Industry –Joint dissemination to industry (road show) –Joint standardization efforts n Education –Joint tutorials n Research –Joint dissemination to research (ESWS/ESWC) –Alignment of research efforts

4 SDK Projects n DIP (Data, Information and Process with Semantic Web Services) n n KnowledgeWeb n n SEKT (Semantically-Enabled Knowledge Technologies) n

5 SDK Organizing Committee Operative Manager: Christen Ensor

6 Current SDK Working Groups n Semantic Web Services (WSMO) –Chaired by Chris Bussler and Dieter Fensel n Ontology Management –Chaired by Rudi Studer n Standardisation Coordination Group (SCG) –Chaired by Elmar Dorner

7 SDK Ontology Management Working Group n Coordinate research activities that are related to all aspects of ontology management, especially –methods and tools Ontology mediation Ontology evolution –language aspects –architectures / APIs n Previous Meeting: –SDK Ontology Working group meeting at SDK Kick-Off (Karlsruhe, April 2004)

8 Agenda for Thursday, the 7th of April 2005 n 10: :30: Welcome (Rudi Studer) n 10: :30: Evolution session, led by UKARL n 12: :00: Lunch (Buffet in the lab's cafeteria) n 14: :00: Mapping session, led by INRIA n 16: :30: Coffee break n 16: :30: OM tool fair session, led by Ontotext n 20:00: Dinner at Chez Margo in Grenoble

9 Agenda for Friday, the 8th of April 2005 n 9: :30: Three work sessions in parallel (Evolution, Mapping, OM tool fair) n 10: :45: Coffee n 10: :30: Continued work sessions n 12: :30: Lunch n 13: :30: Continued work sessions or individual one-to-one talks n 15: :00: Plenary, summary, wrap-up

10 SDK Ontology Management Working Group n Feedback to this meeting n 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