1. Report on the ODISSEE Workshop for the 2011 Ontology Summit Brand Niemann Director and Senior Data Scientist Semantic Community April 14, 2011 http://semanticommunity.info 1

2. Ontology Driven Implementation of Semantic Services for the Enterprise Environment (ODISSEE) Workshop Alion Science and Technology and the National Center for Ontological Research (NCOR, University at Buffalo) hosted a two- day "Ontology Driven Implementation of Semantic Services for the Enterprise Environment (ODISSEE)" Workshop, April 13-24, 2011. ODISSEE aims to foster awareness of and collaboration between disparate information-sharing efforts across the US Government. The workshop will feature individual presentations on information- sharing development, as well as panel sessions on ontology and data vocabulary. This workshop supports the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) information sharing initiatives. Information sharing is at the heart of the transformation from the current state of the National Airspace System (NAS) to NextGen capabilities in 2025 in areas such as unmanned aircraft systems, integrated surveillance and weather. 2 http://ncor.buffalo.edu/ODISSEE/

3. Ontology Driven Implementation of Semantic Services for the Enterprise Environment (ODISSEE) Workshop Conference Objectives: – Identify and catalogue the various semantic technology efforts across the Federal government. – Identify, evaluate, and catalogue standard information-exchange models, such as Universal Core (UCore) and National Information Exchange Model (NIEM) and semantic models of common domains, including time, geography, and events. – Explore the use of ontologies to enable information exchanges within a service-oriented architecture (SOA), improve discoverability of services, and align disparate data standards and message models. – Coordinate ontology development across diverse Communities of Interest (COIs) to ensure extensibility, interoperability, and reusability. Who Should Attend?: – Ontologists – Data Vocabulary Specialists – Information Architects – Service Developers – Other Information Technology Practitioners 3 Source: http://www.jpdo.gov/eventsArticle.asp?id=22http://www.jpdo.gov/eventsArticle.asp?id=22 Agenda: http://www.jpdo.gov/library/20110323_ODISSEE_Agenda_v1.8.pdfhttp://www.jpdo.gov/library/20110323_ODISSEE_Agenda_v1.8.pdf

4. Ontology Driven Implementation of Semantic Services for the Enterprise Environment (ODISSEE) Workshop Keynotes: – Barry Smith, National Center for Ontological Research (University at Buffalo)National Center for Ontological Research Coordinated Development of Ontologies Across Diverse Communities of Interest. – Mark Maybury, US Air Force Chief ScientistUS Air Force Chief Scientist Metadata Matters: Ontology and Autonomy. – Mr. Dennis Wisnosky, Chief Architect & Chief Technical Officer, Business Mission Area, Office of the Deputy Chief Management Officer, US Department of DefenseChief Architect Technology, Engineering & Innovation in the U.S. Department of Defense ? (SemTech 2011). 4

5. ODISSEE Workshop in a Broader Context 5 http://semanticommunity.info/Build_TOGAF_in_the_Cloud See Tweets and Emails! Semantic Enterprise Architecture

6. Knowledge Management: The Future is Yours Most of Us Will be Knowledge Workers Using Knowledge-Centric Systems – Not IT-Centric Systems, But Systems the Know, Learn, and Reason Like Some Best Practice Examples: – Semantic Insights Reader Assistant (SIRA) and Be Informed Used by the Semantic Community Along with: – MindTouch Technical Communication Suite and TIBCO Spotfire Self-Service Business Intelligence and Analytics 6 KM 2011KM 2011, Tysons Corner, Virginia. May 4th Tutorial. See Knowledge Management.May 4th TutorialKnowledge Management

7. The Semantic Community A Linked Data community of practice that meets the following criteria: – Has occasional face-to-face meetings as well as an online presence. – Is practitioner-focused but connected to the developer community. – Includes multiple applications areas, such as libraries, government agencies, publishing, and knowledge-intensive businesses. Source: Jean Graef, Montague Institute, April 8, 2011, Review Article in ProcessMontague Institute Of Our Linked Data Collaboration. 7

8. Barry Smith National Center for Ontological Research Coordinated Development of Ontologies Across Diverse Communities of Interest: – Too many ontologies have created “semantic silos”. We need to reduce to one because we cannot afford more. – The attitudes of Tim Berners-Lee, which are in favour of freedom and anarchy, and creativity, and all those nice things, mitigate against the coordination which is necessary to make good scientific ontology work - in a way good science works. See Where is the knowledge we have lost in data? Where is the knowledge we have lost in data? – The Gene Ontology Community is the principal contributor of data to the Semantic Web. See The OBO Foundary.OBO Foundary – Ralph Hodgson doing the most to create good linking ontologies. See next slide. Source: Barry SmithBarry Smith 8

9. Ralph Hodgson TopQuadrant Valuing the Role of Semantic Web Technologies – A Ten Year Personal Reflection: – Asked Many Questions (one example): What has to happen in an organization for semantic web technologies to be put to work effectively? – History: Since 2002 we have worked on the use of semantic technologies for NASA in support of the Manned Space Missions. In 2003, we created the Federal Enterprise Architecture Reference Model Ontologies for GSA. In 2009 we used semantic technology approach to making XML Schemas compliant with UN/CEFACT Core Component Technical Specifications the for the Netherlands Ministry of Justice. In 2010, I launched the oeGov.us project to ontologize the structure of the US Government. Data Independence Day!oeGov.us 9 http://www.topquadrant.com

10. Lowell Vizenor Alion Science and Technology Putting NextGen Ontologies to Work: – The Net-Centric Operations Division of the Joint Planning and Development Office (JPDO) is using Ontology and Semantic Web Technology to enhance service discovery.JPDO – The NextGen ontologies will be used to specify a precise and reusable terminology that facilitates information sharing through the precise description of the intended meaning of service. UCore-SL: An Overview and Some Suggested Improvements: – UCore is a central element of the U.S. National Information Sharing Strategy – The goal of UCore is to foster information sharing by means of an XML schema based on consensus representations of who, what, when, and where. – UCore Semantic Layer is a project to create an ontology-based supporting layer for UCore. – My Note: Ucore-SL is not an ontology! See http://semanticommunity.info/Universal_Core_Semantic_Layerhttp://semanticommunity.info/Universal_Core_Semantic_Layer 10

11. Universal Core Semantic Layer 11 http://semanticommunity.info/Universal_Core_Semantic_Layer http://semanticommunity.info/National_Information_Exchange_Model

12. Mark Maybury US Air Force Chief Scientist Metadata Matters: Ontology and Autonomy: – Computational linguist that has contributed to 10 books and had 60 publications. – Blue Force Tracking: Only three metadata elements: Who, what, and where – DoD Net-Centric Data Strategy (2003): Visible, accessible, understandable, trusted, interoperable, and responsive. – Information Access Automation: Focus on analytic/operational impact – Multiple Levels of Collaboration: Awareness Shared information Coordination Joint work Shared intent Biography 12

13. Air Force OneSource 13 http://semanticommunity.info/Air_Force_OneSource

14. Interoperability Interfaces GeneralWeb SiteBest Content - Centralized Best Content - Distributed US Federal Government (1) Community Sandbox (2) Annual Statistical Abstract (3) and EPA Report on the Environment (4) FedStats.net (5) TOGAF (6)EA Principals, Inc. (7) Training Materials (8) Ecosystem of Frameworks (9) SEMIC.EU (10)Web Site (11)EuroStats (12) and European Environment State and Outlook (13) Global Data Catalog and Data Services (14) Key: See next slide. 14 Source: http://semanticommunity.info/Build_SEMIC.EU_in_the_Cloudhttp://semanticommunity.info/Build_SEMIC.EU_in_the_Cloud

15. Interoperability Interfaces Key: 1.http://usa.govhttp://usa.gov 2.http://semanticommunity.nethttp://semanticommunity.net 3.http://semanticommunity.info/2010_Annual_Statistical_Abstracthttp://semanticommunity.info/2010_Annual_Statistical_Abstract 4.http://semanticommunity.info/EPA/EPA_Ontologyhttp://semanticommunity.info/EPA/EPA_Ontology 5.No longer operational – see http://www.sdi.govhttp://www.sdi.gov 6.The Open Group Architecture Framework - http://pubs.opengroup.org/architecture/togaf9- doc/arch/index.htmlhttp://pubs.opengroup.org/architecture/togaf9- doc/arch/index.html 7.http://eaprincipals.com/index.htmhttp://eaprincipals.com/index.htm 8.http://semanticommunity.info/Build_TOGAF_in_the_Cloudhttp://semanticommunity.info/Build_TOGAF_in_the_Cloud 9.http://semanticommunity.info/Build_TOGAF_in_the_Cloud#Alternative_enterprise_archite cture_frameworkshttp://semanticommunity.info/Build_TOGAF_in_the_Cloud#Alternative_enterprise_archite cture_frameworks 10.Semantic Interoperability Centre Europe 11.http://www.semic.eu/http://www.semic.eu/ 12.http://ec.europa.eu/eurostathttp://ec.europa.eu/eurostat 13.http://eea.europa.euhttp://eea.europa.eu 14.http://semanticommunity.info/Data.gov/An_Open_Data_Public_Dataset_Catalogs_Faceted _Browserhttp://semanticommunity.info/Data.gov/An_Open_Data_Public_Dataset_Catalogs_Faceted _Browser 15 http://semanticommunity.info/Build_SEMIC.EU_in_the_Cloud

16. FedStats.Net: Federated Content Network and Search 16 http://www.sdi.gov Content nodes were on different servers - federation and search made it appear as though on one. Search of content gave highlighted text and tables.

17. Global Data Catalog and Data Services 17 http://semanticommunity.info/Air_Force_OneSource MindTouch and Spotfire provide multiple vocabularies with well-defined URLs in a faceted search browser.

18. Some Suggestions From recent 11 th SOA for E-Gov Conference:11 th SOA for E-Gov Conference – Captain Mike Ryan: SOA for the Coast Guard, First Fed 100 Winner for SOA, 80 services that are interoperable through ‘principled leadership’ and not coercion and mandates!SOA for the Coast Guard – To Sumeet Vij, Group Chief IT Engineer, Alion Science and Technology: I look forward to further discussions about getting to Semantic Interoperability. – My Reply: I also look forward to cooperating and furthering the ideas of Semantic Interoperability. From this workshop: – From Mark Maybury: OneSource is currently being used by many COI's to do their data analysis, before they put their final product into the DoD MDR. – My Reply: I would welcome the opportunity to do more work with AF and DoD data sources and help foster competitions for innovations. 18